BYD Company shocks the electric vehicle sector with a 5-minute charging breakthrough

[Sector 001]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/byd-company-shocks-the-electric-vehicle-sector-with-a-5-minute-charging-breakthrough/ar-AA1Bb3wi

BYD Company (OTCPK:BYDDF) unveiled a potentially groundbreaking battery charging development this week, with its Super e-Platform. The new technology allows electric vehicles to be charged at speeds comparable to refueling a gasoline car, providing up to 400 kilometers (approximately 249 miles) of driving range in just five minutes. The platform operates at a peak charging speed of 1,000 kilowatts, significantly surpassing the capabilities of current fast-charging systems, including Tesla's (TSLA) latest offerings.

The Shenzhen-based company plans to establish over 4,000 ultra-fast charging stations across China to support the charging breakthrough. The stated goal is to alleviate "range anxiety," a major concern for potential EV buyers, by making charging as quick and convenient as traditional fueling. The innovation is expected to further solidify BYD's position as a leader in the EV market.

[multigraincracker]

1. Sounds great. Any drawbacks like the price of the battery?

[CentralMass]

2. We aren't likely to see BYD's in the U.S. for sale anytime soon.

[multigraincracker]

3. Toyota is working on it.

[COL Mustard]

4. They're Chinese

They’ll have a YUGE tariff slapped on them, unless they can manufacture here in the States.

I’d love to see this come to fruition. It’s a game changer and would get many more people into electric cars.

[Native]

7. These cars are dirt cheap compared to ours.

that's why they weren't/aren't allowed in the US.

[AZLD4Candidate]

5. There is a reason we called BYD "Blow up Your Driveway" in China.

[rickford66]

6. 1000 kilowatts per something

Kilowatts alone is not a speed

[PJMcK]

8. Yeah, science is hard for some people (n/t)

[sl8]

9. Per what?

A watt already expresses energy per time, specifically 1 joule per second. What other "per" do you think should be added?

I would have said charging rate rather than charging speed, but that's just a quibble.

[LiberalArkie]

10. Charging 1000 Kwh maybe.. One hell of a cable.. that would be 600 amps at 600vdc.

[sl8]

11. No, the correct unit is watts (or kilowatts, etc.)

Kilowatt-hours is a unit of energy, it doesn't give any indication of the rate at which the energy is transferred. 1000 kWh might be transferred in a second or a century.

Also, 600 amps at 600 volts would be 360 kW, not 1,000 kW.

[LiberalArkie]

12. I agree, but I had to make an assumption they meant 1000 Kwh instead of 1000 KW or 1 megawatt.

[sl8]

13. I'm not following.

The article used the correct unit, watts.

You seemed to be agreeing with the poster that said that was wrong and you suggested that it should be kilowatt-hours instead. That's incorrect.

Did I misunderstand your post?

[LiberalArkie]

14. I am probably wrong as I have forgotten too much being 77

But wouldn't "peak charging speed of 1,000 kilowatts" be 1 megawatt? That just seems like a hell of a lot power. The kilowatt-hour made a little more sense to my feeble mind.

[sl8]

15. Sure, 1,000 kilowatts equals 1 megawatt equals 1,000,000 watts

They all mean the exact same thing.

Changing the units from kilowatts to kilowatt-hours doesn't make sense - they measure entirely different things. The first is used in measurements of the rate of energy transfer, the second is used to measure the amount of energy.

[LiberalArkie]

16. That is what made me think Kwh instead of kw as the amount energy that the new stuff was being charged at made more

sense.

[sl8]

17. OK, got it. nt

[Canada Kid]

18. Threat to the auto industry

Understand, that although this is great for everyone, it is bad for the whole auto industry as it sets the bar high for all who cannot come up with the same or similar technology. BYD could easily become the vehicle of choice around the world, being the most efficient and probably the cheapest. How would everyone in the industry catch up? Blocking their distribution worldwide is the only way, and that would never happen, as well as being totally unfair to the Chinese. The Fords, GMs, Stellantis' of the world would have to agree to license BYD's technology, or rebadge some of their cars as products of the BIG THREE. All very bad for the people employed by the auto industry worldwide.

[99MainSt]

19. This breathrough, if real, should mean the replacement of most internal combustion vehicles with EVs.

Slow charge time was the main drawback that prevented EV's from competing with internal combustion vehicles. This breakthrough eliminates that.
Even if there are political barriers to the spread of this technology, it could be copied under different names and iterations. It will be hard to keep industry from cashing in.

[SunSeeker]

20. It's pathetic that US and Europe let China beat them to this. But China deserves props for this.

Will we catch up? Not under this administration.