E machine game changer?

[Coyote Chris]

China is claiming a significant breakthrough in E technology.
Would this make a believer out of you if it is true? The current bugaboo as I see it is installing all those megawatt chargers....and I still dont like the fact that only specially trained shops can work on cars and maybe bikes if they are electric.

BYD's 2nd Generation Blade Battery (released early 2026) offers higher energy density (up to 200 Wh/kg), enabling 1,000+ km ranges, improved safety, and faster charging. It uses Lithium Manganese Iron Phosphate (LMFP) chemistry and "flash-flow" technology, achieving 10-70% charge in just five minutes with new megawatt-level chargers.
EV Infrastructure News +4
Key Features and Improvements of Gen 2 Blade Battery

• Energy Density: Increased to roughly 190–200 Wh/kg, up from 140–165 Wh/kg in the Gen 1 battery.
• Charging Speeds: Enabled by new flash-charging technology, allowing for a 10% to 70% charge in 5 minutes.
• Performance & Range: Enables long-range EVs up to 1,000km.
• Chemistry: Uses an LMFP cathode (Lithium Manganese Iron Phosphate) and a silicon-carbon composite anode for higher performance, replacing standard LFP.
• Durability: Enhanced lifespan, with some reports indicating over 4,000 cycles.
• Safety: Continues to use a "blade" structure with improved 700°C extreme temperature tolerance.

 

[Manfred]

The government of China is less credible than our own.

 

[greenbeforeblue]

EV range and charge times have taken lying to a new level.

 

[junglejim]

I think that “advertising” by definition, always precedes the product and overstates the performance to elevate immediate sales in order to recover development and production costs as quickly as possible for maximizing profits. Customer safety and satisfaction are way farther down the list.

 

[ST1100Y]

Panniers, topcase, tankbag, enough space for comfortable seating of rider and passenger, perfect weather protection, maintenance free shaft drive, total neutral whilst precise handling, enough power for any situation/terrain, brakes that stop on a dime, a minimum range of 500km, a maximum refueling time of 10 minutes...

Anyone...?

Methinks I'll stick with my ancient ST1100 then...

 

[mikesim]

I'm from Missouri... you wil have to "Show Me".

Mike

 

[Coyote Chris]

The government of China is less credible than our own.

True. But they aren't stupid.

 

[Coyote Chris]

I'm from Missouri... you wil have to "Show Me".

Mike

Me too. But if someone credible tests one in say Vietnam, I would like to see the test. The whole point is IF the gen 2 is real and IF there are mega charging stations, it could be a game changer. Not for ME but for EV hounds.

 

[Coyote Chris]

Me too. But if someone credible tests one in say Vietnam, I would like to see the test. The whole point is IF the gen 2 is real and IF there are mega charging stations, it could be a game changer. Not for ME but for EV hounds.

BTW, lots of scooters and e monowheels here in San Diego and sport bikes (ICE). No Harleys yet.

 

[Manfred]

True. But they aren't stupid.

Depends on how one defines "stupid." Communists leaders are stupid in many ways, always to the detriment of anyone other than themselves.

 

[Coyote Chris]

Depends on how one defines "stupid." Communists leaders are stupid in many ways, always to the detriment of anyone other than themselves.

Good historical debate! If leasders do things like get a lot of their people poor or dead, but they live like Kings, who is stupid?

 

[Manfred]

Good historical debate! If leasders do things like get a lot of their people poor or dead, but they live like Kings, who is stupid?

Not to get too political or bring my Christian world-view into this, I will say that history will judge brutes who have their boots on the necks of people rather harshly.

 

[Coyote Chris]

Not to get too political or bring my Christian world-view into this, I will say that history will judge brutes who have their boots on the necks of people rather harshly.

Maybe, but dictators care less. Don't matter to them.

 

[Manfred]

Maybe, but dictators care less. Don't matter to them.

Dictators could NOT care less. They will be judged on that great and terrible day when the Lord returns.

 

[Coyote Chris]

Dictators could NOT care less. They will be judged on that great and terrible day when the Lord returns.

That would be nice. I have a list. But they still don't care.

 

[Belisaerio]

Forget politics, let's talk physics. Even if you assume perfect delivery and battery density, the U.S. does not have anything even close to the extra electrical capacity to power more than a tiny fraction of vehicles. We would need at least double what we have now, and that means a lot of nuclear. The biggest advocates for EV are also the biggest opponents of nuclear.

Put in real world limitations (delivery loss, power bleed, motor inefficiency) and it becomes clear mass adoption of EV is about as likely as the atomic cars promised in the 50s.