The BYD Sealion 7 has made its European market debut, coming into the battery-electric SUV phase on the continent the place it’ll go head-to-head with the Tesla Mannequin Y. In China, the electrical SUV – the place it is named the BYD Sea Lion 07 – made its debut in November 2023, earlier than happening sale in China in 4 variants ranging from 189,800 yuan (RM115,316).
Unveiled as a part of the Chinese language producer’s Ocean vary of electrical autos which incorporates the Seagull, Dolphin and Seal, the Sealion 7 for Europe is predicated on the carmaker’s e-platform 3.0, and is impressed by the Ocean-X idea.
The Sea Lion 07 is 4,830 mm lengthy, 1,925 mm extensive, 1,620 mm tall with a wheelbase of two,930 mm, whereas inside it sports activities a 500-litre baggage compartment and a 58-litre ‘frunk’ in entrance. For comparability, its closest competitor the Tesla Mannequin Y measures 4,750 mm lengthy, 1,920 mm extensive and 1,623 mm tall with a 2,891 mm wheelbase.
Two battery specs have been introduced for the Sealion 7 in Europe, the place the bigger of the 2 lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery specs gives 91.3 kWh of capability, of which 82.5 kWh is usable capability which yields as much as 550 km of vary on the WLTP cycle, in response to Inside EVs. Charging the 82.5 kWh battery-equipped Sealion 7 at its most of 230 kW DC will deliver its from 30-80% in 25 minutes.
Powertrain specs for the European market Sealion 7 have but to be formally disclosed, although these of the Sea Lion 07 in different markets get a dual-motor powertrain with as much as 523 hp, and a 0-100 km/h time of 4.5 seconds, onward to a high velocity of 214 km/h.
These motor figures line up with these of the Seal which packs a dual-motor format with 215 hp/310 Nm entrance motor and 308 hp/360 Nm rear motor, with the same usable battery capability. Within the UK, the right-hand-drive market will initially obtain the Sealion 7 on this high powertrain specification, studies Autocar.
Inside, the Sealion 7 will get a 15.6-inch rotating infotainment display together with a ten.25-inch driver’s instrument show, together with a 50-inch augmented-reality head-up show. Additional inside gear contains
The Sea Lion 07 for China is the primary mannequin from BYD to characteristic the producer’s DiPilot 100 ADAS suite that packs 12 ultrasonic radar items, 5 millimetre-wave radar items, and 11 cameras. This allows Degree 2 assisted driving, with options together with lane maintain help, adaptive cruise management, lane departure warning, visitors signal recognition, and clever velocity management.
Whereas the preliminary manufacturing run for the Sealion 7 for Europe is anticipated to emerge from China, this mannequin is anticipated to be the primary to be produced from the producer’s first European EV plant in Szeged, Hungary.
Being produced from this area will allow BYD to bypass EU tariffs on made-in-China electrical autos, the place in any other case the model would maintain a further 17% tax on high of the unique 10% tax on the automobile. In the meantime, EVs in Malaysia nonetheless get pleasure from street tax exemption till the top of 2025.
GALLERY: BYD Sea Lion 07 in China
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