LIMITED BY THE CHARGER – EVKX

🎵 LIMITED BY THE CHARGER – EVKX Battery temperature: optimal. State of charge: seven percent. Vehicle current request: Seven hundred eighty-two amps. Maximum available current: Five hundred amps. …what? Maximum available current: Five hundred amps. No, no. I bought a car that can take eight hundred. Eight. Hundred. Amps. Five hundred amps available. GIVE ME EVERYTHING! I bought myself the future, Eight hundred volts beneath, Hypercharging monster With electricity for teeth. Battery preconditioned, Seven percent to go, Pulled into the fastest charger… NOW LET THE CURRENT FLOW! Cable locked and ready, Cooling system starts to scream, I watch the numbers climbing… This is gonna be a dream! Three hundred! Three-fifty! Four hundred coming through! Then suddenly it stopped there… IS THAT ALL YOU'RE GONNA DO?! Battery's ready! READY! Temperature's right! RIGHT! State of charge is perfect! PERFECT! So why won't you give me what I like?! LIMITED BY THE CHARGER! LIMITED! Eight hundred amps inside my veins! LIMITED BY THE CHARGER! Five hundred's holding back the reins! The battery is ready! The temperature is right! The charging curve is begging… BUT THE CHARGER CAN'T SUPPLY! LIMITED BY THE CHARGER! The car is screaming, “GIVE ME MORE!” I bought the fastest charging E-V… BUT THE CHARGER SHUT THE DOOR! EIGHT HUNDRED! CAR! FIVE HUNDRED! CHARGER! WHO'S THE BOTTLENECK?! THE CHARGER! Next station down the highway, Brand-new chargers shining bright, “Ultra-fast” across the canopy… This one has to treat me right. Pulled in low and hungry, Battery warm again, Plugged the cable into number four… Maximum current: Five hundred amps. Oh, come on! Next network! FIVE HUNDRED! Brand-new site! FIVE HUNDRED! Biggest charger I could find! FIVE HUNDRED! Everywhere I take this thing… FIVE! HUNDRED! EVERY! TIME! I bought the latest hardware, Got the chemistry and speed… I've got a battery that's hungry, BUT NOBODY CAN FEED! Seven hundred! I can take it! Seven-fifty! Let it flow! Eight hundred amps are waiting… BUT THERE'S NOWHERE I CAN GO! LIMITED BY THE CHARGER! LIMITED! Eight hundred amps inside my veins! LIMITED BY THE CHARGER! Five hundred's holding back the reins! The voltage isn't stopping me! The battery isn't fried! The car keeps asking for the current… BUT THE CHARGER JUST DENIED! LIMITED BY THE CHARGER! And now I finally understand… I BOUGHT THE FUTURE YESTERDAY— BUT THE FUTURE AIN'T BEEN BUILT! NOT! BUILT! YET! NOT! BUILT! YET! Battery: Ready. Temperature: Optimal. State of charge: Six percent. Vehicle current request: Seven hundred eighty amps. Charger maximum: Five hundred amps. Battery isn't limiting. Voltage isn't limiting. Temperature isn't limiting. The car… isn't the bottleneck. You know what is? Maximum available current: Five hundred amps. THE CHARGER IS! FIVE-HUNDRED! FIVE-HUNDRED! FIVE-HUNDRED! I WANT SEVEN! FIVE-HUNDRED! I WANT EIGHT! FIVE-HUNDRED! GIVE! ME! MORE! CURRENT! So now I'm hunting chargers, Like a madman on the road, Reading every specification, Every cable, every code. Not the number on the cabinet, Not the kilowatts displayed, Tell me what that cable carries! HOW MANY AMPS CAN IT REALLY TAKE?! Six hundred? Keep me talking. Seven hundred? Now we're close. Eight hundred? Where you hiding?! THAT'S THE CHARGER I WANT MOST! I don't need another promise, I don't need another claim, Don't put “ultra-fast” above it If the current stays the same. My battery can handle it, My cooling's working fine, I've got eight hundred volts of love… NOW GIVE ME EIGHT HUNDRED AMPS THIS TIME! Wait. What's that? High-current charging station ahead. How high? Current capability: Eight hundred amps. Turn around. “We're already going there.” GO FASTER. Vehicle detected. Battery communication established. Vehicle current request accepted. Current: Seven hundred forty-two amps. Oh… Seven hundred sixty-eight amps. Oh yes… Charging power: Six hundred twelve kilowatts. NOW… THAT'S A CHARGER! NO LONGER LIMITED BY THE CHARGER! LET IT FLOW! Seven hundred amps are coming through! NO LONGER LIMITED BY THE CHARGER! Now show me what this pack can do! The battery is ready! The temperature is right! The charging curve is flying… SIX HUNDRED KILOWATTS TONIGHT! NO LONGER LIMITED BY THE CHARGER! I finally found what I came for! I bought the future yesterday… AND TODAY I FOUND THE CHARGER! SEVEN-FORTY! LET IT FLOW! SEVEN-SIXTY! LET IT GO! MORE CURRENT! MORE POWER! THIS IS OUR— HYPERCHARGING HOUR! State of charge: Sixty-seven percent. Sufficient charge to continue journey. Wait. Sufficient charge to continue journey. No. I'm not done. I just found this charger. Estimated charging time to eighty percent: Three minutes. Three minutes? “You wanted fast charging.” Yeah, but… I wanted to enjoy it. Sufficient charge to continue journey. …Goddammit.