CHINA has just launched a super quick EV rival to Tesla that charges twice as fast. The brand spanking new motor can be on the roads for 250 miles with a five-minute charge, allowing it to compete with diesel and petrol cars in terms of refueling speed. 2 Chinese carmaker BYD has just launched a range of EVs that charge in five minutes Credit: Reuters 2 The super efficient vehicles can receive 1,000 kilowatts, twice as much as Tesla Credit: Reuters BYD has unveiled its Han L sedan and Tang L SUV models which the top boss hopes will tackle "charging anxiety" among drivers.
Founder Wang Chuanfu said: "In order to completely solve users' charging anxiety, our goal is to make the charging time of electric vehicles as short as the refuelling time of ICE vehicles. "This is the first time in the industry that the unit of megawatt has been achieved on charging power." The new motors could receive up to an astonishing 1,000 kilowatts (kW) of power compared to Tesla models which receive just 500kW.
Read more Motors DRIVING COSTS 9 things that add £1,000s more to a car's value that can take just minutes CHARGE UP Major car firm to discontinue TWO luxury motors and ‘replace them with EV models’ With the new range of super speedy motors, BYD is also introducing a network of “flash-charging stations” across China. These will allow owners of the Han L sedan and Tang L SUV models to have a similar experience to non-EVs in terms of quickly stopping to refuel at a nearby station. This.
