BYD Expands Flash-Charging Network
BYD announced on September 23 that it plans to expand its charging network to 90,000 stations over the next two-plus years, with 20,000 stations targeted by the end of 2026 and 30,000 and 40,000 added in 2027 and 2028 respectively.
As of September 24, BYD had built 11,586 flash-charging stations covering 341 cities, including 2,000 highway flash-charging stations, according to First Financial. When BYD's 10,000th flash-charging station opened on August 28, the company said cumulative flash-charging users exceeded 1.83 million, with users of other brands accounting for nearly one-third.
In March, BYD introduced its second-generation Blade Battery and megawatt flash-charging solution, claiming a fastest charge from 10% to 70% in 5 minutes at room temperature and 9 minutes to 97%. At the end of September, BYD's power battery base in Xi'an Xixian New Area, planned with an annual capacity of 16GWh, was completed and put into production.
Geely Launches 2250kW Charging Technology
On September 23, Geely launched its 12C Shen Dun Golden Brick battery and 2250kW intelligent charging technology, claiming the Lynk 10 equipped with the battery averages 4 minutes 30 seconds to charge from 10% to 70%.
Geely plans to build more than 22,000 charging stations with 100,000 charging guns by the end of 2027.
In June, BYD and China Petrochemical Corporation signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement to advance the construction and operation of flash-charging stations using existing fuel station networks, and to cooperate in membership systems, automotive aftermarket services, and optical storage, charging and inspection.