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1 MW chargers don't look any bigger than standard chargers.

https://insideevs.com/news/761403/byd-thousands-megawatt-cha...


The thickness of the cables is often due to their water cooling. Transferring 1 MW at 99.9% efficiency means 1kW escaping as heat.

That's about the same as a hair dryer. Maybe I can save time by charging my car and setting my 'do simultaneously.

that depends. transferring 1 MW at 1 MV produces very little heat

1 megavolt means huuuge spark gaps, I'd say no less than 20", given dry air. This also means very thick insulation, very bulky and expensive switches and breakers, etc.

Tesla 3MW charger uses 1250V DC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megawatt_Charging_System

Liquid-cooled charging cables are a thing. too; one of many: https://www.mouser.com/new/phoenix-contact/phoenix-contact-5...


Yes, but a car can't use electricity at 1 MV and converting the megawatt back to something lower than 1 MV still produces a lot of heat.

Vehicle battery packs are 400-800V today; not 1MV.

Chinese EVs are 15% more expensive in Australia over China. The same could be in the US if not for tariffs.

I’m going to guess that a true competitive push into the US market would have marginal costs that exceed getting into Oz. But anyway your comment inspired me to do some digging:

The high end Sea Lion 7 from BYD apparently tops out at around 205k yuan in China. $29k USD.

https://carnewschina.com/2025/05/08/byds-sealion-07-dm-i-lau...

Found it in Australia for $64k AUD, that’s $43k USD.

https://evdealergroup-byd.com.au/configurator/byd-sealion-7?...

That’s a lot more than a 15% markup. A Tesla Model Y Premium would be competitive at a minimum.


I would think the comparison would be the BYD ATTO 3 premium vs Tesla Y premium.

Australian sticker price for the atto 3 is under $45,000 AUD, a smidgen over $30K usd.

With a wife with a mobility scooter and working 30-90 mins away from the office depending on traffic, I picked on up (salary sacrificing) as the lease costs less than what I was paying for fuel on the Kia carnival (Sedona in the us) each week.

Tesla model 3 entry level was another $10K AUD for a car with less features.


Why do you say the ATTO 3 is comparable to the Tesla? Seems like a completely different class of EV from a power and range perspective.

> reuse parts down to the ancillary components of a vehicle, from the battery packs to the heat pumps and motors inside the car seats

https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-byd-jon-mcneill-chines...


Dell laptop. I did my part. Tried Fedora, but finally moved to Ubuntu.


China has 26 nuclear reactors in construction. Worldwide there are 61. Let's not build nuclear reactors because China dominates industry.


Reading comprehension must not be your forte, or you're arguing in bad faith. American nuclear reactors aren't built with Chinese tech or by Chinese engineers as far as I can tell.

If you give up your sovereignty on topics like defence, energy or agriculture don't come crying in 20 years when you're someone else's bitch. Ask German's how it's going with the cheap russian gas lmao


US doesn't have any nuclear constructions. Those who built existing reactors retired or died long time ago.


Never bet against TSLA. Elon will just start selling tickets Mars colony.


Is debunked conspiracy theory, not debunked and not conspiracy anymore since replacement is a fact now?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Replacement_conspiracy_t...


Great replacement implicitly assumes that people who don't have children are part of the conspiracy.

You could now counter and say that these people are following the incentives of the system to not have children so they do not have to be aware of the conspiracy, but how is that exclusive to a specific race? The grandchildren of immigrants will be replaced as well.


I see. There are two parts.

One is a fact, white people are replaced by mostly Muslims and second is a theory 'with the complicity or cooperation of "replacist" elites'


The conspiracy theory part is that it's the Jews, vaguely defined globalists, or some other group they don't like trying to exterminate white people for some unstated reason.

They don't blame groups like business owners openly calling for cheap labor to be brought in.


Thank you for explanation, it really looks like business owners are doing white people replacement not some Jews.


Yep


On German TV this continually alternates between official state policy and debunked conspiracy.


I bought complete hydraulic disc brake set for $40 on Ali Express. Mechanical brakes cannot be much cheaper.


It is even worse. Argentina can ask China for help.


There's no way the administration in power thinks that's worse.


Tricky. Yes you'd think that playing China and America against eachother would be a smart move.

But Americans have a proven track record of killing South American leaders and invading their countries.

Perhaps one day, god willing, the Chinese will be in a position to send aircraft carriers to Panama.



>Jet engine since at least 2011

Huh? Did you read your own link? The jet engine that was shown at an aviation show as a non-functioning prototype in 2011, with hopes they'd have a functioning version by 2016, and in service by 2020 (it wasn't in service in 2020). Notice at the very top of your own article it says "still in development".

>CPU since 2000

That isn't remotely competitive, and at least a full generation behind.


What 'since at least 2011' you don't understand?


What part of "a non-functioning prototype" don't you understand?

Literally anyone can make a prototype jet engine. The metallurgy and process to make a functioning one is several orders of magnitude more difficult. Which is why... China still buys the vast, vast majority of their jet engines from Russia for military use. And their commercial passenger jets use engines from CFM.


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