BYD Sealion 7: first Australian details for electric SUV set to be Tesla Model Y's biggest rival BYD Sealion 7: first Australian details for electric SUV set to be Tesla Model Y's biggest rival

BYD has launched info of the comprehensively geared up Sealion 7 electrical SUV that is space to was the glorious rival to the favored Tesla Mannequin Y.

Orders initiate at 3pm Wednesday 12th February for the Sealion 7, which shares its platform with the Seal electrical sedan and will seemingly be equipped in a alternative of single-motor Top price or twin-motor Performance variants.

Pricing will seemingly be launched then, though BYD has printed the massive list of commonplace suggestions that will mostly be shared across the rear-wheel-power Sealion 7 Top price and all-wheel-power Sealion 7 Performance.

Equipment highlights consist of panoramic sunroof, head-up display, Dynaudio 12-speaker audio, electrical front seats with heating and ventilation, 15.6-plug rotating infotainment touchscreen, 10.25-plug LCD driver cluster, surround take into story, 50-watt wireless cellular phone charging with cooling, wireless smartphone integration, one-touch tailgate, and V2L (automobile to load) skill.

The Performance’s additional suggestions are merely a heating aim for every the steerage wheel and rear seats, and 20-plug alloy wheels as a replace of 19s.

Its outputs of 390kW and 690Nm generate a claimed 0-100km/h time of 4.5 seconds, when when put next with the 6.7sec of the 230kW/380Nm Top price.

The rear-power Top price, then again, has the longer WLTP battery vary at 482km – an additional 26km over the Performance that wears higher wheels and is 115kg heavier (2340 v 2225kg).

That presents the snide Sealion 7 a petite vary income of 16km over the upcoming facelifted Mannequin Y RWD, though the Prolonged Differ AWD model of the Tesla SUV provides a 551km WLTP that beats each BYDs.

Blended baggage capacity for the 4.8-metre-lengthy SUV is 558 litres, split between a 500L boot and 58L frunk up front.

The BYD Sealion 7 launches excellent about a months sooner than the heavily updated Mannequin Y that is due in June.

‘Open Editions’ of the Mannequin Y were priced from $63,400 for the entry RWD and from $73,400 for the AWD Prolonged Differ.

The BYD Sealion 7 is share of the Chinese language be aware’s ambitions to lengthen sales greatly in 2025. It entered the ute market before the whole lot build of the year with the segment’s first drag-in hybrid providing, the Shark 6.