The company’s Volt-dragon system joins a megawatt-charging race in China, but its advertised performance has not been independently verified.
Chery has entered China’s latest round of ultra-fast EV charging claims with a new system it calls Volt-dragon, which the company says is capable of adding up to 500 kilometres of driving range in five minutes. According to the company’s announcement reported by Ta Nea and CarNewsChina, the charger has a peak output of 1.44 megawatts, or 1,440 kilowatts, placing it among the most powerful public charging systems announced by Chinese manufacturers. The figures remain manufacturer claims rather than independently verified test results.
The announcement comes as Chinese carmakers push aggressively to reduce charging times and narrow the gap between refuelling and charging. Reuters, through Associated Press reporting on the market, has noted that BYD has said its Flash Charging technology can add most of a battery’s capacity in a matter of minutes, while Geely has promoted similarly short charge times under its own stated conditions. Huawei has also advanced megawatt-class charging infrastructure, although its emphasis is more on deployment and grid integration than on battery design.
BYD’s own announcement for its second-generation Blade Battery and FLASH Charging technology says compatible vehicles can gain 10% to 70% charge in five minutes and reach 97% in nine minutes, using chargers rated at up to 1,500 kilowatts. The company has also outlined plans for a large domestic charging network and wider international deployment. As with Chery’s figures, these performance claims depend on specific vehicle architectures, battery chemistry and operating conditions.
That caveat matters. Industry coverage in Electrek and CarNewsChina points out that the headline numbers for megawatt charging usually rely on compatible vehicles, ideal temperatures and sufficient grid support. Chery has not identified which models will match the advertised range gain, and it has not published independent validation of the system’s performance in demanding conditions. Even so, the company’s move underlines how quickly China’s EV industry is turning charging speed into a major competitive front.
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