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1 posted on 05/11/2025 8:12:19 AM PDT by Red Badger
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Any safety concerns with a 1kV automobile electric system. Sounds like a FAFO situation waiting to happen.


2 posted on 05/11/2025 8:16:41 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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Now we are really doomed. /s


3 posted on 05/11/2025 8:17:32 AM PDT by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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Whatever. The electricity is still generated by oil, coal and natural gas power plants.

Plug them into hydroelectric power plants and maybe we can talk.

4 posted on 05/11/2025 8:19:52 AM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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Ask someone who drives a gasoline-powered car why they wouldn't want to get an electric one, and you're almost certain to hear this answer: they take way too long to charge.

Perhaps. But for me I have no desire for one even if it charges in five minutes. EVs are critical materials resource hogs. In the total picture they are highly polluting. ICE vehicles as polluters is highly exaggerated.

As long as owning one is chosen entirely by free market principles and NOT government incentives and coercion, I'm fine if someone wants to spend THEIR OWN money on one.

But NO more lies about EVs being environmentally friendly and "non" polluting. Propaganda of the worst sort.

5 posted on 05/11/2025 8:20:18 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there)
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Waiting for someone to fix the randomly bursting into flame issue.

Until then no sale.

7 posted on 05/11/2025 8:21:03 AM PDT by Salman (Lasu Eŭropon bruli!)
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Pure HYPE: Not enough ELECTRICITY for 5 minute EV charging | /MGUY Australia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQauPRB3s64


8 posted on 05/11/2025 8:21:19 AM PDT by Signalman (When your enemy is digging himself a hole, don't take away his shovel.)
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All we need is a nuclear power plant on every street corner.


9 posted on 05/11/2025 8:22:39 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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Interesting article. But I trust nothing the ChiComs do. So I wouldn’t put it past them to rig the EV demonstrations at the Shanghai Auto Show.

Maybe I’m just being too suspicious.

🤔


10 posted on 05/11/2025 8:22:58 AM PDT by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
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Wonder about the heat developed with that large blast of energy in such a short period. If batteries catch fire...yow.
Still....could be practical.


11 posted on 05/11/2025 8:27:46 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find. )
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After a brief jaunt through Beijing afternoon traffic, aided by BYD's God Eye automated driving assistance system, our convoy arrived at a local dealership to try Megawatt charging. BYD's demonstration involved one car plugged into the Megawatt station while a projector screen showed the crowd of journalists the charging results.

So they were given an organized tour, under completely controlled conditions?

12 posted on 05/11/2025 8:31:12 AM PDT by PGR88
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Yeah it’s all fun and games until the power goes out. Hurricanes, snowstorms, floods, earthquakes. Then you’re stuck wherever you’re at. No thanks 🙂‍↔️


14 posted on 05/11/2025 8:34:37 AM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!! )
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It's a "sedan" for a small Chinese family. 60" shoulder width in front (58" shoulder width in rear). (My EV is 62" width, 41.7" leg room.)

In other words, I'm not sure the BYD Han L is comfortable for road trips. So the speed of fast charging is irrelevant.

15 posted on 05/11/2025 8:35:07 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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The demand charges the utilities charge pulling 1,000 kWh makes this unviable. Of course the public utilities will probably be cajoled into exempting car charging stations from the demand fees, while continuing to stick it to every other business that uses more than 199 kWh in a single burst.


19 posted on 05/11/2025 8:48:35 AM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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It’s a game changer alright. Plug 50,000 of these in all at once and crash the grid. That’ll change things.


20 posted on 05/11/2025 8:50:50 AM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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The answer is still no to EVs. They suck, especially Chinese ones but if I can’t hear it start, I ain’t driving it and if allows for hands off or self driving , I’m not getting in it. If I have to login to it, I’m not driving it.


21 posted on 05/11/2025 8:55:13 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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My first thought is some guy standing in a puddle charging at 1,000 volts.

But it’s not the volts…it’s the amps. LOL


22 posted on 05/11/2025 8:58:12 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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The Chinese lie. And they are famous for hiring shills to push their shoddy products.

CC


24 posted on 05/11/2025 9:07:22 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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Cool. I can recharge every 20 miles at the next exit!! Pick up mcdonalds too but I just cant eat that much.


25 posted on 05/11/2025 9:08:10 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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I forsee explosions in the future. It’s a great strategy to get rid of cars. Force people to buy electric cars and then blow them up. China probably doesn’t need product liability insurance because they would just refuse to pay.


27 posted on 05/11/2025 9:16:40 AM PDT by webheart (Why not write out because instead of saying b/c and with instead of w/ ?)
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The Chinese are starting to innovate, not just copy. I suspect India will be doing the same within 10 years. The US already has serious competition at the leading edge of technology and it’s going to get worse.


28 posted on 05/11/2025 9:16:53 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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