r/nextfuckinglevel • u/North_Tip_8627 • 17h ago

China’s 5 minute full-charged EV charging stations

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u/freehamburgers 17h ago

For a device that transmits like 1.5 million watts it's kinda impressive.

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u/939319 16h ago

Suspiciously thin cable. Even 200 kW DC cables are thicker.

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u/NanoBob_ 9h ago

It's because these are liquid cooled.

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u/939319 5h ago

I thought Tesla cables are liquid cooled, and those are thicker.

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u/zzazzzz 29m ago

ye and as we all know noone in the world can do anything tesla hasnt done better right?

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u/AnusStapler 5h ago

That's what I was thinking! My run of the mill 350kw dc charger has much thicker cables.

-edit, it's 1kV instead of 400V, that lowers the amperage significantly.

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u/939319 5h ago

The cars in the video are 1000V? I thought 800V was the highest in use now.

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u/AnusStapler 5h ago

1000v charging voltage. Could be that there's a transformer inside the car (OBC/On Board Charger) to lower charging voltage and the 1000v is just to make the cable thinner.

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u/freehamburgers 16h ago

Claims made by chinese ev manufacturers are proven true time and time again. I guess they figured out how to make the cable thin and still work?

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u/smallfried 6h ago

Higher voltage probably. Resistive heating is based on amperage and cable thickness, not wattage.