BYD is preparing to bring its megawatt “Flash Charging” network, which can add about 250 miles (400 km) of range in 5 minutes, to Canada – the first confirmed deployment in North America.
The plan was revealed through a new BYD job posting in Toronto for a manager tasked with executing “BYD’s flash charging network expansion strategy and business growth across Canada.”
BYD unveiled its 1,000 kW Flash Charging system alongside the 1,000-volt Super e-Platform in March 2025, and it has already upgraded it to 1,500 kW with the second-generation Blade battery earlier this year – more than 3 times the power of anything deployed in North America today.
The automaker has built over 5,700 Flash Charging stations in China in about a year, and as we reported earlier today, it is now deploying 2.4 times more charging power per month than Tesla adds to its Supercharger network.
But when BYD announced its overseas Flash Charging rollout in March, the list covered Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. North America was nowhere to be found.
That just changed.
BYD is hiring to build a Flash Charging network in Canada
BYD North America posted a job listing this week for a “Flash Charging Business Development Manager” based in Toronto, where the company has been assembling its Canadian launch team with more than 10 management roles posted in the last week alone.
The posting leaves little room for interpretation. The role is responsible for executing “BYD’s flash charging network expansion strategy and business growth across Canada,” including:
- Building cost and profit models for flash charging in Canada, including subsidy policies
- Developing local partners for “power grid upgrades, equipment installation, and on-site operation services”
- Formulating “a reasonable network plan for flash charging stations”
- Managing station construction projects in coordination with BYD headquarters
- Jointly operating the stations with local partners
BYD is asking for candidates with at least 5 years of experience in commercial charging stations or energy storage, and an electrical engineering background.
In short, BYD isn’t just shipping cars to Canada – it’s planning to build and operate its own charging infrastructure, taking a page from Tesla’s original Supercharger playbook.
Suck it US.