Geely 2.2MW Charger Enables 4-Minute EV Charges — SkimNews
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- Geely plans to announce a next-generation charging system on September 23 at its Global All-Domain Safety Center in Ningbo, China, capable of delivering 2.2MW of power—about half-again as much as BYD's 1.5MW Flash Charging 2.0.
- Geely says the system enables a 4-minute 22-second charge via its "Golden Brick" battery, roughly 50% faster than BYD's 5-minute Blade 2.0, with AI-driven battery temperature management and a claimed 3,500 charge/discharge cycles with limited degradation.
- BYD's Flash Charging 2.0 delivers 1.5MW of power and charges its Blade 2.0 battery in about 5 minutes, the benchmark Geely is now leapfrogging.
- Tesla's first 1.2MW Megacharger location—which is designed for trucks rather than consumer vehicles—is still slower than what Geely is targeting for passenger EVs.
- The article notes that "four minutes" charging times are typically quoted from 10–70% or 10–80%, since charging slows dramatically near 100%, leaving room for marketing wiggle room.
Why it matters: Geely's 2.2MW system would be roughly six times faster than anything commercially available in the US for consumer vehicles, widening the gap between Chinese and American fast-charging capability. For US-based EV makers and consumers, the announcement reinforces that the Chinese charging-infrastructure race is now measured in megawatts and seconds, not kilowatts and minutes.
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