Recently, a group of pictures of the new Seal EV without fake real cars were exposed on the Internet. According to the exposed pictures, the new Seal EV has a new purple livery, the interior has been significantly adjusted, and the name of the car may also be changed to Seal 07 EV, which is expected to be released in the near future. Let's take a look at the performance of the new car!
First of all, in terms of appearance, judging from the actual car pictures, the new car continues the design style of the current seal EV, with a low-lying front shape equipped with a prominent "nose", supplemented by double U suspension headlight clusters on both sides, and a strong sense of power. A water ripple style LED light strip is added to the air duct below, and a large blackened trapezoidal lower grille is added, which is full of science and technology. It can be seen that the "Seal 07" has a new purple livery, or the same "Sky Purple" color as the Hiace 07EV.
The tail shape remains largely unchanged, with an upturned spoiler and an exaggerated blackened diffuser and a "C"-shaped air duct at the rear surrounding, giving it a strong sense of momentum. The difference is that the "Build Your Dreams" logo has been changed to "BYD" lettering, while the "Seal 07" tail badge identifies.
With the exterior out of the way, let's look at the interior. The interior design of the new Seal 07 EV has been significantly different from the current model, adopting the design ideas of the Hiace 07 EV, especially the design of the center console. The instrument panel of the new seal has been changed from floating to inline, the passenger instrument panel has been changed to a large piano paint panel, the air conditioning vent has been added under the screen, and the cup holder on the island has been redesigned. The central control screen maintains a floating design and retains the function of rotating screen.
The new car will retain the fishtail steering wheel, circular gear shift area, compact crystal shift knob, integrated sports seats, and a light-sensitive sunroof. In addition, the new car will also support optional lidar, top rear camera, fender trim with camera, etc., which means that the new seal is expected to support high-end assisted driving functions, which set of intelligent driving solutions is not yet known.
In terms of power, the new seal may continue to use the current power, as a reference, the current seal EV adopts two layouts: rear-wheel drive and four-wheel drive, of which the rear-wheel drive version provides three types of drive motors: 150kW, 170kW and 230kW; The four-wheel drive version is equipped with 160kW + 230kW front and rear dual motors, with a combined power of 390kW (530 horsepower) and a 0-100 acceleration of 3.8 seconds. The cruising range is available in three options: 550km, 700km, and 650km.
In terms of range, the new Seal may continue to offer two lithium iron phosphate blade batteries of 61.4 kWh and 82.5 kWh. For reference, the Seal Honor rear-wheel drive model has a range of 550 km and 700 km in CLTC mode, respectively, and the four-wheel drive model has a range of 650 km in CLTC mode.
In terms of price, the price of the new car has not been disclosed. For reference, the official guide price of the current model on sale is 179,800-249,800 yuan. How much do you think is appropriate?
As the first pure electric mid-size sedan launched by BYD Ocean Network, the seal used to be hot, but the overall sales performance of the car in recent times has been poor, in the past six months, the sales of the seal were 10,838 units, compared with the seagull and dolphin, the gap is very obvious. In the same level of the market, the seal needs to face the double attack of pure electric models such as Tesla Model 3, Xpeng P7, and Zeekr 007 and old joint venture fuel vehicles such as Accord, Camry, and Passat.
In addition, according to BYD Ocean Network, Ocean Network will launch new cars based on 4 IP series in the future, including Sea Lion (SUV), Seal (sedan), small car Dolphin and Seagull, wait and see!
Editor/Yiran