No excitement because this is a program announcement. I.e., we have decided to develop a 1000V platform with 1MW charge rate." That doesn't mean they have such a system, nor does it imply they have a high chance of success.
I read it as the technology is being announced and starting production. Either way, the business world is excited about it.
One Small Modular Reactor is about 300MW. That is a 300-bay fast charging station with 1MW charge rates. If we are to electrify transportation that is what a highway fuel station will look like. With a restroom, Dunkins and a Panera.
Sounds to me like it's fully developed and ready to roll out:
That's how they want you to interpret it. Also, the stock price does not represent the business world. The same Reddit crowd who bought Game Stop could be buying BYD.
"Unveiled?"
It can have different types of solutions. One is drawing power at near maximum rate the existing grid is capable of and fill in the local power banks at the charging stations for a quick high energy zap. Power banks could be filled up at night or during day when EVs are not using the maximum power available to that location. The larger the power bank, the more of these BYD's it can handle simultaneously. I have a feeling you will be paying more for this kinda juice to pay for the power banks.
I'm not sure any SMNRs will be able to wind up and down fast enough. I think they're still a base load solution.
I'm basically a skeptic too, and you may be right. But there are a lot of indicators that this is more than just an idea in the works. Maybe bad translation? ?‍
They are only 300MW and no-CO2, I think a plant like that can always be dispatched, even at night when less cars are fast charging (and solar is off line) 300MW transmission lines are manageable.
"Global mass production?" Has anyone seen one, anywhere? Press releases often contain exaggerations, but the Chinese ones (translation?) Are particularly bad.I'm basically a skeptic too, and you may be right. But there are a lot of indicators that this is more than just an idea in the works. Maybe bad translation? ?‍
As promised last Friday, BYD held a livestream event at its headquarters in Shenzen, China, where it officially unveiled its new 1,000V Super E-Platform, capable of charging 1MW+ (1,000 kW) rates. Per its Weibo post (translated from Chinese):
BYD officially releases flash charging battery with ultra-high voltage of 1000V, ultra-large current of 1000A and ultra-large power of 1000kW, achieving global mass production of megawatt flash charging with the highest peak charging speed of 1 second and 2 kilometers, completely solving users’ charging anxiety when traveling.
