BYD has finally done it: they’ve managed to build the world’s first battery electric vehicle that charges as fast as refueling a conventional gas- or diesel-powered car.
At the core of the breakthrough is a new EV platform called Super e-Platform. The Super e-Platform’s core electrical components—motor, electronic control, and battery—have all been comprehensively upgraded achieving one megawatt (1,000-kW) of peak charging. The highest charging speed for mass-production EVs, a five-minute charge is enough to deliver up to 400 kilometers of driving range.
Found in the all-new BYD Han L and Tang L (pictured above), the architecture features a single motor outputting 788 horsepower (580 kW) delivering a top speed of more than 300 km/h.
BYD Chairman and President Wang Chuanfu said the new technology would help to wipe out the biggest remaining ‘pain point’ for electric-vehicle users. He commented: “To completely eliminate users’ charging anxiety, our goal is to make EV charging as fast as refueling a gasoline car – achieving ‘oil-electric parity’ in charging speed.”
For this parity to be realized, charging needs to combine both ultra-high voltage and high current. BYD’s Super e-Platform is the world’s first mass-produced passenger car platform to feature an “all-domain kilovolt high-voltage architecture”, while enables kilovolt-level capacity across the battery, motor, power supply and air conditioning.
The Super e-Platform also introduces BYD’s ‘Flash Charging Battery’, which features an ultra-fast ion channel from the battery’s anode to cathode for a maximum charging current of 1,000 amps and a maximum charging rate of 10C – both mass-production benchmarks.
To support these rates, BYD has developed and mass-produced a new generation of automotive-grade silicon carbide (SiC) power chip with a voltage rating of up to 1,500V – the industry’s first mass-produced SiC power chip, with the highest voltage rating to date.
The new ultra-rapid charging technology requires advanced charging stations to operate at its full capacity. So BYD has developed an industry-first, full liquid-cooled megawatt flash-charging terminal system that can deliver a maximum output of 1,360 kW.
BYD plans to build over 4,000 of these megawatt flash-charging stations across China. But in addition to its own stations, BYD has also developed innovative “dual-gun charging” technology that can instantly upgrade fast chargers to ultra-fast chargers and superchargers to flash chargers (see lead photo). This “intelligent boost” technology, another world first, ensures compatibility with public charging stations, enabling convenient charging in a huge variety of locations.
can they half the time to about 2 and 1/2 minutes? can that charging system be used by other EVs?
ReplyDeleteBig caveat is that what is available now. And none of that
ReplyDeleteSuccessive good news from BYD from "God's Eye", to Drone Pad equip units to this latest break through innovation has propelled BYD stocks to an all time high as sales demand shoot up. I wonder if BYD can address the demand back log in the world including here in the Philippines. Sealion, Seagull, Atto 3 and BYD Shark customers has to wait for their units to be available. My sister in law is no. 23 in the waiting list for BYD Shark in our area.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like its can potentially become an oven if things go wrong
ReplyDeleteDo they have the capacity to produce 6 million cars for this year? Their mega factories will only be operational in Indonesia and other parts of world towards the end of 2025 and early 2026.
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