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99MainSt

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19. This breathrough, if real, should mean the replacement of most internal combustion vehicles with EVs.

Reply to Sector 001 (Original post)

Wed Mar 19, 2025, 09:40 PM

Mar 2025

Slow charge time was the main drawback that prevented EV's from competing with internal combustion vehicles. This breakthrough eliminates that.
Even if there are political barriers to the spread of this technology, it could be copied under different names and iterations. It will be hard to keep industry from cashing in.

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BYD Company shocks the electric vehicle sector with a 5-minute charging breakthrough [View all] Sector 001 Mar 2025 OP

Sounds great. Any drawbacks like the price of the battery? multigraincracker Mar 2025 #1

We aren't likely to see BYD's in the U.S. for sale anytime soon. CentralMass Mar 2025 #2

Toyota is working on it. multigraincracker Mar 2025 #3

They're Chinese COL Mustard Mar 2025 #4

These cars are dirt cheap compared to ours. Native Mar 2025 #7

There is a reason we called BYD "Blow up Your Driveway" in China. AZLD4Candidate Mar 2025 #5

1000 kilowatts per something rickford66 Mar 2025 #6

Yeah, science is hard for some people (n/t) PJMcK Mar 2025 #8

Per what? sl8 Mar 2025 #9

Charging 1000 Kwh maybe.. One hell of a cable.. that would be 600 amps at 600vdc. LiberalArkie Mar 2025 #10

No, the correct unit is watts (or kilowatts, etc.) sl8 Mar 2025 #11

I agree, but I had to make an assumption they meant 1000 Kwh instead of 1000 KW or 1 megawatt. LiberalArkie Mar 2025 #12

I'm not following. sl8 Mar 2025 #13

I am probably wrong as I have forgotten too much being 77 LiberalArkie Mar 2025 #14

Sure, 1,000 kilowatts equals 1 megawatt equals 1,000,000 watts sl8 Mar 2025 #15

That is what made me think Kwh instead of kw as the amount energy that the new stuff was being charged at made more LiberalArkie Mar 2025 #16

OK, got it. nt sl8 Mar 2025 #17

Threat to the auto industry Canada Kid Mar 2025 #18

This breathrough, if real, should mean the replacement of most internal combustion vehicles with EVs. 99MainSt Mar 2025 #19

It's pathetic that US and Europe let China beat them to this. But China deserves props for this. SunSeeker Mar 2025 #20