BYD’s new Tang Land Han L go on sale in China

BYD’s new flagship SUV Tang L sells for 229,800 to 289,800 yuan in China, which is equivalent to 28,500 to about 36,000euros. It is available as a plug-in hybrid and a battery-electric car. The all-electric variants of the Han L come with a price tag of 219,800 to 279,800 yuan, or 27,000 to about 35,000 euros. In March, the vehicle went on pre-sale for 270,000 to 350,000 yuan, so BYD has significantly lowered the prices for the electric sedan.

Both vehicles are based on BYD’s recently presented Super e-Platform. It includes a high-performance 580 kW electric motor in the rear and a new generation of silicon carbide power modules (1,500 V). The all-wheel variant also has a 230 kW motor in the front, bringing the system’s maximum power to 810 kW. With up to 30,511 revolutions per minute, the new electric motor tops the performance of a V12 fuel engine, says BYD.

What’s more is that the Tang L and Han L both have dual-gun charging and can charge with up to 8.4 C and 10C, respectively. That means the Tang L charge up to 370 kilometres in five minutes, while the Han L EV can charge an extra 400 kilometres in the same amount of time. At the “normal” fast charger with 180 kW, the Tang L achieves a charging rate of up to 351 kW.

According to BYD, the Han L EV needs 2.7 seconds and the Tang L EV 3.9 seconds to reach the 100 kph mark. The latter has a top speed of 257 kph, while the Han is said to be able to speed up to 305 kph. These figures are for the 810 kW powertrain with a peak torque of 860 Nm.

Many of the details were already known, as BYD announced in January that it revised the two electric cars. However, when BYD unveiled the revised Tang L and Han L, there was no information on the battery. Now we know that the all-electric Han L has an 83.2 kWh second-generation Blade Battery. The two RWD variants thus have a range of up to 701 kilometres, according to the Chinese testing cycle, while the AWD version can go as far as 601 kilometres on one charge.

The electric SUV even sports a 100 kWh LFP battery. The CLTC range is 670 km for the rear-wheel drive model, 600 km for the all-wheel drive version, and 560 km for the drone-equipped model.

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). Both are fitted with BYD’s God’s Eye B smart driving system and the smart driving solution DiPilot 300.

Both models are part of BYD’s so-called ‘Dynasty’ series (the Han, Tang, Song, Qin, Yuan, and 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.

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