# 1.5 MW charger

BYD's 'Flash Charge' Push: 5-Minute Top-Ups, 1.5MW Chargers and a Plan for 20,000 Stations

BYD announced a second‑generation Blade battery and a megawatt‑class "flash‑charge" system that it says can charge from 10% to 70% in five minutes and to 97% in nine minutes, with only a small penalty at minus 30°C. The company pairs the technical claims with a plan to build 20,000 flash‑charge stations across China this year and offers one year of free flash charging to owners of vehicles with the new battery.