The route stretches from Italy to Hong Kong, covering approximately 9,300 miles with a target completion time of 43 days. Leading the journey is the Denza Z9 GT, a shooting-brake-style EV from BYD’s premium brand. What makes the campaign particularly interesting is that the Z9 GT pairs a substantial driving range with the ability to charge from 10% to 97% in just nine minutes.
And how many of those ultra high-speed chargers do they expect to find between Milan and Hong Kong? I can’t even find one in the 500 km between Montreal and Toronto, Canada’s most densely populated stretch of land.
Edit: I can’t even find a 350 KV charger, the highest my car can handle, between Montreal and Toronto. Instead I am stuck charging at a third of that or less, taking well over an hour to fully charge.
I’m sure they plan a head and have them installed where needed. Most publicly stunts pull that trick off.
Is it a large truck with a diesel generator powering a fast charger at the back?
BYD is starting to build charging networks outside China with battery stations included.
They don’t need high power infrastructure due to the batteries, which can charge slowly from the grid and charge attached cars fast.
Those buffer batteries are also needed for the pulse charging, which conditions the EV battery for high charge power in cold conditions.
I can’t say I’m a fan of s such vendor lock-ins, but technically and economically (value chain creation wise) they make things right.
A previous announcement said they are bringing Flash charging to Canada and we will start to see some locations in a few months(I’m guessing more like 6 months but maybe they aren’t lying)