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New EV battery boasts 5-min charge time, adding 250 miles of range | The new batteries can charge at 10C, with fast chargers peaking at 1,000 kW.


The new batteries can charge at 10C, with fast chargers peaking at 1,000 kW.

New tech has been developed by BYD, the Chinese automaker that recently eclipsed Tesla as the leading EV maker by volume. BYD says it plans to build more than 4,000 of the new megawatt chargers, and customers will be able to make use of them with a pair of new EVs (the Han L sedan and Tang L SUV), which will go on sale shortly. In 2014 he decided to indulge his lifelong passion for the car by leaving the National Human Genome Research Institute and launching Ars Technica's automotive coverage.

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