BYD, just announced a new battery that can give you 300 mi of range in just 5 min of charging But it needs a 1000 kw charger and who knows what else
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new battery can give 300 mi range in just 5 min
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what else, a fire exstinguisher?
Beat me to it
Here’s some 100000 lumen bulbs it can power.
https://www.nledluces.com/products/headlight-led-r9-max-100-000lm
https://www.nledluces.com/products/headlight-led-r9-max-100-000lm
Porsche was experimenting with something like this a couple of years ago. IIRC the charger was cooled with liquid nitrogen.
Here is a story on it.
China is moving forward at breakneck speed.
https://www.techradar.com/vehicle-t...of-range-in-just-five-minutes-your-move-tesla
China is moving forward at breakneck speed.
https://www.techradar.com/vehicle-t...of-range-in-just-five-minutes-your-move-tesla
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Yep, I got a spare 1000KW generator out back in the shed. Might have some extra liquid nitrogen laying around too, you know, ‘case it leaks and all.
This is correct. I would even say most range past say 150 miles is also irrelevant to the average guy, but car companies are still competing on range. Most people drive about 40 miles per day and EV ranges reached "accceptable" to "the average guy" way back in the 90s. But fast charging speed and long range are "halo" products. They make the product look better to the consumer, even if they aren't capabilities that are actually needed. He may never need to charge 200 miles of range in 5 minutes, but he'll know that he can, and that will sell cars. A whole bunch of car capabilities are "not needed" halo products that nobody needs or will hardly ever use. Average Joe doesn't need zero to 60 in 4 seconds either, but he'll know that he can, and that will sell cars too. We don't see automakers saying "nobody really needs to go faster than 0 to 60 in faster than 15 seconds so we'll make the car cheaper". Instead they build to 4 seconds even though they know nobody needs it.
True. Also BYD have issues with their battery overheating. And it's very common problem.
1000A of current requires a lot of conductors. 1000V needs a lot of insulation. Unless they park the car in a cage before turning it on I think it can be a safety hazard. Maybe they can use 4 charging plugs in parallel and divide the voltage and current into 250A 500V each, it would be very hard to do it safely and affordably.
Maybe they can build the platform with 4 modules and swap out 1 at a time in a station, and algorithm to drain 1 pack at a time so you can do partial battery swap.
Maybe they can build the platform with 4 modules and swap out 1 at a time in a station, and algorithm to drain 1 pack at a time so you can do partial battery swap.
Many modern EV platforms, such as all the Hyundai, are already 800V.
Sounds like an IED just waiting to happen!
Not as scary to me as tanks filled with thousands of gallons of gasoline, buried all over every city under every gas station, while cars with red-hot exhaust manifolds and spark plugs, people smoking cigarettes, construction trucks with welders, etc stop and get gasoline from giant hoses that shoot out gigajoules of flammable liquid at multiple GPM rates with basically no training, age restriction, ID requirement, or even supervision except for needing to tap a credit card. What a recipe for disaster that technology would be; I'm sure it would never catch on for liability and environmental reasons.
It’s not quite there, but 400kW DC chargers are becoming much more common in the USA. IONNA will be one of the top 2 largest US networks in just a few years and their minimum output is all 400kW. 500kW chargers will be here soon (CCS1&NACS), and Alpitronic’s 1,000kW chargers (MCS connectors) have already been revealed.
https://www.alpitronic.it/us/hypercharger/hyc-1000/
https://www.alpitronic.it/us/hypercharger/hyc-1000/
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Really?
I don’t agree. The biggest hindrance to electric vehicles for a majority of the people is the inconvenience of recharging the car.
Well, another hindrance is also the price of the vehicle.
If an electric vehicle can recharge as fast as gasoline refueling, that would be a major breakthrough.
Well, China has done it.
If Americans could do it, they could be recharge stations just like gas stations. In and out, no concerns, no matter where you are.
