Oct 21, 2026 | Cars, Electric Vehicles
BYD’s new Da Han flagship, launched on 13 October, pairs a 1,008 km range claim with a 10-to-97% charge in nine minutes. The battery behind both numbers is a modest 102.3 kWh — the same pack BYD drops into cars that travel a third less far. The range is not...
Oct 21, 2026 | Charging & Infrastructure, Electric Vehicles
Over China’s seven-day National Day holiday, Nio’s battery-swap network performed 1,192,221 swaps and BYD’s megawatt flash-charging network delivered about 1.22 million charges. The two totals are within three percent of each other. That near-tie is...
Oct 10, 2026 | Battery Technology, Charging & Infrastructure
A battery-buffered fast charger has a battery pack built into the cabinet, so it can hand a car far more power than its grid connection supplies. FreeWire’s Boost Charger 200 delivers 200 kW from an electrical service rated at 27 kW. The 160 kWh battery inside...
Oct 1, 2026 | Charging & Infrastructure
EVgo will preview a 750kW public fast charger in 2027, and it says the machine can refill “the fastest-charging EVs currently sold in the US in around 10 minutes.” The fastest-charging EV currently sold in the US peaks at 600 kilowatts, for a minute or two...
Sep 24, 2026 | Battery Technology, Cars, Electric Vehicles
Denza, BYD’s premium marque, launched the Z9S on 23 September 2026 with a record bolted to the press release: at 1,100 km on China’s CLTC cycle, it is the longest-range mass-produced electric car on sale. The figure is genuine. It is also the least...
