Qipai Observation | "Flash Charge Silk Road" Reshapes New Chinese Export Narrative

From Xi'an Datang West City to Quanzhou Ancient Port, from the thousand-year-old camel bell trail to the ten-thousand-ton roll-on/roll-off giant ship — in the midsummer of 2026, a fleet consisting of BYD's full range of new energy vehicles traveled east and south along the veins of the ancient Silk Road, finally sailing out to sea from Shenzhen Port. This journey has a grand name: "2026 Silk Road 10,000-Li Journey · Enlightened Path".

Silk Road Intersection: From Product Cards to Smart Manufacturing Cards

The ancient Silk Road consists of two channels: overland and maritime. The overland Silk Road starts from Xi'an, goes west over mountains and ridges, and reaches Rome directly. The maritime Silk Road starts from Quanzhou, sets sail for the Nanyang region, and reaches Rome. Today, the BYD fleet retraces this thousand-year-old path, while collecting civilization marks at the four intangible cultural heritage nodes, more importantly, unfolding the hard-core strength of flash charging technology and intelligent driving on the 10,000-li test journey.

Currently, BYD's overseas sales have exceeded one million vehicles, with year-on-year growth exceeding 140%, and products cover over 120 countries and regions worldwide.

Road to Overseas Expansion: From Product Export to System Export

Currently, BYD already owns 8 custom RORO ships, with an annual capacity reaching 250,000 to 300,000 vehicles, effectively supporting its overseas market expansion strategy. More importantly, BYD has upgraded "overseas expansion" from single product output to systematic output of "technology + infrastructure + industry". Landing the first flash charging station in Europe, building an exclusive energy replenishment network in Uzbekistan, and laying out localized production bases in Thailand and Brazil. This "systematic overseas expansion" model makes China's new energy technology no longer isolated "commodities", but rather "solutions" integrated into local energy structures and industrial upgrades.

Flash Charging Field Test: 5-minute Energy Replenishment Rewrites Mobility Rules

In this journey spanning thousands of kilometers, flash charging technology became the most focused topic. The BYD flash charging system equipped with the 2nd generation Blade Battery, charging from 10% to 70% battery level takes only 5 minutes at normal temperature, and charging to 97% takes less than 9 minutes; even in extreme cold environments at minus 30 degrees Celsius, charging duration is only 3 minutes longer than normal temperature.

As of the end of June 2026, BYD has cumulatively built 7,018 flash charging stations nationwide, covering 325 cities. From North to Shuangyashan, Heilongjiang, West to Kashgar, Xinjiang, South to Sanya, Hainan, truly realizing the mobility vision of "Travel China with Flash Charging".

10,000-Li Intelligent Driving: Verifying Domestic Hard Power

Aside from flash charging technology, BYD's "Heavenly Eye" high-level intelligent driving assistance system is also a core verification item of this Silk Road 10,000-Li Journey. The fleet fully activated all-scenario NOA intelligent driving functions throughout the journey under complex road conditions such as cross-city highway sections from Quanzhou to Chaozhou to Shenzhen, urban commuting sections in Chaozhou Ancient City and Quanzhou urban area, and coastal highways with strong winds. This Silk Road 10,000-Li Journey fleet gathered the five product matrices of BYD Dynasty, Ocean, Denza, Fang Cheng Bao, and Yangwang, covering full price range and full scenario vehicle usage needs from 100,000-level home use to million-level flagship.

Conclusion

When the aromatic medicines, porcelain, silk, and tea of the ancient Silk Road meet with the "New Three Items" of export represented by batteries, new energy vehicles, and photovoltaic energy storage, what we witness is not only China's era leap from commodity output to integrated export of technology, complete vehicles, and energy replenishment systems, but also a brand new Chinese name card where China's smart manufacturing reshapes the global sustainable development new order with green technology as the link.