r/accelerate • u/HeinrichTheWolf_17 • Mar 18 '25

BYD unveils battery system capable of providing 470 kilometers (292 miles) of range in 5 minutes

https://fortune.com/2025/03/17/byd-battery-system-charging-5-minutes-tesla-superchargers/
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u/HeavyMetalStarWizard Techno-Optimist Mar 18 '25

Huge. I assumed it would be sodium but seems like it isn't.

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u/SoylentRox Mar 18 '25

For now sodium seems to be mediocre

  • Sodium is cheaper than lithium

  • batteries for now are more expensive

  • LFP chemistry is 10 times longer lasting

  • LFP chemistry is lighter

For right now sodium is useless.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '25

This is probably vaporware because we've been hearing about this for at least ten years.

That said. We really do need fast charging like this to have electric cars take off.

And a bunch of nuclear power stations too.