The race is on to make the electric vehicle experience as convenient as owning gas-powered cars. China’s battery giants are in a head-to-head battle on that front. BYD recently unveiled its Super-e Platform, which can add 248 miles (400 kilometers) of range in five minutes. Now just days before Auto Shanghai—which is set to be bigger than any recent American auto show in scale and excitement—CATL claims it has outpaced BYD’s charging speeds.
