Chery says its 1.44 MW Volt-Dragon can supply enough energy for up to 500 km of driving in five minutes. The company has opened 100 stations in China and targets 20,000 worldwide by 2029.
Chery introduced its Volt-Dragon charging system in China at the company’s Global New idea Conference in Anhui. The announcement was reported on October 22 and 23, 2026. The system has a stated peak output of 1.44 MW. Car News China reported Chery’s claim that compatible vehicles can add up to 500 km of driving range, about 311 miles, in five minutes. The company also reports a 10%-to-97% charging session of 6 minutes 50 seconds, with eight minutes described as achievable in more conservative scenarios.
That headline figure comes with a technical condition. Compatible vehicles are expected to use 800-volt or higher architectures, with some coverage referring to platforms above 1,000 volts. The vehicle must also be able to accept the charging system’s voltage and current. The original report gives the Mercedes-Benz CLA as an example. The claimed charging time is so not a universal result for every electric car, and Chery has not named the specific production model used for its 500-km figure.
On the announced times, Volt-Dragon’s claimed 10%-to-97% session is 23 seconds behind CATL’s reported 6-minute-27-second benchmark. BYD’s Flash Charging is reported to take 9 minutes, while reported times for Geely’s Golden Brick and Hongqi’s ultra-fast system are 8 minutes 42 seconds and 8 minutes 3 seconds, respectively. These comparisons cover different vehicles and batteries, with conditions and test methods also varying. They are reported company performance figures rather than results from a single controlled comparison.
Chery says its power electronics use silicon carbide and can transfer up to 96.5% of the stored energy to the vehicle. The electronics sit in a tank of liquid coolant to handle the high charging power. The five-minute range figure remains a manufacturer claim, and charging performance depends on vehicle architecture and battery characteristics, as well as efficiency.
The company has inaugurated 100 stations across 10 Chinese cities and expects its network to reach 20,000 worldwide by 2029. Volt-Dragon enters a Chinese megawatt-charging contest that also includes systems and networks from BYD and Geely, alongside Huawei. For Spanish readers following electric-car launches, the Scenic E-Tech Electric launch report covers a model’s arrival in Spain; Chery has provided no Spanish station count or deployment date for Volt-Dragon.
