Recently, a video of BYD's new car flowed out of the Yakeshi test site, from the appearance point of view, it is very similar to the Ocean-X concept car released last year, and it can be basically determined that this car should be BYD's "seal" and the second car of the BYD Marine series.
At the beginning of the Ocean-X concept car, the stunning shape really made people shine, and many people suspected that this was completely out of BYD's style, even if Tesla stopped next to it, it was not inferior in the slightest, and even slightly superior.
Everyone had high hopes for ocean-X, and what people didn't expect was that the concept car would be mass-produced so quickly. It seems that BYD has begun to attack in an all-round way this year, and it will inevitably compete with Tesla.
In the domestic automotive field, BYD is a special presence. From the super hybrid series that is currently difficult to find, to the Dolphin electric vehicle that achieved five consecutive increases shortly after the release, the trend of BYD's explosive growth has been very obvious.
Different from other domestic car companies, BYD entered the automotive industry from the battery field, with the gene of electrification at the beginning, which is naturally in line with the new energy route. In fact, BYD has also been continuously investing in the research of Sandian, becoming the only car company in China and one of the few car companies in the world with a full set of independent electric vehicle manufacturing technology.
Looking at domestic traditional car companies, only BYD takes electric vehicles as the main line of development, and even announces the suspension of fuel vehicles before 2040, which is the first domestic car company to announce the suspension of fuel vehicles. It can be said that BYD is betting on electric vehicles, and all actions are also around electric vehicles. It is this kind of persistence that can usher in explosive growth at the key node of automobile upgrading.
If 3 years ago, Tesla and BYD were compared, there was no suspense that Tesla had an absolute advantage, but today, many people may hesitate, after all, BYD in addition to the safe blade battery, other aspects have also caught up.
The launch of the e-platform 3.0 has made people realize that BYD's pure electric technology has gone up a level, as to which level it is, whether it can be compared with Tesla, everyone is waiting.
Until BYD launched the first Dolphin based on the e-platform 3.0, achieved five consecutive sales increases, but still did not fully display the performance of BYD's new pure electric platform, the small body won the reputation of "small steel cannon", but still can not be compared with Tesla.
Different from the calm and thick of the Dynasty series, the Ocean series is young and energetic, and the meaning of benchmarking Tesla is obvious. The first dolphin is just a stone throwing to ask for directions, and then the chess piece arranged by BYD should be the B-class car seal, which is fully benchmarked against Tesla's Model 3.
Combined with the information that has been exploded in the early stage, SEAL will have a 3.8s breaking hundred, rear drive/four-wheel drive platform, front double wishbones plus rear five-link chassis, 2900mm long wheelbase with short front and rear suspension to create a large internal space, while equipped with wide temperature range heat pump air conditioning, pulse self-heating technology, winter endurance will be further improved. With BYD's previous performance, these configurations are not stacked, but the release of the new performance of e platform 3.0. Seals will be the leader in B-class pure electric vehicles. Compared to the Model 3, it may also be slightly better.
From the initial neglect, to the current attention, Tesla's attitude towards BYD is changing, this change comes from a deeper understanding, but also reflects the strength of BYD's new energy technology.
Let the bullets fly a little longer, and the showdown between BYD and Tesla is about to begin.