Oil giant rips out gas pumps for BYD’s 1,500 kW EV chargers
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<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/08/sinopec-byd-flash-charging-station-shanghai-wide.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p class="wp-block-paragraph">Sinopec, China’s biggest fuel retailer, just gutted one of its Shanghai gas stations and swapped the pumps for BYD’s 1,500 kW flash chargers.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">And this wasn’t a case of bolting a couple of chargers onto the edge of the forecourt. Sinopec pulled the underground gasoline tanks out of the ground and turned the whole site into an EV-only charging hub.</p>
<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/08/sinopec-byd-flash-charging-station-shanghai-wide.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p class="wp-block-paragraph">Sinopec, China’s biggest fuel retailer, just gutted one of its Shanghai gas stations and swapped the pumps for BYD’s 1,500 kW flash chargers.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And this wasn’t a case of bolting a couple of chargers onto the edge of the forecourt. Sinopec pulled the underground gasoline tanks out of the ground and turned the whole site into an EV-only charging hub.</p>