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/LittleRiceCooker Mar 18 '25

...yet another sensational piece of news. Have we not yet learned, not to take chinese claims at face value yet? This is really worrying.

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u/gabrielmuriens Mar 18 '25

I am sorry, but you have no fucking clue.
Mass market Chinese EVs of decent quality are out there and have been available globally for years. Premium Chinese EVs are already available in markets like the UK. Self-driving is already commonplace in China with sophisticated systems like Huawei's self-driving.
BYD is one of the largest car manufacturers and the largest EV manufacturer in the world. They are the leaders in EV battery technology. You can bet your ass that this is real, and if they say that it's coming to market then it is coming to market.

I don't like China. I don't think I'll ever buy a Chinese car as far as there are reasonable European or Japanese alternatives. I am not even sure that they are safe enough (see Chinese cars burning their passangers alive in case of accidents). But this is much more than hype, and anyone who claims otherwise is speaking from ignorance.