FRESH

Hacker News

BYD to install 5-minute EV chargers across Europe

42 points by Brajeshwar

by why_at

2 subcomments

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.

by madduci

3 subcomments

by general1465

0 subcomment

Depends how expensive it is going to be. Ionity can charge fast in Europe, but before the Iran war, price for charging could exceed price for gas.

by metalman

0 subcomment

the chargers are also giant grid scale storage batteries that charge up at night and then will transfer power to cars durring the day, or whatever other function that provides a service and revenue stream. that the 3000 chargers are optimised for the ultra luxo top of the line chinese cars, says that the marketing strategy in europe is to sell flagship killers AND convienience to certain target populations, while Teslas 20000 chargers will become outmoded. presumably the eu will step in soon and force a tighter standard for chargers, which will favor the highest voltage that can be handled safley, and matches line voltages as closely as possible as the near future will involve insuring grid capacity and grid battery storage that integrates with more and more electrification in general. Keeping those standard is proving to be a challenge in the US because of data centers failing to maintain voltage lock which causes all kind of problems for other customers and the grid operators.