BYD moves fast to rival Tesla Superchargers with hundreds of 1MW stations built in three weeks

[Redaktion]

BYD can roll out its new 1MW charging stations quickly as the world's second-largest battery maker won't always need permits for grid connection, but can rather power them via its energy storage solutions. It is already erecting the 1MW piles at Tesla Supercharger network speeds.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/BYD-moves-fast-to-rival-Tesla-Superchargers-with-hundreds-of-1MW-stations-built-in-three-weeks.988233.0.html

[thunder]

I don't know how good these fast charges will be for the future of battery life. We're already seeing this in many cell phones, whose lifespan should be 5 years, but with these fast charges, it's down to 3 years. I'm not in favor of my car needing a battery replacement in just 3 years. And what about the number of European cars that are exploding with Chinese batteries?

[MartinWinlow]

Granted, it seems likely that this kind of super-high charge rate will 'not be good' for cells but as for EVs 'exploding'... Not a single one has *ever* 'exploded' - unlike the tens of thousands of *petrol* cars that do exactly this every year either after serious crashes or when they catch fire for other reasons (and statistically, an ICEV is *60* times more likely to catch fire than an EV -
fleetnews dot co dot uk/news/tusker-fleet-data-reveals-the-truth-about-ev-fires).  Some *have* caught fire but usually after high speed collisions where the battery pack has been compromised (deliberate acts of arson aside) but even then the incident usually takes minutes to hours to develop - contrary, of course, to how the media portrays the story (no click-bait value in a headline that reads "EV catches fire" Vs "EV *Explodes* in Spectacular Fireball of Death and Destruction!!!", is there?).