What happened in China Earlier this year, BYD Chairman and CEO Wang Chuanfu introduced FLASH Charging at an event in China. On March 13, 2026, BYD announced that the Denza Z9GT would bring this technology to European customers — and published plans to install its first Flash Chargers in Europe in the weeks following that announcement. The Denza Z9GT is scheduled to make its European debut on 8 April 2026, at an event at Paris's Palais Garnier opera house. This is not a concept demonstration. BYD states it has already installed thousands of megawatt chargers, primarily outside Europe. The European rollout is not a future promise — it is a logistics question about where and when the first stalls go live. The timing of those installations is expected to be announced in due course. The commercial backdrop makes the timing deliberate. BYD registered 29,291 vehicles in Europe in January–February…