up to 1,500 kW

Chinese state-owned oil company Sinopec is converting a petrol station into the first BYD ‘flash charging’ hub

De samenwerking tussen EV-bouwer BYD en het Chinese staatsoliebedrijf Sinopec levert een eerste 'flash charging station' op. Foto: BYD, 2026

The Chinese state-owned oil company Sinopec has converted one of its existing petrol stations in Shanghai into the first ‘ultra-fast charging flagship station’. The charging station was developed in close collaboration with the Chinese EV and battery giant BYD.

BYD, a manufacturer of electric passenger cars and battery systems, is expanding its network of so-called ‘flash charging’ stations. These are charging stations where EVs can be charged at record speed. To this end, the company launched its second-generation ‘blade battery’ and associated charging technology earlier this year. This enables vehicles to be charged from 10 per cent to 70 per cent in five minutes and from 10 per cent to 97 per cent in nine minutes. The company also announced plans to install 20,000 of these fast-charging stations across China by the end of the year.

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To further enhance its charging strategy, BYD entered into a partnership with the Chinese state-owned oil company Sinopec last June. The collaboration between the two companies includes, amongst other things, the roll-out of an ultra-fast charging network. The first visible result of the partnership opened this weekend in Shanghai.

All the fuel pumps have been removed from a former Sinopec petrol station and replaced by a total of six T-shaped ultra-fast chargers. Each charging point is equipped with two charging cables capable of delivering up to 1,500 kW. Each charging column is fitted with four ‘blade battery’ units that act as a buffer for the electricity grid, with a total capacity of 169 or 185 kWh. Various media outlets reported that Sinopec had removed the existing underground fuel tanks to make way for the battery storage.

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This article was automatically translated from the original Dutch text into British English.

Author: Paul Blonk

Source: Mobility Energy

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