India, March 18 -- Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD claims its new battery and charging system can charge almost as fast as it takes a regular car to refuel.

This also comes with a range of around 400 kilometers with just five minutes of charging, according to a Bloomberg report. The company will debut the platform on the models Han L and the Tang L from next month onwards, starting from 270,000 yuan ($37,338) and 280,000 yuan, respectively.

This may also be a much more convincing sell since long wait times for charging are barriers of inconvenience for people, leading them not to choose an EV.

This new platform will also be another huge boost for BYD which had already overtaken Tesla as the world's top EV seller. The BYD charge...