There are Chinese in Shanghai BYD unlined heavy! The manufacturer presented gull, a small electric city car at a great price and with respectable autonomy for this category. Do you see a future box?
A small compact car with a range of at least 305 km
there BYD Seagull it is a small compact device with a very small size. Chinese is long 3.78 meterswide 1.72 meters and high Fr 1.54 meters. She will definitely be comfortable in the city! From the technical side, a small car will be far from funny. With a 75 hp electric motor that delivers 135 Nm of torque, the Seagull is powered by an LFP Blade battery with two different capacities. Power to choose from 30 or 38.9 kW/h. With these batteries, autonomy is displayed accordingly 305 AND 405 km. Note that these figures are based on CLTC standards, a cycle in China that is slightly longer than the WLTP standard here. Fast charging of 30 or 40 kW allows you to charge from 30 to 80% in 30 minutes. Finally, the staff inside is quite large: 7-inch digital instruments and a multimedia system with an 11.1-inch rotating screen. A series of four airbags won’t beat safety either.
A new electric car from the Chinese manufacturer BYD called “Seagull” challenges the idea that electric cars are always the most expensive option. The car is expected to go on sale for just over $11,000. pic.twitter.com/EUif5wjlzu
— Bruno Guglielminetti (@Guglielminetti) April 19, 2023
A price that defies any competition in Europe!
The BYD Seagull could get really bad when it arrives on the French market. Unveiled at the 2023 Shanghai Auto Show, the small city car will currently only be sold in China, priced between 73,800 and 89,800 yuan. But a small electric car can cross borders and come to Europe very quickly. And here it becomes more difficult for our existing builders. Indeed, the seagull sold here could be offered prices hover around… 10,000 euros ! At the current exchange rate, RMB 73,800 is roughly €9,640, with only the top of the range at RMB 89,800 exceeding this amount at €11,730.
Dacia Spring in the viewfinder?
If BYD manages to sell its little seagull in Europe at a price of around €10,000, it can hurt! And in particular to small electric city cars, which would be a direct target of a competitor from China. We think logically about Dacia Spring, the cheapest electric city car on the market. Offered from €20,800, at this price it is only offered with the 44 hp engine. (33 kW) and a battery with a capacity of 27.4 kWh, which provides a theoretical autonomy of 230 km according to the WLTP cycle. The Romanian manufacturer has problems with this…
Source: Auto Plus
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