Huawei's latest EV charger goes up to 1.5 MW

Huawei has unveiled an EV charger that goes up to 1.5 MW today. It was rolled out in Shanghai, and Huawei claims it's the first fully liquid-cooled MW-class charging solution. It's currently aimed at heavy trucks, but Huawei said it can also be used by cars.

When using two charging guns at the same time, the charging current goes up to 2,400A. An EV truck can go from 10% to 90% in 15 minutes according to Huawei, refilling about 300 kWh in that time. This is a nearly fourfold improvement over traditional DC chargers, apparently.

The charger supports "99%" of existing EV models, increasing charging efficiency and reducing operating costs by 20% in real-world tests, Huawei says. It can operate stably in outdoor temperatures ranging from -22°F to 140°F.

Huawei is cooperating with SF Express and JD.com to deploy the first 5,000 electric heavy trucks that are adapted to use this charger.

Yesterday, CATL, the world's biggest battery maker, unveiled its second-gen Shenxing Superfast Charging Battery, which has a peak charging power of 1.3 MW, replenishing 1.6 miles per second of charge. Zeekr has also promised to launch a liquid-cooled charger with 1.2 MW of peak power per charging gun, while BYD has already unveiled a 1 MW charger, so the industry is clearly moving very fast into the direction of minimizing charging times, at least in China.

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