BYD has unveiled the first two "Super e-Platform" electric vehicles in China - the Han L sedan and the Tang L SUV. Their main highlight is their incredible charging speed, which almost equates the process to filling up with petrol.

The BYD Han L and Tang L are built on the 1000-volt architecture announced in March. The Han L features an 83.2 kWh Blade battery, while the Tang L gets a larger 100.5 kWh battery.

The charging speed is impressive:

  • Han L charges from 10 per cent to 70 per cent in just 6 minutes
  • Can get 400 kilometres of range in 5 minutes
  • A full 0-100% charging cycle takes just 20 minutes

The Tang L also shows impressive performance:

  • +370 km of range is added in 5 minutes of charging time
  • It takes 30 minutes to fully charge the battery from 0-100%.

It is worth noting that such figures are only achieved with BYD's new 1,000kW heavy-duty charging stations. The company plans to install 4,000 of these charging stations across China.

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Prices for the Han L start at 219,800 yuan ($30,000) for the LiDAR Premium version and go up to 239,800 yuan ($32,700) for the LiDAR Flagship. Both versions are powered by a 671 hp electric motor with 420 Nm of torque and have a range of up to 701 kilometres. The all-wheel drive version of the LiDAR Flagship costs 279,800 yuan (~$38,100), has two electric motors with a combined output of 778 hp and a range of 601 kilometres on the CLTC cycle.

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The Tang L is available in three versions priced from 229,800 yuan ($31,200) to 289,900 yuan ($39,400). This SUV is significantly more powerful than the sedan: the base rear-wheel-drive version has 788 hp, while the all-wheel-drive version has 1,100 hp. Depending on the equipment, the range is from 560 to 670 kilometres.

Source: Carscoops

Евгений Ушаков
Evgenii Ushakov
15 years driving