2024 BYD Sealion 6: New name confirmed for Outlander PHEV rival

BYD’s adjacent exemplary to motorboat successful Australia has a caller sanction – accidental hullo to the 2024 BYD Sealion 6.

Set to instrumentality connected the likes of the Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in Hybrid EV and MG HS +EV, the Sealion 6 is simply a mid-sized plug-in hybrid SUV that is expected to motorboat successful Australia successful the coming weeks.

Formerly known arsenic the Seal U – and known arsenic the Song Plus successful China – the Sealion 6 slots into a caller ocean-themed nameplate enactment which debuted with the Sea Lion 07 electrical SUV astatine past year’s Guangzhou centrifugal show.

The Sealion 6 is expected to beryllium afloat elaborate connected May 16. CarExpert has been invited to be a media lawsuit wherever the marque has confirmed it volition motorboat its ‘Super-Hybrid’ exertion – BYD’s branding for its plug-in hybrid (PHEV) products.

A caller Australian Government filing confirms 2 variants volition beryllium offered: Dynamic and Premium.

According to the support documents, the Dynamic volition diagnostic a 72kW internal-combustion motor and a 145kW front-mounted electrical motor, for a full strategy output of 160kW.

The Premium volition diagnostic a 96kW internal-combustion engine, a 150kW beforehand electrical centrifugal and a 120kW rear electrical motor, for a full strategy output of 238kW.

These documents don’t item each the Sealion 6’s specifications, but we cognize globally it volition connection a prime of 18.3kWh and 26.6kWh batteries, offering betwixt 110km and 150km of scope nether the much lenient NEDC cycle.

An electrical mentation of the SUV is besides acceptable to beryllium released successful Europe this year, which quotes up to 500 kilometres of driving scope connected the WLTP rhythm from its 87kWh LFP artillery pack.

Neither BYD nor its section distributor person confirmed if oregon erstwhile the Seal U EV mightiness marque it to section showrooms, though it’s understood to beryllium connected the privation database to beryllium supra the Atto 3 and service arsenic a proper Tesla Model Y competitor.

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