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BYD Song Ultra EV shakes up the industry with 5-minute fast charging, 22k USD (electrek.co)

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The most eye-stealing highlight is the Flash Charging technology, which works in conjunction with the latest Blade Battery 2.0.

– Charging from 10% to 70% takes only 5 minutes.
– To charge to 97%, it only takes 9 minutes.
– Even in temperatures as low as -30°C, it can still be fast-charged in 12 minutes.

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[–] zabadoh@ani.social 28 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Hmm, good question, and a quick google later:

Chinese EVs may not have to pass USDOT crash tests, but they do have to pass Euro NCAP crash tests, and Chinese NCAP crash tests, which are similar.

And a lot of them did quite well in that regards.

And and they also have to pass however Canada does crash tests as well.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

BYD vehicles all rate 5 stars in the Australian ANCAP ratings as well.

The "Chinese vehicles aren't safe" thing is just fear mongering these days or, more generously, a misapplication of their micro vehicle standards for low speed urban use to ordinary passenger vehicles.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Those smaller vehicles are definitely safer than pickup trucks, which are loopholed for safety standards.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This article is counting Tesla and Polestar as Chinese EVs…

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Polestars basically are. They are owned by Geely and some are built in China

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today -4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A lot of iPhones are made in China too. Do you consider them Chinese?

[–] percent@infosec.pub 6 points 2 days ago

Isn't Geely a Chinese company though?

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 days ago

Still seems disingenuous in the context of the article linked. Like those “assembled in USA” stickers. Technically correct but also misleading and mostly missing the point.

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 4 points 2 days ago

Yep, the article is purposely conflating "Chinese" with "Made in China".