US being left behind in EV charging speeds as China goes sub-5 min to 70%

What happened

The new LFP battery charges from 10 to 70% in 4.5 minutes at just 65˚C. Hype merchants have a habit of overdoing it , but there’s no denying that China is making the US look more than a little antiquated when it comes to electric vehicles.

China’s OEMs are in a battle over who can charge the fastest, and this week, Geely fired its latest salvo. For all their many improvements over internal combustion engine vehicles—far greater efficiency, instant torque, very little NVH, more reliabiity, and so on—EVs do still take longer to recharge than it takes to refuel a car with a liquid.