Together, the two new technologies deliver remarkable recharging speeds, regardless of the conditions. A 10 to 70 percent refill takes as little as five minutes, while 10 to 97 percent requires only nine minutes. Even when the temperature is -30 degrees Celsius, conditions that would normally result in a drastic reduction in charging speeds, the Flash Charger can take a Blade Battery 2.0 from 20 to 97 percent in only 12 minutes. And the Blade Battery itself is capable of longer distances on a single charge thanks to a 5 percent gain in energy density. Ranges of more than 1,000 kilometers are now possible (based on the CLTC efficiency test).

Developed through six years of intensive research, the second generation of BYD’s Blade Battery is the foundation of the latest breakthroughs in Flash Charging. With traditional batteries, the key qualities of fast charging and high energy density are often seen as conflicting technical goals. But BYD has resolved this trade-off, increasing energy density by five percent while significantly increasing the charging speed.

To achieve this, BYD has three breakthroughs that significantly reduces the internal resistance and heat generation from fast chargers:

• The ‘Flash-Release’ cathode features a directionally engineered, multi-level particle-size architecture that enables dense packing and rapid deintercalation.
• The ‘Flash-Flow’ electrolyte uses AI-driven precision optimization to deliver high ionic conductivity and fast ion mobility
• The ‘Flash-Intercalate’ anode has a multi-dimensional lithium-insertion site construction, allowing 360-degree 3D high-speed lithium-ion intercalation.

Further innovation in the anode, which features high-throughput electrode restructuring and graphite particles aligned perpendicular to the electrode plane, reduces lithium-ion transport resistance and allows smooth, faster intercalation.

According to BYD, the technical achievements in energy density and charging speed have not come at the cost of safety or durability. In fact, Blade Battery 2.0 has passed a string of fresh benchmark safety evaluations, including the world’s first simultaneous Flash Charging and Nail-Penetration Test, which resulted in no thermal runaway, smoke or fire, even after 500 Flash Charging cycles. The Blade Battery 2.0 also passed a thermal-runaway test after the forced short circuit of four cells simultaneously, with no fire or explosion, even when reaching temperatures of over 700 degrees Celsius.

The Blade Battery 2.0 brings an advancement in LFP battery durability. Compared with the original Blade Battery, its overall capacity degradation is reduced by 2.5 percent.

The Denza Z9 GT—a vehicle that’s confirmed to arrive in the Philippines—is the first export model that will receive the Blade Battery 2.0.

The second core component of BYD’s breakthrough in charging is the Flash Charger, capable of delivering up to 1,500 kW through a single connector (Chinese-market specification).

BYD has already installed 4,239 Flash Charging stations across China, and it expects to have 20,000 in operation by the end of this year. It will also be offered in several key markets globally.

The Flash Charger station is paired with an ultra-fast-discharge energy storage system that helps to break through grid restrictions. It uses a battery that gets recharged at slower speeds and can act as both an energy reservoir to prevent grid overload and a power amplifier that enables high-power charging.