This is the new BYD e5 electric sedan for China,
complete with BYD’s new ‘Dragon Face’ front-design language. The new BYD e5
will be launched on the Chinese car market in October.
This is the current BYD e5. Price starts at 140.000
yuan after subsidies. The only model on sale is the e5 450, with a 218 hp
electric motor and a range of 400 kilometer. The cheaper and less powerful
variants are no longer available.
The new e5 will start its life as just such a
cheaper variant. Initially, there will be just one model, powered by a 135 hp
electric motor. More powerful variants will follow later.
We expect that the old and new e5 will be sold
alongside each other for a while, until those stronger variants of the new e5
are ready.
Size new e5: 4700/1790/1480 mm, wheelbase is 2670 mm.
Size current e5: 4680/1765/1500 mm, wheelbase is 2660 mm.
