EV charging speeds have been enhancing over the previous couple of years. Lately Porsche unveiled its 2025 Taycan electrical sedan which it says has peak DC fast-charging speeds of as much as 320 kW.
Now, a Chinese language EV producer, Li Auto, has teased the charging speeds of its upcoming folks mover with blistering peak fast-charging speeds that outpace these of the upcoming Porsche Taycan. It says its Mega electrical folks mover can have peak charging speeds of 552 kW.
In response to a report from CNC, a real-world take a look at has achieved 521.2 kW of DC charging pace, showcasing the automotive’s battery to cost from 10-80% in 10 minutes and 36 seconds.
Throughout this cost take a look at, simply after plugging the automotive in, it was in a position to shortly ramp as much as 400 kW at a ten% state of cost.
It hit its peak charging charge, only a minute into the charging session when the battery had 17% state of cost.
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On the 5-minute mark, the automotive was already topped as much as 48%, nonetheless receiving over 440 kW.
Over the ten minutes and 36 seconds charging session, 500 km of vary was added with the ultimate vary determine of 568 km seen on the show.
That’s very spectacular given the scale of the CATL-supplied battery pack, which sits at 102.7 kWh on this folks mover.
This specific battery is CATL’s Qilin battery which helps what the corporate calls” 5C ultra-fast charging”. This charging pace charge can ship as much as 500 km of vary in simply 12 minutes.
Li Auto Mega is predicated on an 800-Volt structure, serving to it obtain such charging speeds.
The design of the automotive is aerodynamic with a coefficient of drag of simply 0.215. That’s fairly spectacular for a 7-seater folks mover.
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For comparability, the not too long ago launched Kia EV9 has a better coefficient of drag of 0.28.
The Mega additionally has a curvier rear part of the roof, making it resemble a Sportback SUV on the rear.
The smooth design helps the Mega obtain a CLTC vary of 700 km. It’s nearer to only over 500 km underneath the WLTP take a look at cycle.
Pricing of the Mega is anticipated to be round 600,000 RMB which is equal to $A130,000 in its native market.
Li Auto is anticipated to announce the Mega and launch its pricing and specs in March.
Watch Li Auto Mega charging at over 520 kW of DC charging pace
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Riz is the founding father of carloop based mostly in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV knowledge, perception stories and tendencies. He’s a mechanical engineer who spent the primary 7 years of his profession constructing transport infrastructure earlier than beginning carloop. He has a ardour for automobiles, notably EVs and desires to assist scale back transport emissions in Australia. He at the moment drives a crimson Tesla Mannequin 3.