BYD will mark the opening of its 2,000th highway flash charging station on September 24, finishing the expressway phase of its "Flash Charging China" buildout roughly three months ahead of the end-2026 deadline it announced in March. An opening ceremony is scheduled at the Baoying service area in Yangzhou, in China's eastern Jiangsu province.
The accelerated schedule is aimed squarely at the holiday travel peak, with the Mid-Autumn break (September 25-27) followed by the week-long National Day holiday starting October 1. Charger shortages and long queues on highways during past holiday peaks have been a recurring headache for Chinese EV drivers on long trips. The 2,000 stations now span close to one-third of the country's expressway service areas, spaced a little over 100 kilometers apart on average.
The highway network is one stage of BYD's broader 20,000-station goal. Having reached 10,000 flash charging stations by August 28, the company needs to add around 80 per day on average to hit the full-year target, with remaining construction shifting to urban areas. Its second-generation chargers deliver a peak 1,500 kW per connector on 1,000-volt architectures — the most powerful setup in global volume production — and paired with the second-gen Blade Battery can raise a pack from 10% to 70% charge in five minutes at normal temperatures.
The network is open to EVs of every brand, and by the end of August it had supplied a cumulative 210 million kWh to more than 1.83 million users, of whom nearly a third drove other marques. Overseas expansion is underway too: BYD has finished its first UK sites and plans 300 there this year. Megawatt-class charging is fast becoming a battleground among Chinese automakers, with Geely expected to unveil its own solution this week.