BYD to install 5-minute EV chargers across Europe

BBrajeshwar about 4 hours ago 4 commentsRead Article on theverge.com

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why_at•15 minutes 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.

madduci•about 2 hours ago

5 minutes, for the only model available in EU that costs €120k+

nom•about 2 hours ago

They will probably sell more models in the future.

slaw•35 minutes ago

1,140 horsepower (850 kW) for 120k Euro is still one of the cheapest option in EU.