BYD’s Super e-Platform: Adding 400 km in 5 Minutes. Flash Charging That Makes EVs as Quick to Refuel as Petrol Cars
A New Benchmark in EV Charging For years, electric vehicles have carried an invisible asterisk: charging speed. Drivers loved the silent acceleration, the low running costs, and the sustainability edge. But no matter how advanced the technology became, most EV owners still wrestled with “charging anxiety.” Waiting 30 minutes to an hour for a top-up simply didn’t feel like freedom on wheels. Now, China’s BYD the global leader in electrified vehicles has just shaken up that equation. At a launch event in Shenzhen, the automaker unveiled its Super e-Platform, a system promising refueling parity: the ability to charge an EV as quickly as filling a petrol tank. With claims of adding 400 km of range in just five minutes, BYD...