BYD unveils 2025 Seal with LiDAR, based on the e-Platform 3.0 Evo

The 2025 BYD Seal is official, and it's the first BYD sedan to use the e-Platform 3.0 Evo architecture and the first BYD model to feature LiDAR.

The e-Platform 3.0 Evo is an 800V architecture with better performance and faster charging than the e-Platform 3.0.

The 2025 Seal is 4,800 mm long, 1,875 mm wide, 1,460 mm tall, and has a 2,920 mm wheelbase. It will come in four versions with the first three featuring single-motor rear-wheel drive. The top-of-the-line model offers dual-motor all-wheel drive.

The entry-level model uses a 61.44 kWh battery pack and offers a CLTC range of up to 317 miles. The other three models move up to an 80.64 kWh battery with a CLTC range of up to 404 miles on the single-motor models, and up to 373 miles on the dual-motor version. The batteries are BYD's blade units based on lithium iron phosphate chemistry.

The single-motor 2025 Seal sprints to 62 mph in 5.9 seconds, while the highest-powered dual-motor unit does it in 3.8 seconds.

The two highest-priced 2025 Seal models premier LiDAR on BYD vehicles. They enable BYD's in-house DiPilot 300 assisted driving system, which is capable of point-to-point assisted self-driving on both in-city roads and highways.

The 2025 BYD Seal, which BYD decided against calling the Seal 07 EV, starts at CNY 175,800 (€22,500, $24,500, converted) for the single-motor 61.44 kWh model. The other units all have an 80.64 kWh battery. The next model costs CNY 189,800 (€24,200, $26,500, converted), then CNY 216,800 (€27,700, $30,200, converted), and finally CNY 239,800 (€30,600, $33,400, converted) for the dual-motor unit.

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