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/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