Electric and Hybrid Car Thread

[EvoSpider]

The answer is you gotta go to Lexus for it. Subaru doesn't have a luxury marque

[twitchyzero]

not sure if US spec only but

xtra 100HP, symmetrical AWD, Nappa leather, heated 3rd row seats

thing is more lexus than even the Crown line-up

[GLOW]

so many variants, just drop the damn e-wrx already with fake boxer engine growl

[JDMDreams]

I drove by the ev charger a few days ago and I thought it was a diesel truck idling it was so loud

[AstulzerRZD]

Seems the day of 5 minute charging is here.

Geely challenges BYD's flash charging: 10%-70% in 4 minutes 22 seconds and 10%-97% in 8 minutes 42 seconds

Just one month after BYD unveiled its second-generation blade battery and megawatt flash charging technology—claiming the world’s fastest mass-production charging speed—Geely‘s Lynk & Co brand has announced even faster charging performance with its 900V Energee Golden Brick Battery.

According to official test data released today, the Lynk & Co 10 achieved faster charging speeds: charging from 10% to 70% SOC in 4 minutes 22 seconds, from 10% to 80% SOC in 5 minutes 32 seconds, and from 10% to 97% in 8 minutes 42 seconds – faster than BYD’s megawatt flash charging results of 5 minutes (10% -70%) and 9 minutes (10% – 97%), respectively.

The peak charging power during the test reached 1100kW, and even after the battery reached 80% SOC, it still maintained over 500kW.

However, the test was conducted using Zeekr’s V4 megawatt flash charging piles, and the company has not yet disclosed the mass-rollout timeline for these chargers. According to Zeekr, as of the end of February 2026, Geely’s self-built charging network has launched 2,103 charging stations and 10,212 charging piles, covering 215 cities nationwide. This includes 6,269 stations in highway service areas, 1,216 800V ultra-fast charging stations, and 5,468 ultra-fast charging piles.

In contrast, BYD installed its 5,000th megawatt flash charging station earlier this month and expects to build 20,000 stations by year-end to support large-scale charging demands.

[supafamous]

https://www.motor1.com/news/792130/h...lier-strength/

Honda, Toyota and Ford CEOs have all come out recently and said that they are under huge threat by the Chinese.

Honda CEO and President Toshihiro Mibe recently traveled to China to gain insight into how domestic companies are churning out so many products in such a short timeframe. After visiting an auto supplier factory in Shanghai, he made a stark remark: “We have no chance against this," Nikkei Asia reports.

Honda’s leadership isn’t alone in sounding the alarm across the supply chain. In an October 2025 interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Ford CEO Jim Farley didn’t mince words either:

'They have enough [production] capacity in China with existing factories to serve the entire North American market, put us all out of business.'

Similarly, former Toyota CEO Koji Sato recently told suppliers during a meeting with representatives from 484 companies that unless things change, the company’s very existence could be at risk:

'Unless things change, we will not survive. I want everyone to acknowledge this sense of crisis.'

[JDMDreams]

I don't get it, they do things the old fashioned, refuse to get with the times then finally admit they suck?

[68style]

What's the heat level like on batteries charging that fast? All the energy being pumped in at once must results in some pretty astounding chemical processes.