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"BYD, one of the fastest-growing car makers and one of the biggest battery
manufacturers, earlier this year announced the release of its second-generation
Blade battery, which, when charged with the company’s latest Flash Charging,
achieves a 10% to 70% charge in just 5 minutes.
At the time of the announcement, it also shared its 2026 goal to have 20,000
Flash Chargers up and running by the end of the year.
Now, in a post on its Weibo page, BYD shared data showing it’s about to surpass
50% of its 2026 rollout goal, with 10,000 sites in operation as of August 2026.
These sites span over 320 cities in China, with the milestone site being in the
company’s home city of Shenzhen.
BYD post said the milestone was reached at a Flash Charge Station in Longhua,
Shenzhen and added: “This achievement sets three records for Chinese
automakers: the largest number of self-built charging stations in China, the
fastest construction of 10,000 charging stations, and the widest geographical
coverage of charging stations nationwide.”
At the same time, the company shared some key metrics around this program,
highlighting that the network has dispensed 210 million kWh in just under 6
months.
This is off the back of 1.83 million users with almost 33% driving non-BYD EVs,
highlighting the greater impact of this relatively new network.
BYD’s Flash Charging system includes the company’s latest Blade Battery 2.0
with Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) chemistry. At room temperature, it can charge
the new Blade Battery from 10% to 70% in just 5 minutes. It can also charge
these cars from 10% to 97% in 9 minutes at ambient temperatures.
In extreme cold temperatures of -30 C, a 10% to 97% charge takes around 12
minutes, which is a big boost in cutting charging times under these
conditions."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
