Charging infrastructure that allows you to power up an electric car in under 10 minutes is not some laughable futurist vision. It’s existing tech.

A network of charging stations that will deliver this result is already on track in Australia to link major capital cities as Energy Minister Angus Taylor should know. Afterall, his agency helped to finance it.

These charging stations can fully charge a vehicle in 15 minutes. In eight minutes, you can get around 200 kilometres. As vehicle efficiency increases, as it does constantly, a full charge will take between eight to 10 minutes - the figure Bill Shorten cited in his supposed "gaffe" on FM radio.

So let’s put this aspect of the unedifying scare campaign lately being waged against electric vehicles to bed.