BYD will start mass production of the Seal electric sedan this month, with a monthly capacity of 15,000 units, according to the Weibo post of Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, on June 12. The BYD Seal is a mid-size electric sedan that uses the e-platform 3.0 architecture. This electric sedan is the second model in BYD’s Marine Life EV range, after the Dolphin.
BYD Seal comes with pre-sale prices
ranging from 212,800 yuan to 289,800 yuan (US$ 31,582 – US$ 43,010). BYD recorded
22,637 orders for the Seal electric sedan within seven hours of pre-sales
opening on May 20. BYD Seal adopts CTB (cell-to-body) technology, iTAC
technology and rear-wheel drive architecture for the first time. In the central
control, Corsair uses the latest DiLink intelligent network connection with a
15.6-inch Adaptive Rotating Suspension Pad, which can support 5G network
connection.
Data from China’s Ministry of Industry and
Information Technology, the BYD Seal is available in three power versions:
- 550 km range version with one motor at the rear, 150 kW total power and 310 Nm total torque, and acceleration. time 7.5 seconds;
- a 700 km range version with a single motor at the rear, a total power of 230 kW and total torque increased to 360 Nm, and an acceleration time of 5.9 seconds;
- 650 km range version with dual motors front and rear, 39kW total power and 670 Nm total torque, and 3.8 seconds acceleration time.
