The new BYD Seal electric sedan has been confirmed for a UK launch later this year, when it will rival the Tesla Model 3 and Hyundai Ioniq 6 with eye-catching specs and competitive performance.
Launched last year, the Seal will be BYD’s third car in the UK; The brand launched earlier this year with the BYD Atto 3 crossover and will soon follow it up with the BYD Dolphin hatchback. All three cars are based on the company’s latest third-generation EV architecture and use innovative long-range ‘blade’ battery technology – but Seal is the first to use cell-to-back technology to increase capacity, usability and structure. Honesty.
The new construction process is said to provide the four-door sealed body with high torsional stiffness of up to 40,000Nm/deg.
Seal will offer a choice of two different plate batteries: 82kWh in the rear-wheel drive single-engine car, which delivers up to 354 miles on the WLTP cycle, and 80kWh in the more powerful all-wheel drive variant, which delivers 323. Miles. Both can charge up to 150kW, which BYD says is fast enough to recharge 30-80% in 26 minutes.
The single-engine claims 308 hp and a 0-100 km/h time of 5.9 seconds, while the top-of-the-line adds 215 hp to the front axle for a total of 523 hp (more than the AWD model 3 ) and a 0-100 km/h sprint time of Reduces the first to 3.8 seconds.
The EV’s exterior styling takes cues from what was first revealed on the Ocean X concept car and what BYD calls its “ocean aesthetic” design line.
At 4,800mm long, 1,875mm wide and 1,460mm tall, it’s 106mm longer, 58mm shorter and 17mm taller than the Model 3. Its wheelbase is 45 mm longer than its rival Tesla, at 2920 mm.
The seal is supported by double wishbone (front) and multi-link (rear) suspension. BYD claims a 50:50 weight distribution for the twin-engined model, which gets the company’s Intelligent Torque Adaptation Control (ITAC) system to distribute traction between the front and rear axles.
The new BYD Seal electric sedan has been confirmed for a UK launch later this year, when it will rival the Tesla Model 3 and Hyundai Ioniq 6 with eye-catching specs and competitive performance.
Launched last year, the Seal will be BYD’s third car in the UK; The brand launched earlier this year with the BYD Atto 3 crossover and will soon follow it up with the BYD Dolphin hatchback. All three cars are based on the company’s latest third-generation EV architecture and use innovative long-range ‘blade’ battery technology – but Seal is the first to use cell-to-back technology to increase capacity, usability and structure. Honesty.
The new construction process is said to provide the four-door sealed body with high torsional stiffness of up to 40,000Nm/deg.
Seal will offer a choice of two different plate batteries: 82kWh in the rear-wheel drive single-engine car, which delivers up to 354 miles on the WLTP cycle, and 80kWh in the more powerful all-wheel drive variant, which delivers 323. Miles. Both can charge up to 150kW, which BYD says is fast enough to recharge 30-80% in 26 minutes.
The single-engine claims 308 hp and a 0-100 km/h time of 5.9 seconds, while the top-of-the-line adds 215 hp to the front axle for a total of 523 hp (more than the AWD model 3 ) and a 0-100 km/h sprint time of Reduces the first to 3.8 seconds.
The EV’s exterior styling takes cues from what was first revealed on the Ocean X concept car and what BYD calls its “ocean aesthetic” design line.
At 4,800mm long, 1,875mm wide and 1,460mm tall, it’s 106mm longer, 58mm shorter and 17mm taller than the Model 3. Its wheelbase is 45 mm longer than its rival Tesla, at 2920 mm.
The brand is supported by double wishbone (front) and multi-link (rear) suspension. BYD claims a 50:50 weight distribution for the twin-engined model, which gets the company’s Intelligent Torque Adaptation Control (ITAC) system to distribute traction between the front and rear axles.
