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BYD Song Ultra EV shakes up the industry with 5-minute fast charging, 22k USD (electrek.co)
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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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[–] 28 points 5 months ago* (8 children)

Hmm, good question, and a quick google later:

Chinese EVs may not have to pass USDOT crash tests, but they do have to pass Euro NCAP crash tests, and Chinese NCAP crash tests, which are similar.

And a lot of them did quite well in that regards.

And and they also have to pass however Canada does crash tests as well.

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  • [–] 26 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    BYD vehicles all rate 5 stars in the Australian ANCAP ratings as well.

    The "Chinese vehicles aren't safe" thing is just fear mongering these days or, more generously, a misapplication of their micro vehicle standards for low speed urban use to ordinary passenger vehicles.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    This article is counting Tesla and Polestar as Chinese EVs…

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Polestars basically are. They are owned by Geely and some are built in China

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