BYD unveiled a plug-in hybrid powertrain capable, it claims, of driving 2000 km before needing to be refueled. Auto123 has the details.
Chinese automaker BYD has unveiled a new hybrid powertrain, the secret superpower of which is that it can deliver a range of some 2,000 km between refueling. So the company claims.
As Automotive News reports, this milestone marks BYD's latest achievement in fuel economy over five generations of hybrid technology, since its introduction on vehicles in 2008. That of course is the kind of stratagem made possible when a company is subsidized by the government. Beijing's strategy is simple: help BYD take the electric car market by storm. In 2020, the company received the equivalent of 220 million Euros in subsidies. Two years later, that figure had risen to 2.1 billion Euros. It’s estimated that the company has so far received around 3.5 billion Euros from the government.
BYD Qin L | Photo: BYD BYD Seal | Photo: BYD As for models capable of covering just over 2,000 km without refueling, we're talking about the Qin L and Seal 06 mid-size sedans unveiled at the Beijing Motor Show this past April. They are part of the Dynasty and Ocean series, in that order.
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