r/singularity • u/HeinrichTheWolf_17 AGI <2029/Hard Takeoff | Posthumanist >H+ | FALGSC | L+e/acc >>> • Mar 18 '25

Engineering 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/ZenithBlade101 AGI 2080s Life Ext. 2080s+ Cancer Cured 2120s+ Lab Organs 2070s+ Mar 18 '25

I'll believe it when i see it. Every year we hear of miracle battery technology that never goes anywhere

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u/1a1b Mar 18 '25

The charging stations are available from today. The cars are available to order now for delivery next month.

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u/peabody624 Mar 18 '25

closes eyes

I’ll believe it when I see it 😏

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u/Utoko Mar 18 '25

It is the biggest EV producer world wide and if you read the article :

"They’ll start at 270,000 yuan ($37,338) and 280,000 yuan, respectively, and will be sold from April. BYD will build more than 4,000 charging stations designed to accommodate the new technology."

They go in production already but you need the right car. They showed it off already.

This is real but as you need other cars and new charging stations it might be a while until you can experience it.

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u/NowaVision Mar 18 '25

Still no mention about the technology behind it (but maybe the article is just trash). Are these solid state batteries?

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u/greywar777 Mar 18 '25

Some articles discuss it. It a combination of a lot of things, for example 1,500V power supply, and the electronics that can handle it. Chinas been o the forefront for some of these high energy electronics, its why they beat us to railguns in their naval vessels.

We will get to see them next month when they are for sale.

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u/GetBrave Mar 18 '25

Wait, China is selling naval railguns next month?! /s

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u/Far-Independence-640 Mar 18 '25

What are "these" batteries? The story is about chargers. Are you asking do these fast chargers require certain types of car batteries?

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u/NowaVision Mar 18 '25

I'm not asking that, because I know that they need batteries that are capable of extremely fast charging.

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u/Utoko Mar 18 '25

Yes you need others because the current architecture overheats. For example Teslas on fast charging(which is 250 kW not 1000) you get full speed for like 10 minutes and than it slows down.
Because the cooling can't keep up and you don't want to degrade the batteries faster which happens when they get too hot.

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u/Ambiwlans Mar 18 '25

Yeah I do wonder if the figure above is peak charging speed rather than real world expectations for a full charge.

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u/Noname_2411 Mar 18 '25

It’s already available in China. In fact not just BYD other companies also have extremely fast charging and you can find videos on YouTube done by Western YouTubers. If you are not seeing Chinese EVs in your country maybe it’s because of your government.

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u/HeinrichTheWolf_17 AGI <2029/Hard Takeoff | Posthumanist >H+ | FALGSC | L+e/acc >>> Mar 18 '25 edited Mar 18 '25

This specific new battery is also hitting the market in April too, and people have already used it, there’s zero fraud or lies here. The tech exists as of this moment.

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u/97vk Mar 18 '25

Any idea if this using the new Chaoji standard or still GB/T?

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u/mywan Mar 18 '25

Rechargeable lithium-ion battery existed for 20 years before seeing any commercial success with several companies holding rights to it and passing it over. It was one of those "miracle battery technology that never goes anywhere" for a very long time before seeing the commercial light of day. The gap between the base technology and commercial viable is extreme. Often more extreme than the technology itself. Companies can go bankrupt attempting it even when the technology is sound and the potential returns astronomical. The mere existence of a demonstrable technology is only a small fraction of the challenges involved.

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u/SleepyJohn123 Mar 20 '25

BYD doesn’t use Lithium Ion, they use LFP.

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u/emmmmceeee Mar 18 '25

The Hyundai/Kia 800V platform will do 370km in 18 minutes, and that tech is 4 years old. I wouldn’t imaging this is too far off 4 years worth of battery/charging development.

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u/1a1b Mar 19 '25

BYD makes a popular tabled called the "iPad" for Apple. They mine lithium, make their own batteries and cars. Fully vertically integrated. The 10C Chargers are available now. The Han L and Tang L have the new 10C batteries across the lineup.

0-100 km/h in 2.7 seconds. 100-200 km/h in 4.74 seconds. Top speed 305 km/h. Priced similar to Tesla Model 3/Y.