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How big will the chargers have to be to push that much energy that fast?
you could understand it as: the technology has the capacity to receive power that fast without breaking or catching fire
They don't need to be big.
The physics of electrical conduction mean that you can't cram thousands of watts of power down any given wire without issue. This is why appliance cords are thicker than phone charging cords.
Pushing enough electrons to drive a car a thousand km through a wire in under 10 minutes is going to take a THICCC cable.
The cables that power trams and electric buses aren't that thick.
Not to mention some serious electronics...