The Golden Battery is now the fastest charging battery in the EV world
Introduced to the world in December 2023, the ‘Golden Battery’ claimed at the time a possible 500 kilometers of driving distance in just 15 minutes of battery charging.
Now the latest Zeekr electric vehicle, the 7X SUV has been fitted with this battery and the performance of its packs has surpassed expectations, managing to charge from 10-80 percent in just 9 minutes and 45 seconds and go as far as 680 kilometers.
Interestingly, the Golden 75 kWh lithium-ion phosphate (LFP) Battery can be drained to 0 percent before being attached to Zeekr’s proprietary public charging outlet and charged to 100 percent in 19 minutes.
Zeekr’s 840kW-rated charger is among the most powerful in the world, with the latest public chargers being rated at a mere 350-400kW being rolled out as you read this.
The secret behind this success is Zeekr’s fast-charging network which is already primed to roll out in Australia and Thailand this 2025 with its LFP battery technology.
What this means for customers is that the Zeekr 7X SUV can add an extra 21 miles to your overall for every minute plugged into the charger. Theoretically, this means that just four minutes of charging would add 85 miles, thus overcoming one of the most significant barriers to the EV market from the consumer perspective.
China has demonstrated that it is the global leader in EV battery technology. In another test, Zeekr used its fast-charging technology on a Porsche Taycan. The demonstration showed that the average charging time could be more than halved when compared to the chargers available to consumers today throughout much of the world.
Meanwhile, Zeekr is owned by China’s Geely Holding Group who also own the UK-based luxury sports car brand Lotus, Malaysian car brand Proton and the globally renowned Swedish brand Volvo. So, will this Golden Battery find its way into future Volvo electric vehicles, Lotus electric vehicle and also PRO-NET models like the e.MAS 7 which is a full Geely product?
