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Re:How BYD Got EV Chargers to Work Almost as Fast as Gas Pumps by arnok on Sunday March 22, 2026 @04:00AM (#47475394)
I think you are 3 orders of magnitude off in your airplane energy calculation.

3,168,750kWh = 3 GWh

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Re:How BYD Got EV Chargers to Work Almost as Fast as Gas Pumps by wesleyd on Sunday March 22, 2026 @06:35AM (#47476132)
Darn it! You are correct!

Ok, so how about: we made about as much in batteries last year as all the A380s in the world can hold fully loaded in jet fuel. (There aren’t many of them!) Not as impressive, but still.

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