00:00BYD has just shown its first heavy-duty electric semi for Europe and China, of course,
00:05and it's called the ETT44. That name is The Point. It's built to haul a full 44-ton combination,
00:14which is the maximum payload allowed on European roads, and four tons more than the Tesla Semi
00:21is rated for. The battery is a 651-kilowatt-hour blade pack. Is it blade battery version too? I
00:28doubt it, but I'm not sure. So that's LFP, lithium-ion phosphate. It's the same cheap,
00:33long-lasting chemistry in BYD's cars here in Australia and in Europe. There's also a 434-kilowatt-hour
00:40option, so a smaller pack. BYD claims 600 kilometres or 372 miles of range from the big pack with 40
00:49tons on board at 70 kilometres an hour and 400 kilometres from the smaller one. The motor is
00:57rated at 546 kilowatts. That's 733 horsepower, and its peak power is 735 kilowatts, just under 1,000
01:06horsepower. Now getting back to the range claims, 600 kilometres is not the WLTP range. That's the
01:13perfect scenario range. Driving a vehicle, an EV at 70 kilometres an hour, that's about the perfect
01:18speed, maybe 60, 60 to 70, perfect speed to hypermile. If this vehicle is doing 100 kilometres an hour or
01:25110 kilometres an hour on a freeway, it would get about 40% less range. So the real world figure
01:31is
01:31probably going to be closer to 450 kilometres of range, WLTP, for the big battery pack. How does
01:37that compare to Tesla Semi? Actually not that well, but wait a minute, we'll get to that in a second.
01:42On the Electric Viking website, I'll put a link in the description below, we have more articles about
01:48electric cars and battery technology than any other website that I'm aware of in the world.
01:54So check that out, link is in the description, and there you'll find our videos and analysis and
02:00articles about everything going on in the EV world. The headline here is BWD's own megawatt charges.
02:09This truck pulls more than 1.5 megawatts and goes from 20 to 80% in about 20 minutes. So
02:17it's the fastest
02:18charging truck. That puts 400 kilometres back in to the battery during a driver's mandatory rest break.
02:27BWD only quotes 20 to 80%, but at that charging power, 10 to 80% works out to roughly 25
02:33minutes.
02:34On a standard 420 kilowatt charger, it'll take about an hour.
02:39The battery warranty is actually very good. It's 10 years or at least 1.2 million kilometres,
02:45and that's 745,000 miles. When most European electric trucks get six to eight years,
02:53a very good battery warranty. BWD hasn't published the length, the wheelbase or the height yet,
02:59but it has said the truck weighs 11.1 tonnes, empty because the battery is built into the chassis.
03:03And that frees up around 500 kilos of extra payload compared to its rivals, claims BWD.
03:09Now that said, BWD's blade battery is a relatively heavy battery. So this is not going to be lighter
03:14than comparable electric trucks, some of which use NMC cells. You get a sleeper cam though,
03:21a 13-inch screen, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and I'm sure this will be really nice to drive in
03:27comparison to a diesel semi. Tesla showed the semi at the same show, and its trucks charge at up to
03:331.2 megawatts with 548 or 822 kilowatt hour packs. So BWD has the charging edge and Tesla clearly has
03:43the bigger battery and will get significantly more range. Pricing hasn't been announced yet. For context,
03:49the Tesla semi is $260,000 to $290,000 US dollars in America, roughly $390,000 to $435,000 Australian,
03:57and the Mercedes equivalent in Europe is $350,000 to $470,000 US. So the Mercedes equivalent,
04:03the E-Actros, is much more expensive than the very similar Tesla semi. Expectability to undercut both
04:12Tesla and Mercedes, that's very likely. Availability in Europe is next year, 2027, and BWD says it will
04:20eventually build these trucks in Europe, which makes sense, because it will sidestep massive tariffs.
04:26European truck makers are now lobbying for this as well. The UK drives on the left like Europe's
04:32neighbours don't. So a right-hand drive version hasn't been confirmed yet. When I'm talking about
04:39Europe's neighbours, I mean, for example, the UK is right-hand drive. Nothing has been announced
04:45for Australia, the United States or Canada, but it's very likely this vehicle will come to those
04:50places, not the United States, but very likely Australia and Canada and the UK. The real story
04:56here though, is BWD turning up with the truck, the battery, the megawatt charger, and the financing
05:01all under the same roof. Every other truck maker is waiting on someone else to build the chargers.
05:09Now that said, Tesla obviously will build some fast chargers in Europe, but BWD I believe is saying
05:14they're going to have the biggest fast charging network. I'm talking over 1,000 kilowatt charging.
05:20That might encourage some people to buy the BWD instead of rival brands. Let me know what your
05:26thoughts are. This is pretty cool because, I mean, trucks contribute massive amounts to pollution in
05:33cities and everywhere, basically. And these are so much better to drive, not just pollution-wise,
05:41of course, but all the way. These truck drivers, I often feel for them, they're driving along a
05:45freeway going up a slight incline and they're doing 50 kilometres an hour because the trucks just have
05:48no power. This would be like a dream in comparison to a diesel semi.
05:52Thanks for watching.
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