On March 5, BYD introduced that its Seal EV gained the third Japan Annual EV Awards. That is BYD’s second consecutive title after its Dolphin EV gained the award final 12 months.
Following carefully behind are the Honda N-VAN e: and the Hyundai IONIQ 5 N.
On the identical time, it’s value mentioning that earlier, the BYD Seal gained the title of the “Prime Ten Finest Fashions” of 2024 – 2025 Japan Automotive of the 12 months, awarded by the Japan Automotive of the 12 months Choice Committee.
BYD Seal EV entered Japan in 2024, providing rear-wheel drive and four-wheel drive. EVsmart, the organizer of the award praised that the “BYD Seal EV has gained unanimous reward from public voting to business voting for its extraordinarily lovely design model and complete efficiency. It not solely demonstrates the wonderful efficiency of pure electrical fashions but in addition units an business benchmark with its high-quality driving expertise.”
Positioned as a 4-door sedan, the BYD Seal EV has a size of 4800 mm, a width of 1875 mm, a top of 1460 mm, and a wheelbase of 2920 mm. The design relies on the theme of “the sleek form of marine animals crusing freely on the ocean.”
The mannequin is supplied with an 82.56 kWh BYD Blade battery pack, and the four-wheel drive trim can speed up from 0 – 100 km/h in simply 3.8 seconds (5.9 seconds for the rear-wheel drive trims). The whole sequence additionally comes with a sophisticated driving help system as commonplace, in line with EVsmart.
For reference, the 2025 BYD Seal EV gives 510 km, 650 km, and 600 km cruising ranges. Beneath quick charging, it takes 20 minutes to replenish from 30% to 80%.
Specs, photographs & Gross sales
Inside, the cockpit encompasses a 10.25-inch full LCD instrument panel, a 15.6-inch floating central management display, a W-HUD, and a flat-bottom steering wheel, powered by the DiLink 6.0 automobile system.
Trying forward, BYD plans to launch its first plug-in hybrid car in Japan this 12 months in addition to launching new fashions yearly in Japan, masking pure electrical autos and plug-in hybrid autos, in line with Liu Xueliang, common supervisor of BYD Asia Pacific Automotive Gross sales Division and president of BYD Japan, on the Japan Enterprise Technique Convention held in Tokyo.
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