1MW BYD charging stations to take on Tesla Superchargers with grid-independent rollout

Upon unveiling its new 1000V electric vehicle powertrain architecture, BYD also detailed the 1MW charging network and 10C battery packs it developed to match it.

The world's biggest electric car maker plans to build 4,000 of the 1MW charging stations in the near future, capitalizing on its vertical integration as the world's second-largest EV and storage battery manufacturer.

Its grid-level energy storage capability will be needed to quickly roll out the world's fastest 1MW charging stations for passenger EVs, instead of waiting permits to connect to the existing grid capacity.

This is arguably the biggest obstacle before the mass proliferation of 250 kW+ charging stations, as many a Tesla V4 Supercharger installer would attest. Tesla's fastest V4 Superchargers are currently delivering 325 kW power, and are expected to be upgraded to 500 kW by the end of the year, but are few and far between.

There is a dearth of Tesla cars that can take advantage of those Superchargers, too, with only the Cybertruck having a modern 800V powertrain architecture.

BYD, on the other hand, developed a whole 1MW ecosystem, from the energy storage grid and the 10C Blade Battery chemistry and cooling solution, to the actual 1MW charging piles and cars like the Han L sedan or Tang L SUV that can take advantage of those.

It even added dual-gun capabilities to those cars, so that they can charge from two 250 kW or 500 kW public stations at once while BYD rolls out its 1MW charging station network.

"It is only a matter of time before megawatt flash charging becomes as affordable as the Eye of God," said one BYD engineer while referring to its Tesla FSD equivalent that took nearly two years to release and market, and is now provided for free on all of its vehicles.

In any case, some real world charging tests show that the 1MW charging station of BYD can add more than 200 miles of range to its new 1000V Han L sedan in 5 minutes of charging.

Needless to say, at the 50% battery mark, the charging rate has tapered off to 600 kW already, but that's still way better than the Cybertruck which can't even sustain 150 kW charging rate at that point, even at Tesla's new V4 Superchargers.

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