- This isn’t meant as a dunk on David, but charging speed isn’t what’s slowing down EV adoption in the US. The charging curve on a Taycan can get you very close to what this BYD can do. There’s not much value in charging that’s faster than this because you want to make stops on a long road trip anyway
- Chinese automaker BYD debuts an EV that charges up to 250 miles of range in *5 minutes*, nearly eliminating the time difference in filling up a gas vehicle. You can't get it in the US, though. We keep Chinese cars out so that our dinosaur automakers can keep selling bloated combustion trucks.
- David’s main point still holds: Our domestic automotive industry successfully lobbies for terrible policies that make our transportation system worse on safety, effectiveness, and climate fronts.
