China’s CATL says it has overtaken BYD on 5-minute EV charging time
www.ft.com
New version of flagship battery cell can achieve 520km range compared with BYD’s 470km, claims company
  • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    10 hours ago

    There is no info on the CATL system in the article, beyond the claim that it charges 520 km in 5 minutes.
    With the BYD news, we were told about developments in batteries, and that the charge was 1 freaking Mega Watt at 1000 Volt!!
    Using 2 charging sockets. Also BYD demonstrated their system actually works.

    We will have to see if more info arrives on the CATL system. But unless they can demonstrate it, they haven’t surpassed BYD yet.

  • PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    2·
    14 hours ago

    It’s kinda weird that we have to specify CATL as being “China’s”. A product of traditional American tech hegemony and icy relations with the Chinese, I suppose…