High-speed Service Area Demands BYD Flash Charging Piles

The official public account of Hunan Expressway recently posted that on March 9, the Service Area Management Company under Hunan Expressway Group held a meeting with the BYD Flash Charging Center's Xiang-E-Gan-Gui (Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Guizhou) Regional Division.

According to the introduction, Hunan Expressway has built and operated 2064 charging spots in 160.5 pairs of expressway service areas across the province, establishing a basic charging network covering the entire Hunan expressway area.

BYD’s flash charging technology leads the industry in the megawatt-level flash charging domain. Its megawatt flash charging technology achieves a peak single-gun power output of 1,500 kW, enabling the replenishment of 400 km of driving range in just 5 minutes and achieving a 97% state of charge in 9 minutes—nearly a full charge—providing an efficient energy-replenishment solution for highway service areas.

Both parties will deepen their cooperation in areas such as the selection of charging equipment, the construction and operation of flash charging stations, and the leasing and sales of new energy vehicles, to build efficient charging facilities suitable for high-speed scenarios, thereby enhancing the travel convenience for a wide range of electric vehicle owners.

It is understood that compared to other ultra-fast charging piles, BYD’s Flash Charging piles offer generational-leading advantages. First and foremost is the energy storage cabinet design: BYD’s megawatt-level Flash Charging piles are equipped with built-in energy storage systems, enabling large-scale deployment without placing additional demand on the station’s power capacity.

This is because the flash charging station normally charges its energy storage system using the current and voltage of a standard charging pile, and when a vehicle owner arrives to charge, it delivers power externally at a peak output of 1500 kW, without transmitting any power fluctuations to the grid throughout the entire process.

Therefore, the megawatt flash charging pile requires no grid capacity expansion; it can be directly installed into existing charging stations simply by placing the cabinet—just as easy as installing an air conditioner.

In addition, to quickly expand the flash charging stations, BYD is first promoting in-station flash charging stations. BYD, in collaboration with national charging network operators, will have 18,000 stations built by the end of the year. As for the high-speed flash charging piles urgently needed by high-speed drivers, 2,000 will be completed by the end of the year, covering nearly 1/3 of the highway service areas, with an average of one BYD flash charging station every 100 kilometers.

Moreover, BYD’s flash charging stations are fully open to new energy vehicles of other brands, in addition to being available for BYD’s own brand.