Apparently boosts battery to 20 km range in 10 seconds, although as ever ... YMMV

Chinese electric automaker BYD has announced 1,000-volt supercharging technology it claims can fill a compatible vehicle’s battery in the same amount of time needed to pump fuel into a conventional car.

BYD announced the new so-called Super E-Platform in a video posted to Weibo at the weekend. A brief clip posted by BYD yesterday apparently shows a Super E-Platform-compatible EV using the megawatt-level charging tech to gain 20 kilometers (12 miles) of range in ten seconds.

If BYD’s claims are accurate it’s a game changer for electric vehicles, because charging tech currently tops out with DC fast charging technology that needs 20 minutes to an hour to fully charge an electric vehicle’s empty battery.

Those times are achievable only with chargers rated to 350 kW, but even Tesla Superchargers – one of ...