China continues to raise the bar on electric vehicles, with BYD unveiling a new EV platform that can be recharged about as fast as it takes refuel a gasoline car. Why it matters: Making EV charging as painless as visiting a gas station is one less hurdle for consumers,

BYD on Monday unveiled a new platform for electric vehicles (EVs) that it said could charge EVs as quickly as it takes to pump gas and announced for the first time that it would build a charging network across China.

BYD's Super E-Platform uses an advanced Blade battery capable of 10C charging and 1,000-kW peak power, with Tang L and Han L as the first models to use it