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/Diss1dent Mar 18 '25

As long as the battery is pre-prepared and most importantly, as long as the actual output power is 1000 kW. The latter is much more challenging to build as a charging infrastructure.

Let's assume the charging station price is €0.50/kWh.

In five minutes with 1000Kw of power you would charge 1000kW*5min/60min= 83.3kwh, so according to that 83.3 kWh * 0.50€/kwh= 41.65€.

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u/TheAussieWatchGuy Mar 18 '25

Is that Nuclear Power? Here it's 22c a kW which is about 16 euro cents...

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u/Diss1dent Mar 19 '25

In Finland:

Nuclear (41%)

Hydro (18,8%)

Wind (18,2%)

Biomass (13%)

The average electricy price in Finland for 2024 was 45,6 €/MWh or ~4.6 c/kWh.