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Fast charge degradation: what the evidence base looks like

12 publications, 0 of them trials and 0 syntheses. This page describes the shape of that literature rather than summarising its conclusions.

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What the evidence on fast charge degradation is made of Of 12 publications on this topic, the breakdown by study type: 12 other. 12other (12)
12 publications, by study type. Volume is not strength — the same count can be a settled question or a pile of commentary, and which one it is depends almost entirely on this breakdown. Harvested from PubMed and Crossref; publication type as recorded by the source.

What this literature is made of

A reasonable volume of literature, but weighted towards reviews and observational work rather than trials. That is enough to describe a phenomenon and rarely enough to establish that an intervention works.

The distinction that matters most is between synthesis and primary research. A meta-analysis pools trials and is the closest thing to a settled answer a field produces. A narrative review is one group's reading of the same material and can be selective without being dishonest. Counting them together, which most citation counts do, obscures exactly the thing you want to know.

When the fast charge degradation literature was published Publication years for the 12 papers on this topic, grouped into bands from before 2015 through to 2023 onwards. 2023 onwards9 papers2020-20222 papers2015-20191 papers
Still active. The most recent paper here is from 2026, so this is a field where an answer written today may not hold for long. Publication years as recorded by PubMed and Crossref.

How this page is built

Everything above is computed from the citations this site harvested from PubMed and Crossref, not written by hand. When the weekly harvest finds a new paper on this topic, these counts change and the characterisation changes with them. That is the point: a hand-written claim about how strong an evidence base is starts decaying the day it is written.

Publication type is taken as the source records it. That is imperfect — journals label inconsistently, and a paper indexed as a "review" may be a systematic one — so treat the bands as approximate. They are accurate enough to distinguish a trial literature from a commentary literature, which is the distinction that matters.

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The strongest work on this topic

Ordered by study design first, then recency. The full set is listed in the references below.

  1. Comparative Analysis of Slow Charging, Fast Charging, and Battery Swapping in Electric Truck Logistics: A Harbor Transport Case — Bhatti H, Nåbo A, Eek M, 2026, journal article
  2. Adaptive Polar Lights Optimizer for Smart Electric Vehicle Charging Under Price Uncertainty and Battery Degradation — Benmoulai A, Kamel S, Jurado F, 2026, journal article
  3. Research on Battery Electric Vehicles’ DC Fast Charging Noise Emissions: Proposals to Reduce Environmental Noise Caused by Fast Charging Stations — Clar-Garcia D, Campello-Vicente H, Fabra-Rodriguez M et al., 2025, journal article
  4. Electric Vehicle Battery Degradation: Effects of Mixed Fast and Slow Charging on Commercial NCA Cells — Morin H, Whitacre J, 2024, journal article
  5. Optimal Sizing of a Battery-Supported Electric Vehicle Charging Hub with a Limited-Capacity Grid Connection — Heath E, Wolbertus R, Heller R, 2024, journal article
  6. One-Time Prediction of Battery Capacity Fade Curve under Multiple Fast Charging Strategies — Han X, Dai Z, Ren M et al., 2024, journal article
  7. Battery Energy Storage System Optimal Sizing in a Battery Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Infrastructure — Félix P, Roque L, Miranda I et al., 2023, journal article
  8. End-to-End Direct-Current-Based Extreme Fast Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Using Lithium-Ion Battery Storage — Powar V, Singh R, 2023, journal article
  9. Electric Vehicle Battery Replacement Costs Under Realistic Fast Charging Behaviors — Morin H, Whitacre J, Michalek J, 2023, journal article
  10. Real-World Mobility and Environmental Data for the Assessment of In-Vehicle Battery Capacity Fade — Paffumi E, Martini G, 2021, journal article
How much research is there on fast charge degradation?
12 publications are indexed here, of which 0 are trials and 0 are syntheses.
Does more research mean a stronger conclusion?
No. Composition matters more than volume — five randomised trials support a claim far better than fifty commentaries, and citation counts do not distinguish between them.
How current is this?
The most recent paper indexed here is from 2026. The set is refreshed weekly from PubMed and Crossref.
Why does this page not tell me the answer?
Because summarising a literature into a conclusion requires reading it, and doing that automatically is how confident nonsense gets published. This page tells you how much weight a conclusion could bear; the articles on this site do the interpreting.

References

Every citation below links to the original peer-reviewed record on PubMed or via DOI. Nothing here is a substitute for medical advice.

  1. Adaptive Polar Lights Optimizer for Smart Electric Vehicle Charging Under Price Uncertainty and Battery Degradation Benmoulai A, Kamel S, Jurado F · Machines · 2026 · Journal article DOI
  2. Comparative Analysis of Slow Charging, Fast Charging, and Battery Swapping in Electric Truck Logistics: A Harbor Transport Case Bhatti H, Nåbo A, Eek M · World Electric Vehicle Journal · 2026 · Journal article DOI
  3. Research on Battery Electric Vehicles’ DC Fast Charging Noise Emissions: Proposals to Reduce Environmental Noise Caused by Fast Charging Stations Clar-Garcia D, Campello-Vicente H, Fabra-Rodriguez M, et al. · World Electric Vehicle Journal · 2025 · Journal article DOI
  4. Electric Vehicle Battery Degradation: Effects of Mixed Fast and Slow Charging on Commercial NCA Cells Morin H, Whitacre J · ECS Meeting Abstracts · 2024 · Journal article DOI
  5. One-Time Prediction of Battery Capacity Fade Curve under Multiple Fast Charging Strategies Han X, Dai Z, Ren M, et al. · Batteries · 2024 · Journal article DOI
  6. Optimal Sizing of a Battery-Supported Electric Vehicle Charging Hub with a Limited-Capacity Grid Connection Heath E, Wolbertus R, Heller R · World Electric Vehicle Journal · 2024 · Journal article DOI
  7. Electric Vehicle Battery Replacement Costs Under Realistic Fast Charging Behaviors Morin H, Whitacre J, Michalek J · ECS Meeting Abstracts · 2023 · Journal article DOI
  8. Battery Energy Storage System Optimal Sizing in a Battery Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Infrastructure Félix P, Roque L, Miranda I, et al. · U.Porto Journal of Engineering · 2023 · Journal article DOI
  9. End-to-End Direct-Current-Based Extreme Fast Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Using Lithium-Ion Battery Storage Powar V, Singh R · Batteries · 2023 · Journal article DOI
  10. Real-World Mobility and Environmental Data for the Assessment of In-Vehicle Battery Capacity Fade Paffumi E, Martini G · World Electric Vehicle Journal · 2021 · Journal article DOI
  11. Battery Electric Vehicle Fast Charging–Evidence from the Norwegian Market Figenbaum E · World Electric Vehicle Journal · 2020 · Journal article DOI
  12. Stand-Alone Battery Thermal Management for Fast Charging of Electric Two Wheelers—Integrated Busbar Cooling Mayer B, Schier M, Friedrich H · World Electric Vehicle Journal · 2019 · Journal article DOI