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2024 / China
BYD Seal U
71.8 kWh (218 Hp) Electric
71.8 kWh (218 Hp) Electric powertrain variant of the BYD Seal U.
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Price from
≈ 46 429.20 $
Also: 42 990 EUR
Winter range
288 km
31% lower than WLTP in this model.
Fast stop
0 km
0 km/min from a 15 minute stop.
Battery use
71.8 kWh
100% usable-to-gross ratio.
Winter
288 km
Highway
300 km
DC peak
0 kW
10-80%
0 min
SUVFWDLFP400VNo heat pumpV2L
Availability in United States
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Real-world range
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EVRadar estimateOwners report
Everyday420 kmno data yet
Motorway300 kmno data yet
Cold (≤5°C)288 kmno data yet
Owner readings are normalised to a full charge (km ÷ % of battery used), then we take the median. Everyday compares against the mixed real-world estimate, motorway against the highway figure, cold against the winter figure.
Battery longevity outlook
Solid longevity outlook for a LFP pack.
B+75/100 modelled
Chemistry100
Guaranteed health50
Warranty length63
Engineering45
Modelled from chemistry, guaranteed health and warranty — not a measured reading.
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Complete data sheet
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EVRadar insights — derived from the data
- Summer mixed range
- 420 km
- Winter range
- 288 km
- Highway range
- 300 km
- Winter loss vs WLTP
- 31%
- Highway loss vs WLTP
- 29%
- Price per winter km
- 161.21 $/km
- Price per usable kWh
- 646.64 $/kWh
- Service risk
- Low
Cold weather, around -5°C.
Sustained around 120 km/h.
Derived from winter range compared with WLTP.
Derived from highway range compared with WLTP.
Derived from starting price divided by winter range.
Derived from starting price divided by usable battery.
Identity
- Model family
- Seal U
- Lifecycle
- on_sale
- Production from
- 2024
- Body type
- SUV
- Segment
- D
- Tags
- Blade LFP, e-Platform 3.0
- Tags
- fwd, single_motor, bev, lfp, blade_battery
- Produced from
- 2024
Practicality
- Doors
- 5
- Seats
- 5
- Length
- 4785 mm
- Width
- 1890 mm
- Height
- 1670 mm
- Wheelbase
- 2765 mm
- Turning circle
- 11 m
- Kerb weight
- 2147 kg
- Gross weight
- 2557 kg
- Payload
- 410 kg
- Boot
- 425 L
- Towing (braked)
- 1300 kg
- Towing (unbraked)
- 750 kg
- Roof load
- 75 kg
- Drag coefficient
- 0.32 Cd
Software & ADAS
- Main screen
- 15.6 in
- Connectivity
- 4G
- OTA updates
- Yes
Warranty
- Battery warranty km
- 200000 km
- Corrosion warranty
- 12 yr
- Service risk
- low
Battery
- Chemistry
- LFP
- Cell format
- prismatic
- Cell supplier
- BYD (FinDreams)
- Architecture
- 400V
Bidirectional
- V2L
- Yes
- V2L output
- 3300 W
- V2L socket
- External adapter
- V2G
- No
Wheels
- Wheel size
- 19 in
- Front tyre
- 235/50 R19
- Rear tyre
- 235/50 R19
Cold-weather range, heat pump and charging are treated as core data, not secondary notes.
Battery chemistry, supplier and architecture are visible next to the normal buying numbers.
Derived values are labelled, so raw data and computed signals stay easy to separate.