超充 (chāochōng): supercharging (EV ultra-fast ch…

Meanings

1 supercharging (EV ultra-fast charging)
2 supercharger station

Characters

超

Examples

用超充半小时就能充到80%。

Yòng chāochōng bàn xiǎoshí jiù néng chōng dào bǎi fēn zhī bāshí.

With supercharging you can hit 80% in half an hour.

高速服务区一般都有超充站。

Gāosù fúwùqū yìbān dōu yǒu chāochōng zhàn.

Highway service areas usually have supercharger stations.

Tips

usage

Three speed tiers in Chinese EV charging: 慢充 (mànchōng, slow AC charging — 7kW, overnight), 快充 (kuàichōng, DC fast charging — 60-150kW), 超充 (chāochōng, supercharging — 250kW+, sub-30-minute fills). 800V平台 (eight-hundred-volt platform) is the new tech standard enabling 超充.

culture

Tesla's 超级充电桩 (chāojí chōngdiànzhuāng, Supercharger network) was first to mass-deploy this in China; now 蔚来 (NIO), 小鹏 (Xpeng), and 华为 (Huawei) all run their own 超充 networks. 800V cars from BYD, Li Auto, and Xpeng can charge faster than older 400V Teslas.