BYD to install 5-minute EV chargers across Europe(www.theverge.com)

36 pointsby Brajeshwar10 hours ago2 comments

why_at6 hours ago
I had no idea there were 1500kW fast chargers, this is insanely high power for a car.
Maybe this would be useful for long haul trucks or something where they have large battery capacities and want to save as much time as they can, but it seems like way overkill for any normal person.
>The 1,500kW charging stations are significantly more powerful than Tesla’s 500kW V4 Superchargers
>it charges to 70 percent in five minutes on the new chargers.
By my math this means it would charge to 70% in 15 minutes on the 500kW charger? That's already plenty fast, my car does nowhere near 500kW and it's fine the couple of times a year I need it.
- mekdoonggi5 hours ago
  I'm thinking that most people will not use the full speed in EU. But these are a design capable of charging everything up to light-duty trucks in the same timescale of a gasoline car. The design is probably overkill for Europe or the US, but consider high-volume high density urban charging in China.
- SigmundA3 hours ago
  I can fill my gas car in 5 minutes, this makes an EV essentially no different. I don't want to sit around 15 minutes to fill up my car on a road trip that also increases stall throughput 3X.
  I think Chinese are taking the correct approach focusing on charge speed rather than range, although their range is going up too using LFP batteries that are very safe and have long cycle life.
  Good video here looking at the future for EV that is already a reality over there: https://youtu.be/ajim7KF30jE
madduci7 hours ago
5 minutes, for the only model available in EU that costs €120k+
- mekdoonggi5 hours ago
  When I watched another video on it, they said that the charging capability will roll out across their product line eventually.
- nom7 hours ago
  They will probably sell more models in the future.
- slaw6 hours ago
  1,140 horsepower (850 kW) for 120k Euro is still one of the cheapest option in EU.