The Chinese manufacturer of electric cars XPeng presented his new quick charging column S4, definitely an interesting object. The device offers a maximum charging power of 480 kW, and according to a practical test shown by the company using one of its models (the G9 with an 800-volt flatbed) it was able to recharge the amount of battery needed in five minutes. run across between 200 and 210 kilometers.
We are talking about an ultra-fast column, which should present remarkable data: 670 amps and voltage between 600 and 700 volts. As XPeng founder and CEO He Xiaopeng said during the presentation of the device, 480 kW is the maximum possible charging power; the G9 model should easily go up to 440 kW.
What can you do in 5 minutes? Grab some coffee, listen to a song, or charge your G9?
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During the demonstration put in place by XPeng, the car had a battery level of 40%, and initially the charging reached the power of 150 kW. It later peaked at 400 kW and, after about 3 minutes and 40 seconds, 440 kW was slightly exceeded. “In the past it would have taken an hour to charge a battery from 10% up to 80% with a fast charge. Moving forward, we will make these ultra-fast refills on all of our cars, making them fully charged in 20-30 minutes at the most.“Promised He Xiaopeng.
According to XPeng, the first S4 charging station is already in operation, and it is the thousandth installed by the company. So far, the Chinese manufacturer has installed its charging stations in 337 cities in its country, and of these thousand columns, almost 800 are S2 rapid chargers with a charging power of 180 kW. The S4s will be installed in the ten cities where more G9 models will be ordered, but not only; also in the main cities and along the busiest motorways, in 2023, other recharging points will be created. By 2025 XPeng expects to have 2,000 ultrafast top-ups in surplus.
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