Electric Vehicles

993 readers

203 users here now

Overview:

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.

Related communities:

founded 10 months ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

New BYD megawatt hyperchargers can top up your EV's battery as fast as filling up with petrol (www.carmagazine.co.uk)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

13 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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

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

So their normal design practices allow a car to be fully charged every single day 7 days a week for about 10 years!
A car that has 400 km range which is normal today, would than have a battery lifespan of 1.2 - 2.0 million km.

And lifespan is normally considered to be until the battery has less than 80% capacity. So you could probably use it for years beyond that.