Chinese EV maker BYD says its new platform has charging speeds of 1,000kW, twice the power of Tesla’s superchargers.
The Shenzhen-headquartered firm has unveiled a new charging and battery system that makes it as quick to charge an EV as it does to refill an internal combustion engine car with petrol.
The announcement of the ‘Super e-Platform’ was made during a live-streamed event on Monday at BYD’s headquarters. Wang Chuanfu, BYD’s founder, chairman and CEO, said the platform offers peak charging power of 1,000kW, enough to give a vehicle 400km of driving range in just five minutes.
He said that the goal of the platform was to eliminate charging anxiety among EV users, making the transition from internal combustion engine vehicles to EVs more appealing.
The BYD technology also marks the first time that EV charging power has reached 1MW, which, he said, makes its technology twice as fast as Tesla’s superchargers, which operate at up to 500kW and take 15 minutes to add 275km of range.
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