BYD launching first electric cars with 1-Megawatt 5-minute charging tech on April 9th

[Redaktion]

BYD will officially launch the first two electric models with Super e-Platform on April 9th. The fast-charging technology will allow the Han L sedan and Tang L SUV to add 400 km in driving range in just five minutes by supplying up to 1 Megawatt of power.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/BYD-launching-first-electric-cars-with-1-Megawatt-5-minute-charging-tech-on-April-9th.994301.0.html

[jim Mcdonagh]

Where will the electricity required by  megawatt chargers come from , should people decide to buy these vehicles in large numbers

[MichaelW]

We will connect Donald Trump to a hot air power plant and have enough power for the next century.

[Jeff Green]

Can a battery bank of a small car handle 1 MW of power charging? Scratching my head. At most 1 mw would maybe last for seconds and have to ramp down its power. When I try to look up fast charging of batteries, I haven't found a 100 kw-hr or less battery bank that can do this. The Tesla semi can absorb that much power, but has a 750 kw-hr battery bank spreading the power absorption over a  much larger area of the battery bank. Scartching my head on this.

[Rafat]

Awesome. Wow China really has left the west and the rest of the world in dust. USA can only dream of something like this.