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Didi's Orange Charging unveils 1600 kW ultra-fast charging pile (carnewschina.com)

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BYD has already launched its “megawatt flash charging” technology, capable of up to 1000 kW with a single connector and 1360 kW with a dual connector.
Huawei is focusing on high-power charging solutions, particularly for heavy-duty trucks, and has teased a 1.5 MW charger.
Zeekr has introduced V4 charging piles and a liquid-cooled charging station for passenger cars with a peak power of 1.2 MW using a single connector.

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[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 days ago

From my perspective, these ultra high speed charging solutions are not the right way forward. We definitely won't manage to upgrade our grids in a way that such insane charging speeds are possible for the masses. You might have some very few high speed chargers for niche use cases but there's simply not enough energy production / storage capabilities to allow for that for a bigger number of people.

Energy providers are investing lots of money to make their grids smarter and reduce peaks in production and consumption. Spontaneously adding or removing a load of 1.6 megawatts is exactly the opposite and would be only for one (!!!) single charging port. If we wanted to install 50 of these chargers we are talking about 80 MW which already needs a small power plant on its own.

We should find solutions to allow slow charging as often as possible while minimizing inconvenience. I.e. charging while sleeping, at work, while shopping, when doing sports etc.

Fast charging should be used only for long distance travel and also there we should limit it to a reasonable speed. And from my perspective the current cars (150 kW+) are completely fine already also If that involves a small (!!!) break every 400 km or so.