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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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[–] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

To be fair China has their equivalent of the NHTSA with more or less comparable tests. US crash tests are particularly bad and still assume a sedan when everyone drives SUVs/light trucks now. Even mini vans in China are smaller than the majority of American SUVs.

The government subsidy is the bigger reason for why the West generally blocks or heavily tariffs the import of Chinese cars. It's just not fair competition (though there's also an argument of it being a good thing for us to let them subsidize our imports of lithium)