In BYD's Dynasty series, the Yuan has always played the role of a small SUV, but with the arrival of BYD Yuan PLUS, the body size has been upgraded to allow it to step into the A+ SUV sequence. At the same time, it has been improved in terms of design, endurance, configuration and other aspects. Next, let's take a look at what changes have been made to the BYD dollar PLUS.
Exterior design: more fashionable, canceled the "small school bag"
In terms of appearance, the meta PLUS uses the latest Dragon Face 3.0 design language of the BYD family, and the line trend is more concise and smooth. At the same time, the chrome trim strip on the front face of the pattern is embossed with the word "Yuan" on it, making it more delicate.
The front brackets and lower bumpers on both sides feature a "dumbbell"-like design that is more sporty than the Meta Pro. In addition, the heat dissipation openings on both sides are larger in size, and with the silver guard plate below, the front face is more layered, and the front face is more recognizable.
Yuan PLUS adopts a new headlight design, the headlight is called "Wing Feather Dragon Crystal", through the three horizontal gaps in the corner of the eye and the wing-like daytime lights, forming a new "dragon whisker", which looks sharper.
Coming to the side of the body, the most eye-catching is the silver "dragon scale pattern" decorative panel of the C-pillar, which adds to the sense of power of the vehicle, and the slightly upturned waist line also makes the new car look tighter and more sporty. In addition, the bottom side skirt adopts a black surround design, which is more stylish.
The rear of the metaPLUS adopts the popular through-type taillight design, and a thin chrome trim is used on the taillights to make the rear of the car more delicate. In addition, the metaPLUS canceled the classic "small school bag" spare tire design.
In terms of color, the yuan PLUS launched a total of 5 car paint color matching for consumers to choose. They are Ski White, Climbing Grey, Parkour Red, Surf Blue, and Adventure Green.
Interior design: "Fitness Room" theme interior, showing sports young
Sitting in the car, the interior design of the metaPLUS can be said to be refreshing. According to the official, the interior of the new car is built with the concept of sports and fitness. You can see the design of fitness elements such as "grip type door handle", "treadmill type armrest", "dumbbell type air conditioner outlet" in the car, highlighting the sense of sports and fashion.
In terms of materials, the new car also adopts a cloud texture of high-grade skin decoration, the material is more skin-friendly, which is also the first application in BYD models.
In terms of the car machine system that young people are more concerned about, the yuan PLUS is equipped with a 15.6-inch rotating central control screen, built-in BYD DiLink 4.0 intelligent network system, supports control functions such as voice and remote, and has a large number of APP can be downloaded. It is worth mentioning that the new car also uses a Snapdragon octa-core processor, which has good fluency.
In other configurations, the metaPLUS is also equipped with a number of driving assistance functions, including DiPilot intelligent driving assistance system, integrated ACC-S&G start-stop full-speed adaptive cruise system, AEB automatic emergency braking system, ICC intelligent pilot system, TSR traffic sign intelligent identification system, LDWS lane departure early warning system, BSD blind spot monitoring system and other auxiliary functions, which can achieve L2 level automatic driving.
In addition, the yuan PLUS is also equipped with APA panoramic automatic parking, which allows novice drivers to calmly cope with various parking spaces such as vertical, side, and oblique.
Body size: the body shape is larger, and the space performance is better
In terms of body size, the yuan PLUS is 4455/1875/1615mm in length, width and height, and the wheelbase rises to 2720mm. In terms of actual space experience, the meta PLUS does have a certain upgrade, and the 2720mm wheelbase brings about two fists of knee space, which fully meets the needs of the family. At the same time, there is also a handout in the head space.
The disadvantage is that the lateral space of the whole vehicle is average, and if the back seat is full of three adults, it will be obviously crowded. Fortunately, the flat rear floor will improve the riding comfort of intermediate passengers. In addition, although the rear space of the whole vehicle is relatively spacious, the rear seats are not wide enough, and the support for the thighs is not particularly good.
Open the trunk of the metaPLUS, and the platform space is flat. In addition, the rear seats of the new car can be reclined in a 4/6 ratio, further improving the loading capacity of the trunk. Therefore, this car meets daily needs in terms of luggage space and household transportation.
Power configuration: Upgraded power and independent suspension
In terms of power, under the blessing of the new motor, the maximum power of the new car is 150kW, the maximum torque is 310N·m, and the acceleration of 100 kilometers takes only 7.3 seconds, which is a certain improvement in performance compared with the yuan pro.
In terms of battery life, the metaPLUS is equipped with a lithium iron phosphate "blade battery" with an energy density of 150Wh/kg, providing two endurance versions. Among them, the version with a 50.1kWh battery pack has a battery life of 430km, and the version with a 60.5kWh battery pack has a cruising range of 510km. Among the models at the same price point, it is on the upper middle level.
In terms of charging, the charging power of the metaPLUS is 80kW, and the maximum speed fast charging is 128kW. 30-80% fast charging time is 30 minutes, charging 10 minutes can last 100 kilometers. In addition, the new car is also equipped with a wide temperature range high efficiency heat pump system and the application of battery pack refrigerant direct cooling and direct heat technology, which can improve the winter power loss situation to a certain extent.
In addition, the yuan PLUS also supports the VTOL mobile power station function, which can turn the whole vehicle into a large "charging treasure", supporting power of 3300W, which can not only meet the functions of boiling hot water, cooking, etc., but also charge other electric vehicles in reverse, providing a more diversified way to use the car.
The chassis suspension is also a major upgrade highlight of the metaPLUS. The new car is equipped with a rare multi-link independent rear suspension in the same class, while competitors including GAC AION Y and Xiaopeng G3i use torque beam players. Therefore, in the driving experience, it will also bring a lot of improvement.
Editor's Comments:
Previously, BYD's meta-series was positioned in the entry-level low-end product line, focusing on cost performance. Today, meta PLUS has been equipped with the new e-platform 3.0, and the exterior interior, as well as space and hardware configuration have been upgraded to varying degrees. It can be said that it is bigger and stronger. I believe that the new car will have a good market performance in the future.