Would you buy an EV if it only took you five minutes to charge?

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The elusive five-minute charging time has long been a goal for EV manufacturers — and some are getting close. But beyond a few prototypes, we haven’t yet gotten close to a car that can be charged almost as fast as it takes to pump gas.

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