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CATL is building more than 200 battery swap stations every month

9 points by breve ago | 3 comments

BYD's second-gen flash charging is probably the biggest threat to battery swapping.

For example, the newly launched Seal 08, about $30k, 435 hp, 905 km CLTC range, can charge from 10% to 70% in 5 minutes.

And BYD is pushing very fast on both sides: building flash-charging stations, and bringing this tech down to more models.

Right now the cheapest car with this tech is the Linghui e7 550, only about $16.2k.

to my little mind, it looks way easier to swap batteries... especially if you want to onboard trucks

Finally a believable headline about CATL.

Next week we'll be back to CATL increasing energy density by 1 million percent with a battery that charges in 3 nanoseconds.