Chinese EV manufacturer BYD claims it is taking electric car charging to ‘a whole new level’ with the introduction of hundreds of new 1500 kW ‘Flash’ chargers across the UK.
The devices can be used to rapid-charge any EV brand and will be capable of delivering electricity at 1500 kW. This is a significant improvement over today’s most powerful EV chargers, which generally don’t exceed 350 or 400 kW, reports T3.
BYD says it plans to install 300 such chargers in the UK over the next 12 months, as part of a global roll-out that will see 6,000 charge stations constructed. For the UK, those 1500 kW chargers will be joined by another 300 from BYD, operating at a lesser maximum performance.
The news comes as BYD announces the European and UK launch of its Denza sub-brand, and that company’s first car, the Z9 GT. This will be the first EV to work with the new flash chargers, and BYD claims it can fill its 123 kW battery from 10 to 70% in just five minutes – a huge improvement over today’s fastest-charging EVs, which tend to perform such a fill in around 15 to 20 minutes.
Denza also claims the Z9 GT can fill its battery from almost empty to 97% in nine minutes – and that when full, it’ll be good for over 640 miles of range.
(Picture: Denza)
