10–97% in nine minutes: BYD presents second generation of Blade Battery - electrive.com
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The Chinese car and battery manufacturer BYD has unveiled the second generation of its Blade Battery in China, apparently designed for very high charging

“BYD also claims to have addressed the well-known issue of lithium iron phosphate cells losing performance in cold temperatures. After the cells were stored for 24 hours at –30 degrees Celsius and therefore completely frozen, charging from 20 to 97 per cent reportedly took just twelve minutes.”

As the US sabotages the globe’s fossil fuel infrastructure at the behest of Israel, China continues to build the future that will replace it. One by one, the naysayers’ objections to EVs melt away. Can’t do cold climates, they said - fixed. Can’t cope with long journeys, they said - fixed.

As Napoleon once famously observed, ‘never interrupt your enemy while they’re making a mistake’. China must be thinking that, as the US helps hand it total dominance of the 21st century energy infrastructure.

10–97% in nine minutes: BYD presents second generation of Blade Battery

  • eleitl@lemmy.zipEnglish
    52·
    7 days ago

    And if the Hormuz blockage continues China will be unable to manufacture them. Nor deliver them.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      7 days ago

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Nations_Railway_Corridor

      On May 9, 2023, the first trial run of cargo from Iran to Afghanistan via the Khaf-Herat railway was completed. This shipment included 17 wagons that transferred 655 tons of railway equipment that will be used in the further construction of the rail line. The Khaf-Herat railway is 225 kilometers long, with 140 km of the railway track traversing Afghanistan and the remaining 85 km running through Iran. The construction of the Khaf-Herat railway line, which links Khaf in eastern Iran with Herat in western Afghanistan, began back in 2007.

      …

      The railway is expected to especially benefit the landlocked Afghanistan, which would gain direct access to the Iranian seaports of Chabahar and Bandar Abbas. Through Iran, the line can connect to the Turkish railway network.

      Incidentally, as the US goes to war with Iran, Pakistan is going to war with Afghanistan.

      And everyone’s continuing to freak out about the Chinese economy usurping the role once held by the NATO block. Crazy how all this happens at once.

      • eleitl@lemmy.zipEnglish
        11·
        6 days ago

        40% of China’s oil supply goes through Hormuz. 25-30% for LNG. Manufacturing and shipping will be severely affected.