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.
I didn’t mean to downplay the issues listed by you. Those are real challenges.
I rather wanted to put them into perspective.
You’re right that operating an EV is in some ways similar to the early days of combustion engines, where getting a refill often meant looking for a pharmacy to buy ethanol.
The infrastructure needs to be improved and this will happen, because there’s money to be made.
Alas that’s the reason for not having a vast oversupply of charging stations, because they have a better ROI when being heavier utilized.
With more EVs on the road there will be more chargers and that will make it easier to find one nearby that’s free and operational.
Time is on our side - at least in that case; I hope so.
Fully agree. I was just commenting on the premise of the article. A single car driving 9k miles doesn’t ease my range anxiety. Some statistic showing that public chargers reached 99% of availability and have low repair times would.
Charger availability data in EU is public. I was thinking about gathering it and creating some stats but I have too many projects opened already. Maybe in a couple of months…