BYD revises the Han and Tang

BYD has presented its new flagship models, the Tang L and Han L, in China. Both will be available as BEVs and PHEVs. Visually, the new versions are very similar to their predecessors, but there are major changes to the technology - especially in terms of performance.

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The successors of the Tang SUV model and the Han saloon are all-electric models with an output of 500 kW in the rear-wheel drive versions and up to 810 kW with all-wheel drive. By comparison, the Han EV with all-wheel drive previously only had an output of 380 kW. The new all-wheel drive vehicle uses a permanently excited synchronous motor with the snappy designation TZ210XYW on the rear axle. According to BYD, this is the world’s second most powerful electric motor in a car. Only the electric unit in the Hybrid hypercar Koenigsegg Gemera is more powerful.

The plug-in hybrid variants have to make do with slightly less power. The 1.5-litre petrol engine delivers 115 kW and is combined with a 200 kW electric motor in the DM-i version. The DM-p (for ‘performance’) has a second electric motor, also with 200 kW. It enables the Han L DM-p to accelerate from a standstill to 100 kph in 3.9 seconds. The electric all-wheel drive version achieves this in 2.7 seconds.

There are no further details on the battery in the Han L and Tang L in the Chinese media reports on the premiere event in China. However, BYD will certainly use its blade battery with LFP cell chemistry. The manufacturer had already upgraded the Han EV to an 800-volt architecture for the 2025 model year, but did not specify the size of the battery back then. Until then, an LFP storage system with 85.4 kWh had been installed, while the Tang EV SUV model had previously achieved 86.4 kWh. There is also no information on the charging capacity of the two new flagship models. You can read about how the two models performed in their ‘old’ versions here.

The same applies to the prices: According to the CN EV Post, these are “expected to be known at a new event in March.” To illustrate the intended higher positioning of the two models, Car News China estimates prices in China to start at around 300,000 yuan (39,740 euros), with export to other countries likely at a later date. However, the current models will probably continue to be sold. The Han is available between 165,800 and 259,800 yuan (21,960 to 34,410 euros), while the Tang is available at prices between 179,800 and 269,800 yuan (23,820 to 35,740 euros). In Germany, the Han starts at 69,020 euros and the Tang at 69,615 euros.

Both models are part of BYD’s so-called ‘Dynasty’ series (i.e. the Han, Tang, Song, Qin, Yuan, Xia models), the design of which is primarily inspired by Chinese culture. The ‘Ocean’ series – from the Seagull to the Dolphin to the Seal and Sealion 07 – has a different design language. In the case of the Han and Tang, however, the design has only been carefully refined – the manufacturer now refers to the ‘Loong Face’ at the front and no longer the ‘Dragon Face.’ ‘Loong’ is the Chinese word for dragon.

The Han L is 5.05 metres long, 1.96 metres wide and 1.51 metres high with a wheelbase of 2.97 metres – the model has therefore grown a few centimetres in length, width and height; previously, the Han was still just under the five-metre mark. At 5.04 metres, the Tang now also breaks this figure; it is two metres wide and 1.76 metres high with a wheelbase of 2.95 metres. The length of the SUV, in particular, has increased by 17 centimetres, so there should be more space everywhere – the Tang is also available as a seven-seater. Even then, there should still be 675 litres of boot space available, with 960 litres when the third-row seats are folded down and a maximum of 1,960 litres (with the second-row seatbacks folded down).

If BYD later offers the two models outside China, they could come to South Korea as previously announced. Pre-orders for BYD vehicles are now possible there – albeit currently for other model series. Pre-sales have now started with the Atto 3, with deliveries scheduled to begin in February. BYD plans to follow up with the Seal and Sealion 7 in South Korea in the second half of the year.

carnewschina.com, cnevpost.com (both Han L and Tang L), carnewschina.com (South Korea)

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