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That's 1000 amps at 1000 volts.
by incompatible 2y ago
That's 1000 amps at 1000 volts.
- httpz 2y agoOr 1300 horsepower
- incompatible 2y agoThat's just a rough conversion for 1 megawatt. I was curious about the actual voltage and current they were using, since the article didn't say much.
- adrian_b 2y agoThe values posted above cannot be far from the real values. Perhaps they use something like 700 A at 1400 V. It is unlikely that they use a voltage over 1500 V, because the semiconductor switches used in the converter become much more expensive at higher voltages. A current of 700 A or even 1000 A can be easily handled by a single IGBT module. There are much bigger semiconductor switches that can handle several thousand ampere currents.
- incompatible 2y agoI should have been clearer, I did a web search and found other articles, which based on marketing information from the company, say it's 1000A and 1000V. https://electrek.co/2025/03/17/byd-confirms-1000v-super-e-platform-fast-charging-400km-5-minutes/ https://electrek.co/2025/03/17/byd-confirms-1000v-super-e-pl...
- dist-epoch 2y agoWhat kind of wires do you need to handle that power? Reminds me of this picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/CERN-cables-p1030764.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/CERN-cab...
- snops 2y agoThe cable is cooled by a mix of water and glycol, which runs through the cable and also cools the connector pins. Tesla use this in their supercharger cables, as without it the cable would be too heavy. https://www.cpcworldwide.com/Liquid-Cooling/Electric-Vehicle-Charging/EV-Charging-Cables https://www.cpcworldwide.com/Liquid-Cooling/Electric-Vehicle...
- MrBuddyCasino 2y agoAt 1000V, 1000A require 0.13cm wire diameter[0] over 2 Meter with 5V voltage drop, just 15 AWG. [0] https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/amp-to-wire-size https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/amp-to-wire-size
- pxndx 2y agoYeah that turns the cable into a 5kW space heater.
- jankeymeulen 2y agoA 5V drop at 1000 Amps also means 5000 Watts of heat generated, you probably want something with less of a drop.
- MrBuddyCasino 2y agoThere will be free hot showers, electrically heated Brazilian-style.