On February 19, BYD Yuan PLUS officially ushered in the listing, unlike in the past, this conference is a joint release between China and Australia, which will be an important step for BYD to move towards overseas markets. From this point, it also confirms that BYD Yuan PLUS this car, since it can go international, must be a little strength, let's take a look at what strength it has.
A total of 5 models were launched at the press conference, with two endurance versions, which were 430 km and 510 km respectively. The price of new cars is between 131,800 yuan and 159,800 yuan, and it is worth mentioning that BYD dollar PLUS has been pre-sold since New Year's Day, and its domestic order volume has exceeded 20,000 units, which is enough to explain its popularity.
What does the new platform mean?
BYD yuan PLUS is bydy e platform 3.0 the first A-class tide running SUV, about this platform in fact, many users are not strangers, now the hot BYD dolphin is the first model under the platform, from these two cars we are not difficult to find out what advantages the new cars under this platform have.
The first is the use of space to a degree of "exaggeration", such as BYD Dolphin, although the length of the car is only 4070mm, but its wheelbase is amazing 2700mm, the wheelbase accounts for up to 66%, and the interior seating space is very spacious.
The same is true of the BYD Yuan PLUS, which is only 4455mm long, but has a wheelbase of 2720mm. Although it is not as exaggerated as the Dolphin wheelbase, as an entry-level compact SUV, the wheelbase has been extremely high, and as far as the actual experience at the Guangzhou Auto Show site before, its internal riding space is indeed spacious enough.
In addition to making the by-year-old PLUS's driving space perform better, the advantages brought by the new platform have also been improved at many levels.
In fact, in September last year, BYD e platform 3.0 was released. According to the publicity at that time, the most obvious features of this platform are intelligence, efficiency, safety and aesthetics, and can effectively solve the user pain points of new energy vehicles in terms of safety and low temperature endurance.
Therefore, although the endurance of BYD Yuan PLUS is actually not high, the performance in terms of real endurance, especially under the blessing of BYD's third-generation battery intelligent temperature control management system, winter battery life is better than many pure electric products. Coupled with BYD's blade battery technology, it is also superior in terms of safety.
Including in terms of power performance, BYD Yuan PLUS is also equipped with the latest eight-in-one powertrain, so its strength in performance is also not bad. The maximum power of 150 kW and the maximum torque of 310 N·m, coupled with the acceleration characteristics of electric vehicles, are relatively smoother and quieter.
In addition, its front McPherson, rear multi-link suspension structure, but also let it has a lot of advantages in comfort, after all, many of the current similar models of the rear suspension form is mostly a torque beam structure. Excellent ride, power and the mechanism advantages brought by the chassis, the driving comfort performance of the whole vehicle will be relatively excellent.
A novel design?
In addition to some of the basic mechanical quality of BYD Yuan PLUS, another point it has been concerned about is its interior and exterior design, especially its dynamic interior inspired by the gym, which not only satisfies the user's pursuit of personality, but also more in line with the user's habits.
For example, its car handles, air conditioning outlets, gear levers and central control armrest boxes and other details of the design, design inspiration is from some similar to the gym's commonly used fitness equipment such as grips, dumbbell tablets, pushers and treadmills, very cleverly the design aesthetics and fitness of this theme to integrate.
Of course, in addition to these very specific design expressions, the muscle-like lines formed by the combination of a large number of foamed materials are also easier to associate with the highly powerful word "muscle", so that the entire interior is full of the kind of sports that young people like.
Often this kind of material used for plasticity, the conventional impression may feel rougher, but in fact, the entire BYD yuan PLUS interior material is actually very thick, especially the workmanship is very exquisite, plus some color block design, fashion and dynamic at the same time more advanced sense.
In addition to the above very recognizable design, in fact, in the entire interior and exterior design, we can still see a lot of familiar designs on the BYD Yuan PLUS car, such as its most iconic rotatable central control large screen, floating LCD instrument.
Although the BYD Yuan PLUS car is positioned as an entry-level compact SUV, it is still equipped with a 12.8-inch rotatable central control screen as standard, and the optional size of the top model can reach 15.8 inches, which has not been degraded in the configuration at all, but the overall equipment is more comprehensive.
For example, it is equipped with BYD's latest DiLink 4.0 intelligent network system, whether it is the design of the entire UI interface or the application supported by the system, and even the fluency and reaction speed of the operation are at the same level as the family flagship products.
In terms of design, BYD Meta PLUS is also bydy's latest Dragon Face 3.0 family design language. So at first glance, BYD Yuan PLUS is still the BYD that everyone is familiar with, and I have to say that BYD's current family design is not contrary to any family model, and each has its own style.
How competitive is it?
In fact, as early as last year, after I tried the BYD Yuan Pro car, I gave it a rating of "although the sparrow is small, it is complete.". Although BYD Yuan Pro is more beginner in BYD's entire pure electric family, and the price is low, its overall quality is very comprehensive, almost the advantages of electric vehicles can be found in it, the only thing that does not dominate is the size.
But when it comes to the BYD Yuan PLUS car, although it still belongs to the same meta series, the BYD Yuan PLUS is more like a completely rebuilt new car, of course, this is also true, because its platform has been replaced by the latest pure electric e platform 3.0, but compared to by THED Yuan Pro, it is more like a perfect upgrade product.
At present, there are not many pure electric vehicles of this size, but it is a minority that can reach this level in space. The main thing is its price advantage, which is like why Coca-Cola has been able to sell well for so many years, although competitors can make the same taste, but it is difficult to dominate the cost.
The advantage of BYD Yuan PLUS is that it is a competitor at the same price, and the comprehensive quality is not as comprehensive as it is. In terms of product strength, it is closer to its product, and the sense of value is not as high as it. Therefore, in the current choice of domestic users in new energy vehicles, BYD first occupies an advantage in the brand, and secondly, it can achieve a more comprehensive and more quality-price ratio in products.
According to the past sales ratio, as well as the user's current demand for pure electric products, the BYD Yuan PLUS launched several models, 430KM premium type should become the main sales, after all, its configuration is relatively richer, and the 430 km pure electric endurance is actually enough for daily households, basically after work to charge once a week is completely enough. If it is really used to run long distances, the gap between 430KM and 510KM is actually not very large.
Of course, if the budget is sufficient, it must still be the most suitable for the top match, after all, its space performance is good, and the battery life is longer than the Song PLUS pure electricity, the configuration is rich enough, whether it is a safety configuration or a comfort configuration is more comprehensive, and the price is relatively competitive.
At present, the benchmark models that can really be regarded as BYD Yuan PLUS in the same level are actually only a few, after all, there are not many pure electric SUVs of this size. So if users really need a home pure electric SUV of this size and budget, there is no doubt that BYD Yuan PLUS is very competitive, as for how its sales will be in the later stage, let's wait and see.