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On April 8, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced the catalogue of New Energy vehicles exempted from vehicle purchase tax (batch 53). The automobile industry is concerned about it from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. BYD's new model Seal will offer three mileage of 550 km / 650 km / 700 km to choose from.

According to previous information, BYD Seal will use rear wheel drive and provide two different power drive motors for the first time, while Seal will also provide a four-wheel drive version with peak power of 160 kilowatts and 230 kilowatts for front and rear axles, respectively. Acceleration time of 3.8 seconds per 100 km hour.

"Seal" is the key model series of BYD e platform 3.0, and it is also the second model of BYD Ocean Network series after dolphins. The seal, which appeared on the MIIT catalogue on March 14 this year, is based on BYD e platform 3.0. the new car has three versions and is located as a new all-electric model with a price range expected to be 22-280000. The new car will be unveiled at the Beijing Auto Show in April. Combined with the declaration information and the exposed pictures, in terms of appearance, the new car adopts the marine aesthetic design concept and the previous Ocean-X concept car design elements, which makes it more athletic in the overall design style. Specifically, the front face of the new car uses the common closed grille design of pure electric models, and smoked and blackened headlamp groups are used on both sides.

In the side part of the body, the roof of the new car uses a slip-back shape, and the waistline of the body uses a penetrating shape, extending from the headlights to the rear, with smooth and fierce lines. At the same time, the new car also uses a hidden door handle, rim modeling further enhances the sense of movement of the whole car, according to the declaration information, the new car also uses the front narrow and rear wide wheel distance design, the front wheel distance is 1620mm, the rear wheel distance is 1625mm. The Seal has declared three versions, two rear-drive versions and one four-wheel drive version, and the three versions are of 1885kg, 2015kg and 2150kg respectively. The tire size is declared in three specifications: 225/50R18 and 235/45R19.

In the rear part, the new car adopts a penetrating design, and the wide lights are arranged in a dot matrix, which is highly recognizable after lighting. Body size, the new car length, width and height are 4800/1875/1460mm, wheelbase is 2920mm, the overall size is larger than the previous exposure of information, as a comparison, Tesla Model 3 length, width and height is only 4694/1850/1443mm, wheelbase 2875mm.

In the interior part, it is expected that the new car will be equipped with an integrated sports seat and D-shaped steering wheel, as well as a large dashboard and central control screen.

In terms of market competition, considering the appearance design, body size and configuration power of "Seal", "Seal" will become the strongest competitor with Tesla Model 3 after its launch. As a reference, Tesla Model 3 sold 25736 vehicles in March this year. Of course, after the launch of the new car, it can not be ruled out that it will compete with BYD Han EV and Xiaopeng P7 models. At present, the new BYD Han EV is on the market, and the price of the new car is 26.98-288600 yuan, which is close to the previous market forecast that the price range of the "seal" model will be 22-280000.

According to public data, Seal is the second pure electric car in BYD's marine life series. Last year, BYD officially launched a new product sales network, Ocean net, including marine life series, warship series and e-series products. According to BYD's official statement, the marine life series is a series of products created by BYD for pure electric cars. The series will be based on e-platform 3.0 and will focus on good appearance, new safety, new efficiency, new intelligence and new experience. And they are all car models. At present, there are only one dolphin in the ocean net marine life series, and dolphins have a total of 4 models, positioning small cars. The price after comprehensive subsidy is 9.38-121800 yuan.

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