Recently, BYD renamed the Yuan EV to Yuan Pro and gave it a new more modern front, similar to the BYD Han EV.
This electric car is now available to order in China and comes with a 50,1 kWh BYD Blade Battery for a NEDC range of 401 km.
Let’s see some specs.
The BYD Yuan Pro looks nice, however, the Han EV and D1 will probably be the most popular models for a while.
BYD D1 made in cooperation with DiDi
The BYD D1 – that resembles a VW ID.3 – was initially aimed for car sharing services, but is now also available for private buyers with a starting price of 151.800 yuan (19.532 euros).
#BYD #D1 officially enters market, price at ¥ 151.8K (post-subsidy), previously the #EV was only sold to #Didi for its ride-hailing operations, #China media reports.https://t.co/Tm37CVsiIc
— Moneyball (@DKurac) March 21, 2021
Anyway, now BYD has a vast electric car offer in China that will eventually arrive to other important markets (Europe, North America and Australia). Production capacity is growing extremely fast and currently only the smallest electric car model BYD e1 still has a NCM battery, all other models already got upgraded to LFP (LiFePO4) battery cells with CTP (cell-to-pack) batteries.
Electric cars with BYD Blade Battery (ordered from lowest to highest price)
The BYD Blade Battery, that combines cobalt-free LFP cells with CTP battery packs, is key to allow electric cars from BYD to compete with ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) cars in price and availability.
While other Chinese automakers, such as NIO or Xpeng get most of the media attention, I think that BYD is the Chinese automaker better prepared for the end of the ICE age, by far. Mostly because it already has a vast offer of great electric cars, but also because it builds its own extremely affordable cobalt-free batteries.
