The Chinese energy and cars giant BYD He has announced an ultra -grape load system for electric vehicles that, he says, is almost as fast as filling a fuel tank.
Byd, the largest electrified vehicle manufacturer in China, announced that its fast loaders can provide a full load for its new electric vehicles in a time between five and eight minutes, which is equivalent to the complete refueling of a model with internal combustion motor ..
With this announcement in the evolution of the battery recharge, the company plans Build more than 4,000 of these new stations loading throughout China.
Loading times and autonomy limitation have been an important factor that restricts the transition of gasoline and diesel models to electric vehicles, although Chinese drivers have embraced that change, with a 40% increase in sales of battery and hybrid electric vehicles last year.
Byd’s news coincided with Negative novelties that continue to surround Tesla: The price of the shares of the American manufacturer of electric vehicles fell 4.8% last Monday.
Byd, which means “build your dreams”, had a slightly more frantic growth than the car market in China in the last two decades.
The Chinese company began by manufacturing batteries and has been refining its energy storage technology while building an automotive empire, that is expanding outside Chinaincluding a landing in Brazil. Today he affirms that his quick loaders of a megavatio can provide energy for 400 kilometers in five minutes.
Very high voltages and a great current are required to maximize load speeds, said Wang Chuanfu, founder of Byd, in a statement.
“To completely resolve users’ concern about the load, our search is to make the load time of electric vehicles Be as short as the refueling time of models with combustion engines”Wang said.
The company also said that its fast charging system is based on silicon carbide power chips with voltage levels up to 1.500v that it developed on its own. Your battery Blade Lithium ion phosphate is perhaps the most safe and efficient electric vehicle battery. In fact, Tesla herself uses it in her medium SUV, Model Y.
Byd said he had manufactured just over 4.3 million “new energy vehicles” last year, a 41% increase Compared to the previous year, including 1.8 million electric vehicles (100% electric) and 2.5 million plug -in hybrids. The price of its shares in the smallest Chinese market in Shenzhen has increased almost 50% in the last six months.
Although the most luxurious and recent premium models of ByD are expected to be sold for up to about 40,000 dollars, it also manufactures much less expensive electric vehicles, such as Seagull, sold for around $ 12,000 in China.
Byd barely surpassed Tesla in the production of battery electric vehicles in 2024, manufacturing 1,777,965 compared to 1,773,443 of Tesla.
In early January, Tesla said their sales had fallen in 2024, an unpublished fact in more than a dozen years, while rivals such as BMW, Volkswagen and Byd won market share with competitive electric vehicles.