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BYD announced the official launch of its Han EV series, the brand’s long-awaited flagship offering for the global mid-to-large luxury sedan market, including three pure electric models and one hybrid model. —Wang Chuanfu, President of BYD. The Han EV will be sold in China at first.
Emphasising the advantage Chinese brands currently have when it comes to EV pricing in Australia, the tiny Hyundai Inster SUV is now on-sale from $39,000 plus on-road costs. It is also the cheapest non-Chinese EV sold in Australia today thanks to the departure of the current generation Nissan Leaf. The Standard range has a claimed 11.7-second
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The 2025 BYD Seal has been unwrapped in China bringing more tech, better safety, cutting-edge silicon carbide inverters and advanced LiDAR sensors as well as a new 800V electrical architecture. There’s also a redesign of the interior designed to step up its attack on its biggest rival, the Tesla Model 3.
Target BYD! That’s the goal of little known Chinese electric car specialist Leapmotor, which could launch in Australia as soon as late 2024. The success of the BYD EV brand has acted as a spur for the Stellantis-Leapmotor joint-venture – dubbed Leapmotor International – to eye Australia high on its priority list.
The new $39,990 price for the Ora Standard Range pitches it head-to-head with the $38,890 BYD Dolphin and the $39,990 MG4 Excite 51 , as China’s EV price war heats up. BYD has publicly claimed more than 1000 expressions of interest. BYD Dolphin “We have been there before and we have seen what happens to us when we do it.
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The other two models are the $59,990 ExtendedRange Plus and $66,290 ExtendedRange Ultra (plus on-roads). The Zeekr X and Smart #1 are in-house rivals because those brands are like Volvo members of the giant Chinese Geely Auto Group. Good thing too. Logical rivals for the EX30 family? Its just too minimalist.
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September’s strong results saw EVs take a 53% share of the overall Chinese new-car market. The remaining 11% share was captured by extended-range models (EREVs). Furthermore, six of these models belonged to BYD, highlighting the carmaker’s domination in its domestic market. BEVs alone accounted for 31% of all deliveries.
Li Auto (China): Product: Li Auto specializes in electric SUVs with extended-range capabilities. Their vehicles, such as the Li ONE, feature a range-extender system that includes a small gasoline engine. BYD (China): Product: BYD is a diversified Chinese company that manufactures electric cars.
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The new buses will join two existing electric buses, manufactured by Chinese company BYD, on the Go Ahead-operated commuter routes in central London. The two Irizar single-deck buses will operate on routes 507 and 521, which link Waterloo station to Victoria and London Bridge stations respectively.
Looking every inch a baby EV9 , it’s set to be priced around $50,000 to challenge the Tesla Model 3 , BYD Atto 3 , MG4 and ever-expanding electric opposition. Kia estimates the big battery – plus impressive drag coefficient of 0.263 – means a WLTP range up to 600km.
Looking at April's Best Sellers, the biggest news is the 4th spot of the Li Xiang One, with the full size SUV ending just 207 units the #3 BYD Han EV, something that would be a first for the startup maker. liter gasoline engine that works as a range enxtender. After Europe, #EVDisruption is now reaching China. 4X and 722 from the ID.4
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Rather than establish Ora as its own brand, the Chinese manufacturing giant decided to bring it under the GWM banner, as it has done with its Haval SUVs and upcoming Tank off-road wagons. Pricing for the GWM Ora varies across the country, ranging up to $47,891 in Western Australia, where local taxes make it more expensive.
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BYD could enter an emissions pool with other carmakers. BYD offers emissions lifeline Chinese carmaker BYD could enter an emissions pool with other carmakers, helping them bring down fleet average CO 2 levels. During a presentation in Italy, BYDs special adviser for Europe, Alfredo Altavilla, said talks were underway.
Many Chinese vehicle makers recorded impressive growth between January and June. This included battery-electric vehicles (BEVs), plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) and extended-range electric vehicles (EREVs). However, BYD is not yet present across all vehicle segments and it does not offer mini-EVs. Source: EV Volumes.
CEO Jim Farley said the automaker is developing a low-cost EV platform to keep up with Tesla and low-cost Chinese automakers. Farley called BYD’s new Seagull , starting at $9,700 (69,800 yuan), “pretty damn good,” as he warned industry peers. Farley said the company assembled a “skunk works” team with some of the best EV engineers.
BYD Dolphin BYDChinese automaker BYD is making waves in the EV industry with the Dolphin, a budget-friendly yet high-quality EV. With a price of around $25,000 and a 230-mile range, the BYD Dolphin is expected to be a top choice for those looking for a cost-effective, city-friendly EV. 3, and Nissan Leaf.
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If you read our recent year-end review , you’ll notice the BYD Atto 3 got mentioned a lot. A majority of the EVcentral writing staff acknowledged the compact Chinese battery electric vehicle for one positive reason or another. The BYD Atto 3 comes as two models; Standard and Extendedrange. BYD Atto 3.
Hopefully they’ll squeeze it in for less to properly challenge the Chinese cheapies, who this year have been busy price war squabbling. As I write, the MG ZS EV is on the road for $34,990; GWM Ora at $35,990, BYD Dolphin about $39,000 and MG4 about $40,000. seconds and WLTP range of 305km. So far, so conservative.
In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extendedrange electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. BYD said the F6DM (dual mode) sedan will go on sale in China in the fourth quarter for $20,000 to $30,000.The
BYD , for examples, says their 60 mile range-extended vehicle can add 30 miles of range in ten minutes. For extendedrange I guess one could carry a fairly modest generator set in the trunk to avoid ever being stranded. They have several stations already built and plan on thousands more.
Into a sea of Chinese compact electric SUVs a little Korean contender has jumped. Boxily attractive in a robotic kind of way, the EV3 is the latest evidence of just how tough a challenge the Chinese brands are posing to the rest of the automotive world. 2025 Kia EV3 Air Standard Range. 2025 Kia EV3 Air Standard Range.
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This was largely caused by high sales growth of extended-range EVs (EREVs), popularised by BYD and Li Auto. As a result, other Chinese OEMs have begun rolling out new PHEVs, which will exacerbate their appeal. The market’s swing towards PHEVs, from 18.3% of all EVs sold in 2021 to 24.6% in 2022, continued last year.
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We will not only produce EVs but also hybrids and extended-range EVs at our plants, and therefore, the key for us is flexibility and then being able to adjust to what the customers want,” Munoz told reporters. EV leaders, like BYD, are looking overseas to drive growth as a wave of low-cost rivals is hitting China.
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