Byd launches a platform that allows an autonomy of 400 kilometers and a 5 -minute battery charge time
Him Byd Chinese automotive giant has announced a Ultra -grappo charging system of electric vehicles (VE) who, says, requires a little more than it would take to fill the tank of a petrol car. Byd, the largest electric vehicle manufacturer in China e Rival de Teslahe says his ultra -valued chargers They can provide a complete load to their latest electric vehicles within 5-8 minutes, in a similar way to the time needed to fill a fuel tank.
The company has announced Monday that it plans to build more than 4,000 of these new load stations throughout China. The load times and limited autonomies were one of the main factors that stopped the passage of petrol and diesel vehicles to electricity, although Chinese drivers accepted change e Hybrid vehicle sales and pushed by the batteries it increased by 40% last year.
Require a very high tension y A great intensity of current
The Chinese company Started producing batteries And it has perfected the battery technology and energy storage during the construction of an automotive empire that expands outside China. Declares that your 1 megavatio flash loads can provide Energy for 400 kilometers in five minutes.
The founder of Byd, Wang Chuanfu, explained in a declaration that to maximize the load speed Very high voltage is needed y A great intensity of current.
“To completely resolve the anxiety of users, our goal is to ensure that the loading time of electric vehicles be as short as refueling of fuel vehicles, “Wang said.
The shares have shot almost 50% in the middle year
The company also explained that its flash loading system is based on Silicon carbide chips With tension levels up to 1,500 V that developed alone. His Lithium and Lama phosphate battery It is perhaps the safest and most efficient in the world and Tesla has chosen to use it in some of its electric vehicles, according to Michael Dunne, analyst in the sector, in a recent report.
Byd reported having done something more than 4.3 million “new energy vehicles” Last year, 41% more than a year earlier, including 1.8 million battery vehicles and 2.5 million plug hybrids. The price of your listed actions in the Chinese market in Shenzhen, smaller, Almost 50% in the last six months.
Although the most luxurious and recent premium models of Byd should be sold for about $ 40,000 (36,000 euros), it also produces much cheaper electric vehicles, such as Seagullwhich is sold for about $ 12,000 (almost 11,000 euros) in China.
The race between Rivals Byd and Tesla
Byd has just exceeded Tesla in the production of electric vehicles with batteries in 2024, with 1,777,965 units compared to 1,773,443 in Tesla. At the beginning of January, Tesla said his sales decreased in 2024For the first time more than a dozen years, since rivals like them BMW, Volkswagen and Byd have won market shares With competitive electric vehicles.
But byd also has weaknessesDunne said, observing that the study of the research company on American data and the analysis of 2024 JD Power Consumer on the initial war of China at the bottom of its classification.