BYD Claims New EV Platform Can Deliver 260 km of Charge in 5 Minutes

Chinese manufacturer BYD (Build Your Dreams) continues to push the limits in electrification technologies. Its latest advancement, unveiled earlier this week at an event held in Shenzhen, has generated a lot of buzz thanks to some pretty eye-opening numbers.

The company claims its new electric platform (Super e-Platform) that allows for charging at a capacity of 1,000 kW, which can deliver back some 400 km of range in just 5 minutes.

We’re going to assume that the 400-km figure is based on the Chinese CLTC (China Light-Duty Vehicle Test Cycle), which is about 35 percent more generous than the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) standards for North America.

What that means is that, for North Americans, the range recovered is more like around 260 km. Either way, of course, that is very quick energy recovery, and it would bring charging times for EV owners almost down to that of a gas-tank fill-up.

Infrastructure
The other major consideration with a system of that capacity is that it will infrastructure able to handle it. BYD says it intends to deploy some 4,000 terminals capable of doing so throughout China. Some of those could even offer more than 1,000 kW, because, yes, the company mentioned having developed a liquid-cooled charger capable of providing a maximum flow rate of 1,360 kW.

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