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New BYD megawatt hyperchargers can top up your EV's battery as fast as filling up with petrol (www.carmagazine.co.uk)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Buffalox@lemmy.world to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net
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Regarding people questioning durability:

https://thetechylife.com/how-long-do-byd-batteries-last/

BYD batteries are designed to last for 3000 to 5000 charge cycles

If a car has 400 km range on a charge and can handle 3000 cycles, that's 1.2 million kilometers.
While we don't know for sure, there has been nothing to indicate BYD should have compromised on that.

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Just because BYD and CATL have historically been the best,

Not historically, they are currently the best.

it is completely reasonable to question if its actually as good as they claim.

Absolutely, but were the same questions asked when Tesla announced their latest super charger?
Here BYD was ridiculed as being trash, despite they are probably #1 or 2 world leader on car batteries and charging together with CATL.

I've read 5 articles about it now, and none question the durability of the battery, probably because there is no reason to.

If there truely is no degradation to the batteries longevity, why wouldnt BYD actually publish that?

Of course fast charging degrade relatively more than slower charging, that's the same for Tesla cars too and all other brands. The point is that these are designed to actually handle the higher charge, so you can actually use it.
But if you use fast charging every day, there will be a noticeable difference for every EV.

I never claimed they broke the laws of physics. Just that these will most likely be exactly as durable as what is currently available.