
Chinese car giant BYD is introducing a breakthrough launch in the electric car industry when it comes to charging speed.
The company’s premium Denza brand will arrive in Europe next month with a new grand tourer called the Z9GT that promises to recharge dramatically faster than almost any electric car currently on sale. Using what BYD calls ‘Flash Charging’, the car can top up from 10 to 70 per cent in just five minutes and reach 97 per cent in around nine minutes – figures that start to look close to the time it takes to fill a petrol tank.