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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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

submitted 2 days ago by kowanatsi@lemmy.world to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net

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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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[–] BaroqueInMind@piefed.social -4 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I'd like to read some sources on current day China using slave labor to build these cars, otherwise you sound like another racist.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Brazil sues China carmaker BYD over 'slave-like' conditions
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3v5n7w55kpo

But I was looking for Hungary.

EV giant BYD accused of forced labour violations at European factory

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/byd-hungary-china-labour-watch-9.7154249

[–] BaroqueInMind@piefed.social 7 points 2 days ago

I appreciate your links to help me be more informed! Thank you!

[–] JL4575@piefed.social 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

China does use slave labor in cotton and aluminum production. BYD uses that aluminum, as well as other western brands.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/02/01/china-carmakers-implicated-uyghur-forced-labor

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2026/01/un-experts-alarmed-reports-forced-labour-uyghur-tibetan-and-other-minorities

[–] Town@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 days ago

BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, and Volkswagen, Ford, General Motors, and Tesla use steel and aluminum from China that is made with forced labor. This is a problem for The US car industry because Canada has laws against using it.

[–] neo2478@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Updated with a source.