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Electric car can charge up to 250 miles of range in just 5 minutes
In the same time it takes to fill your tank with Petrol ! While electric cars might appeal to eco-conscious commuters, the fear of running out of charge before your destination is a big turn-off for many. But now, the Chinese EV maker BYD claims its latest vehicles will bring an end to 'range anxiety'. BYD says its new charging system, dubbed the 'Super-E Platform', can enable a car to travel 250 miles (400km) after just five minutes of charging. This 1,000-kilowatt (kW) charger – twice as powerful as the rival Tesla Supercharger – can recharge an EV battery in the same time it takes to fill a petrol car with fuel. Last year, BYD was the world's second largest manufacturer of battery-powered electric vehicles only just behind Elon Musk's Tesla. However, this latest innovation could catapult the Chinese company into the top position by tempting buyers reluctant to give up their conventional petrol cars. BYD founder Wang Chuanfu, often described as China's Elon Musk, said at a launch event in Shenzhen, China that the company's new cars would achieve 'oil-electric parity' for refuelling. Mr Wang added: 'In order to completely solve our users’ charging anxiety, we have been pursuing a goal to make the charging time of electric vehicles as short as the refuelling time of petrol vehicles.' According to BYD, the new ultra-fast charging technology will initially be available in two new vehicles, the Han L sedan and Tang L SUV, which were launched this year. Both the Han L sedan and the Tang L SUV start slightly cheaper than the average price of an EV in the UK, costing between 270,000 and 350,000 yuan ($37,300-$48,350 or £28,700-£37,300). The company claims these cars' new battery architecture will allow drivers to add up to 1.20mile (2km) of range for every second of charging at peak rates. Officially rated as '10C', this means the vehicles can fully charge within a tenth of an hour, or six minutes. Charging so fast requires transferring a lot of electrical power, which means creating a very high voltage and a very large current at the same time. The biggest barrier to increasing charging power is that big currents create a lot of heat which can be dangerous when it builds up in a large battery. To get around this problem, BYD says it has managed to reduce the internal resistance of the battery, meaning that the battery creates less heat when currents pass through it. Additionally, the company says it has created new silicon carbide power chips, which will be able to withstand the higher voltages. In a post on the Chinese social media platform Weibo, translated via Google Translate, the company says: ‘BYD officially releases flash charging battery with ultra-high voltage of 1000V, ultra-large current of 1000A and ultra-large power of 1000kW.' Speaking at the launch event Mr Wang added: 'This is the first time in the industry that the unit of megawatt has been achieved on charging power.' This power level doubles or even triples the capacity of most charging systems available in the UK and the US. Tesla's latest generation of Superchargers are capable of hitting 500 kW, but the vast majority of older Superchargers top out between 250 and 400 kW. Most of Tesla's Superchargers in the UK provide enough charge to drive 172 miles (277km) after 15 minutes of charging. BYD says it plans to install a network of 4,000 'flash-charging stations' across China. More powerful charging stations require direct access to the electrical grid as well as specialised cooling systems to prevent overheating. This means the new flash-charging network may also require the creation of more infrastructure including the construction of additional sub-stations and transformers. r has seen more than $800 billion (£617bn) wiped from its stock market valuation -
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Police Face Backlash Over refusing to say that wanted ‘female’ is actually male
1. Could be using any name, a double barrel name even, just like any fugitive from justice. 2. Refer to the fugitive as the person whose ‘mug shot’ is attached to the police report - The same ‘mug shot’ that is getting so much attention in this thread. 3. Bizarre. Police noticed routinely include warnings not to approach suspects/fugitives who are dangerous , regardless of their gender. No such warning is included. https://www.surrey.police.uk/news/surrey/news/2025/03---march/can-you-help-us-find-skyla-stone/ 4. Once caught the police hand fugitives over to the prison service for detention. They and the police deal with transgender prisoners on a daily basis. 5. Police arrest violent suspects/fugitives on a daily basis, it’s what they do. There is no indication in the police notice that this individual is violent. I’m sure your list could go on, length is not any sign of fact. The most likely people to turn this fugitive in are friends, family, people who know the fugitive. Meanwhile enjoy the outrage and the discussion of the mugshot. -
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Recommended Crypto brokerage for Thai Residents?
Use Kraken.com in the US if you have no ties to the US, are not a US citizen and have never been a green card holder. The US have many tax rules for anyone who's ever been a taxpayer inside the US - but for the rest of us - things are far easier. Also Kraken are international and they offer some special services to non US residents which are not available to US residents - like interest on cash balances. -
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UK Growth Forecast Slashed, Delivering a Blow to Starmer and Reeves
I'd have thought this was obvious. It's all the discarded inflatables that have brought "asylum seekers" across the Channel. -
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Does the inequality ever make you uncomfortable?
So then... THIS is the extent of your aspirations? You are just SO EASY to please, it seems. -
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Trump "Winning" thread
AFAIK he's the first convicted criminal to be elected president. Does that count as a win?
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