Is it really even a road trip if there is no chance of the vehicle catching fire or exploding? Sounds boring TBH.
Comment on BYD’s Second-Generation Blade Battery Makes Western EV Tech Look Ancient
altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
China has also implemented the world’s most stringent standards for battery safety. They require automakers to ensure that batteries don’t catch fire or explode for at least two hours after a single cell enters thermal runaway. If it does go ablaze, Chinese automakers are experimenting with some unusual ways of protecting the car and occupants from the battery fire.
I like it way more than charging speeds. But also - I’m interested in how many recharge cycles they supposedly can live through, and that’s not in the article.
glitch1985@lemmy.world 1 day ago
victorz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
HumbleBragger@piefed.social 15 hours ago
The battery life and the cost to replace it is the one million dollars question nobody can answer (yet?) ..I assume that this is why byd cars are cheap giving the amount of technology they ship in the cars..once we have the risk of having to pay loads of money to replace a battery gone or the actual cost to do it, we should see the prices normalized (without the risk discount)