BYD Qin EV300
Fresh Spy Shots of the
new BYD Qin EV300,
the full-electric variant of
the BYD Qin hybrid. The Qin EV will
debut on the Beijing Auto Show next month and launch on the Chinese
car market soon thereafter. Price including subsidies will start around 250.000
yuan.
The EV300 is powered by a single
electric motor on the front axle, it is mated to a 48 kWh battery. Output is
218 hp and 310 nm, good for a 150 km/h top speed and a 0-100 in 7.9 seconds.
Range is 300 kilometer, hence the EV300 name.
And now for the very good news. BYD has
announced that in the EV300 the batteries are placed lower in the chassis than
in the Qin hybrid, using up space that was used for the complex hybrid power
train. This means that luggage space grows 150 liter to a grand total of 450 liter.
The poor hybrid got to do with just 300 liter.
