SparkE said:
Um, no. Tesla model S has a charge rate up to 120 kW. ... Tesla will charge 2.5 times more rapidly than a Spark (when its battery is near empty). Let's not make stuff up, folks.
You're confusing battery capacity and power for "quick" (time). Charging and discharging are rated in C rate, which is power divided by capacity. In that, SparkEV is 2.6 charging while the best Tesla can muster to 20% is 1.7.
But Tesla tapers power even at 20%. No one charges to 20% at DCFC. Everyone charges far more, typically over 80%. Average to 80% for Tesla is far less, close to 70 kW. Then the best Tesla can muster is under 1C. For time spent (how quick the car charged), SparkEV is quicker than any Tesla.
No, this is not making stuff up. Applying the real world definition of "quick" (aka, time) to charge the car. There is no car in history nor foreseeable future that will be as quick as SparkEV.
Think of it this way; if Tesla has several SparkEV batteries instead of Tesla batteries, it would be capable of 120 kW (instead of 70 kW) all the way to 80% even with only 45 kWh. As of now, even their 100 kWh model cannot manage that.