The BYD Seal electrical automobile will begin at $49,888 when it arrives in Australia in early December with orders open now.

That sees it beat the rival Tesla Mannequin 3 by $12,012; the hot-selling electrical sedan opens at $61,900 earlier than on-roads.

Designed beneath BYD international design director Wolfgang Egger (previously the Audi Group’s head designer), the Seal is claimed to make use of an ‘Ocean Aesthetic’ design language with the feel and appear of a sports activities sedan, full with sculptured curves that comply with the momentum of waves.

The Seal is slippery, boasting one of many business’s lowest drag coefficients: simply 0.219 Cd.

Billed as a sports activities sedan, the Seal options double wishbone suspension up entrance and a multi-link set-up down again which works in live performance with BYD’s chassis management system.

BYD’s in-house developed DiSus Clever Physique Management System offers bespoke damper settings for every of the 4 drive modes to higher management lateral and vertical motion, together with matching suspension compliance ranges.

With the intention to minimise or remove lack of traction beneath heavy masses the Seal additionally employs the most recent iTAC (Intelligence Torque Adaption Management) expertise, as its personal model of torque vectoring.

Pricing

• 2024 BYD Seal Commonplace Dynamic Vary: $49,888
• 2024 BYD Seal Premium Prolonged Vary: $58,798
• 2024 BYD Seal Efficiency AWD: $68,798

These costs exclude on street prices.

Drivetrains

The 2024 BYD Seal is obtainable with a selection of three drivetrains.

The Commonplace Dynamic Vary incorporates a single electrical motor and rear-wheel drive, with 150kW of energy and 310Nm of torque.

Its claimed 0-100km/h time is 7.5 seconds.

The Premium Prolonged Vary additionally makes use of a single-motor rear-wheel drive configuration, with 230kW and 360Nm and a 0-100km/h time of 5.9 seconds.

The Efficiency AWD incorporates a dual-motor all-wheel drive configuration with 390kW of energy and a claimed 0-100km/h time of three.8 seconds.

Effectivity

Vary varies for the BYD Seal based mostly on the variant. WLTP mixed cycle figures are as follows:

• Commonplace Dynamic Vary: 460km
• Premium Prolonged Vary: 570km
• Efficiency AWD: 520km

BYD makes use of its Blade batteries within the Seal: a 61.4kWh unit within the Commonplace Dynamic Vary, and an 82.5kWh battery within the others.

It may be charged at as much as 150kW utilizing DC energy.

Dimensions

The Seal stretches 4775mm lengthy, 1875mm extensive and 1460mm tall on a 2920mm wheelbase.

It boasts 402L of boot house plus 53L beneath the bonnet.

Servicing and Guarantee

Guarantee for the Seal is about at six years whereas the battery is warranted for eight years. Each are limitless kilometres.

Security

The BYD Seal has but to be assessed by ANCAP or Euro NCAP.

Commonplace security tools consists of:

• Autonomous emergency braking (ahead and reverse)
• Lane-keep help
• Emergency lane-keep help
• Rear cross-traffic help

Commonplace Gear

The Commonplace Dynamic Vary comes customary with the next tools:

• 15.6-inch touchscreen infotainment system
• Digital instrument cluster
• 12-speaker 775W Dynaudio sound system
• Eight-way energy driver’s seat
• 4-way energy passenger seat
• 4-way power-adjustable steering wheel
• Panoramic glass roof
• Rear privateness glass

The Premium Prolonged Vary provides:

• Heated and ventilated entrance seats

The Efficiency AWD provides:

• 4-way lumbar adjustment

Colors

The BYD Seal is offered within the following exterior colors:

• Arctic Blue
• Atlantis Gray
• Polar White
• Cosmos Black
• Shark Gray

Inside colors are both Ocean Blue or Thaumas Black.

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