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BYD's friends who are concerned about BYD should know that BYD announced that it would launch a number of new new energy vehicles this year, and implemented the "dynasty family" + "overseas network" twin-car strategy in the new car product planning, including the BYD Ocean series. Today, a group of road test photos of a suspected BYD seal model have been revealed online. if the news is true, the car will become another brand new model in the BYD Ocean series, and the new car may be named "Seal". It is understood that the new car is based on BYD's latest e-platform 3.0, and dolphins belong to the BYD marine series, positioning pure electric sedan cars. Combined with previous reports, the new car will be unveiled at the Beijing Auto Show, which opens in April at the earliest. The price range of the new car is expected to be around 22-280000, and the new car will be a direct bid for Tesla Model 3.

From the spy photos exposed, the current new car body is covered with a large number of camouflage, can not see the details of the new car, but from the overall outline of the new car, the new car uses a sedan-style body design, the overall outline is similar to the previous Ocean-X concept car.

The front face of the new car uses a closed grille, the front of the car is relatively low, and the shape of the lamp group also looks more round. The new car has a slippery back shape and a hidden door handle design on the side of the body, and the overall outline looks very popular. In the rear part of the car, in the spy photo exposed, the rear lampshade of the new car has been blackened. Due to the problem of the perspective of the picture, we still can not know all the information about the shape of the rear. In terms of body size, according to the body information exposed earlier, the length, width and height of the new car are 4770/1860/1460mm and wheelbase 2900mm respectively. Specifically, the size of the new car is between Qin PLUSEV and Han EV, positioning the entry-level medium-sized sedan car, while compared with the target Tesla Model 3, Tesla Model 3 has a length, width and height of 4694/1850/1443mm, wheelbase 2875mm, and the new car is slightly ahead of Tesla Model 3.

In terms of interior, no information has been released about the new car, but combined with previously exposed spy photos and the same as Dolphin, which are based on BYD e platform 3.0, the new car may have integrated sports seats and will use the marine design style.

In terms of power, the new car will offer two optional forms of single-motor rear-drive and dual-motor all-wheel drive, with a maximum power of 150kW (rear drive), 180kW (rear drive) and 360kW (all-wheel drive). It is understood that the new car will also be equipped with lithium iron phosphate blade batteries and a new front double fork arm + rear five-rod chassis structure.

In terms of competitors, from the information disclosed at present, the body size, configuration and power positioning of BYD's new model seal tend to be young and personalized market. After the new car is launched, it will compete with Tesla Model3, and all the data of the new car seem to be better than Tesla Model3. However, in view of the current vehicle price and appearance of the new car are not very clear. Perhaps only after BYD announces all the parameters of the new car seal will it be able to more accurately locate the final market performance of the car.

At present, BYD officials have not responded to the above news, and the specific information about the new car needs to be further confirmed by BYD officials, and the auto industry will continue to pay attention to the latest news of the car model.

If the above news is true, the new car will become the second all-electric car in BYD's Marine Life series, after BYD officially launched the first model in the ocean series, the Dolphin. BYD dolphin model was officially launched on August 29 last year, a total of four dolphin models, positioning small car, the price is 93800 yuan to 121800 yuan after comprehensive subsidy. In terms of power, the dolphin is equipped with a drive motor codenamed TZ180XSF, maximum power 70kW, peak torque 180N ·m, and lithium iron phosphate blade battery, offering 301km and 405km mileage options.

In terms of sales volume, BYD sold 95422 vehicles in January, an increase of 125.05% over the same period last year. Dolphins, the first mass-produced model of e-platform 3.0, sold 10602 vehicles in January, while in the past 2021, dolphin models sold a cumulative total of 29598 vehicles from August to December in 2021. With the arrival of the new car Seal, BYD's marine products will be further improved, except for dolphins and seals mentioned above. In the future, BYD Ocean Series will also launch seagulls, sea lions and destroyers 05 three new cars, among which, Seagull will be a small car, positioning will be lower than dolphins but slightly higher than Wuling Hongguang MINI EV, or an entry-level model for marine products. Sea Lion is positioned as a medium and large SUV, while the Standard Tesla Model Y is expected to be available in the fourth quarter of this year; in addition, the first model of the Ocean net's warship series, "Destroyer 05", has been officially unveiled at last year's Guangzhou Auto Show, with a medium-sized SUV, a wheelbase of 2900mm, and a size between Song PLUS and Tang. In terms of power, the new car will have three power versions to choose from, and the car is expected to be officially launched at the end of the first quarter of this year.

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