Not wanting to be outdone by BYD’s 1,500kW ‘Flash Charging,’ Geely has now announced its fifth-generation Geely Smart Charging Station, and we’re told it delivers a peak power output of 2,250kW. Impressive, but surely they could have come up with a cooler name? We’ll call it ‘Quicksilver Charging.’ One for the Marvel fans out there.
Anyway, this new tech has been unveiled alongside the Geely group’s Next-Gen Ultra Short Blade Battery (again with the naming, guys), and we’re told that in real-world tests, it was able to charge a Lynk & Co 10 and a Zeekr 001 from 10% to 70% in just 4min 30sec. Yikes. Oh, and 10% to 97% took only 8min 40sec. That’s essentially a full charge in just enough time to purchase and chug down a caffeinated beverage.
PHOTO BY Geely
PHOTO BY Geely
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Now, the makeup of the new battery apparently cuts heat generated during charging by 10%, and Geely has also worked with a company called StepFun to develop a ‘smart energy AI model’ that essentially coordinates lots of data, then uses fancy algorithms to predict the battery temperatures up to 30sec in advance. It can then adjust the charging power on the fly to keep the battery’s average temperature below 55 degrees Celsius while plugged in. Nice.
There’s also a new ‘end-to-end five-point liquid-cooling system’ that looks after everything from the charging station energy-storage battery to the charging pile, the cable, the charging port on the car, and the battery pack.
Geely—which owns Volvo, Polestar, and Lotus, don’t forget—says this and the AI charging management software combine to give the battery a longer life by 20%.
PHOTO BY Geely
NOTE: This article first appeared on TopGear.com. Minor edits have been made.