Hongqi's new experimental battery can reportedly charge from 10% to 70% in under four minutes.
China’s charging race is already pushing beyond the five-minute benchmark set only last year.
The biggest claims still need production-car proof, repeatable performance and real-world charging infrastructure.
It was only last year that five-minute EV charging debuted in China, promising to finally make topping up an EV similarly quick to filling up a combustion car. Now, Chinese automakers and battery manufacturers are already treating it as a benchmark to beat.
CarNewsChina reports that the FAW Group's Hongqi brand has developed a battery that can charge from 10% to 70% in just 3 minutes and 41 seconds. In testing conducted at 77°F (25°C), the pack reportedly charged from 10% to 97% in 8 minutes and 3 seconds.
