Chinese automaker BYD continues to leave Tesla in the dust. The company introduced a new battery system on Monday that it claims can charge an electric vehicle in just five minutes, about the same time it takes to refuel a traditional car.

BYD Company (OTCPK:BYDDF) unveiled a potentially groundbreaking battery charging development this week, with its Super e-Platform. The new technology allows electric vehicles to be charged at speeds comparable to refueling a gasoline car,

By Koh Hyunjeong Domestic technology has enabled the charging of lithium ion batteries in electric vehicles in just 15 minutes. The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) on March 17 said a research team led by professor Choi Nam-Soon of the school's Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,