How BYD engineered breakthrough five-minute EV charging

[Kashim]

This is hilarious, what % of people do you think will have access to these chargers assuming you even have a NEW BYD EV.

Only the most modern 800V architectures could possibly support 1.5MW charging, infrastructure will cost a bomb and imagine the rates they'd want to use this if all the stars align. Already pre-Iran war, Tesla Australia was charging almost petrol like prices for charging per kW/h - and no I would not do much charging outside my own home, but when you travel you have no choice.

What is your point exactly? This is brand new technology. Nobody has it yet and it's expensive, but you have to start somewhere. The same thing can be said about any other new technology.

I remember the first CD writer my friend bought decades ago. He paid $1,200 CDN for it and blank disks were $10-12 a piece back then. Eventually CD writers were selling for like $20 and blanks for pennies. This is how economies of scale works. Early adopters understand this and are willing to pay extra so the rest of us can eventually get it cheaper.

EV tech is progressing at a good pace in the rest of the world, no matter how much nonsense Americans spew about it. It's too expensive, it's too small, it's drawing too much power from the grid, range anxiety because Americans need 5 million mile range on a single charge apparently, but all these issues can be fixed for normal non-American drivers.

 

[Axeia]

I've said it before, just trickle charge overnight and you start every day with a full battery. Better for your wallet, better for the batteries. Electrical infrastructure is already struggling, pulling massive loads briefly isn't going to help with that.

This is a solution looking for a problem imo. It would be nice to have as an option but for 99% of people 99% of the time this isn't something you should need (and no doubt makes things more expensive which is something 100% of people don't like).

 

[p51d007]

If you read the article, you would know they do have a "new fangled" battery.

Give it a few years in production in China and Europe. Then we will know how well the battery performs.

Well, for safety, let the other countries be the beta testers. Plus, by the time these vehicles, even if they were approved to be sold in America, pass the NHTSA tests, it will be 3-5 years anyway.

 

[toooooot]

It would be very regretful (for me/us) if China followed the path of Japanese and then Korean car makers to learn and make the most reliable cars.
Why regretful (for me/us)? Because for as long as CCP exists, we are not getting those cars to buy in the US. It would truly be great of your low-income families could buy 10-15k EVs and save even more with at home charging.

 

[Liranan]

If you read the article, you would know they do have a "new fangled" battery.

Give it a few years in production in China and Europe. Then we will know how well the battery performs.

A new miracle battery technology? How amazing, almost like we get those articles twice a week.

Last year research from China (largest EV market) proved that new EV's are as likely to combust as older ICE vehicles. They're not safe and second hand car dealers do not accept EV's as they can't be resold due to them losing 90% of their value in less than two years..