Future space missions will be able to charge electric vehicles thanks to technologies developed by NASA and Purdue University. On Earth, it takes five minutes to fully charge an electric car. The adoption of electric cars may be facilitated by this technology. The charging cable at Purdue University has a capacity of 2,400 amperes, which is a significant increase over 1,400 amperes. It decreases the amount of time needed to charge an EV.

This technology also has uses on Earth; in particular, it might increase the allure of having an electric vehicle. At the moment, EV charging times range greatly, from 20 minutes at a station next to a road to hours at a home charger. People who are thinking about owning an electric vehicle have expressed big concerns about long charging periods and outlet locations.

According to studies, charging systems will need to deliver current at 1,400 amps in order to achieve the industry target of cutting the charging time for electric vehicles to five minutes. Mudawar's team has adapted the 'subcooled flow boiling' theories discovered through the NASA FBCE tests to the procedure for charging electric vehicles.

The removal of up to 24.22 kilowatts of heat by Mudawar's team's subcooled flow boiling system enables it to offer 4.6 times the current of the fastest electric vehicle chargers currently on the market.

According to the experts, the use of this new technology 'resulted in an unprecedented reduction in the time required to charge a vehicle' and 'may remove one of the major obstacles to the widespread adoption of electric vehicles.' The five-minute charge would bring charging EVs on level with filling the tank of a gasoline-powered car, which might be a game-changer for the EV industry by removing one of its primary adoption barriers.

Tesla and other EV owners shouldn't anticipate having a five-minute full charge any time soon because it calls for capabilities, expressed in amperes or amps, significantly surpassing what is now available. However, NASA's technology might offer the temperature controls that charging systems would need if that is made accessible.