SUV & Crossover · 2025 · EU
BYD Seal U DM-i Boost (2025)
The Song Plus, which is the best-selling plug-in hybrid on the planet, sold in Europe as the Seal U: 125 electric kilometres for the commute, an engine for the motorway and a price that undercuts a Tiguan PHEV by thousands.
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Specifications
Manufacturer-published figures for the EU market, model year 2025, built in China. Values that are not published are omitted rather than estimated.
Engine & performance
- Engine
- 1.5 turbo petrol + electric (DM-i series-parallel)
- Displacement
- 1,498 cc
- Cylinders
- 4
- Aspiration
- turbo
- Power
- 218 hp160 kW
- Redline
- 6,000 rpm
- 0-100 km/h
- 8.9 s
- Top speed
- 170 km/h
- Power-to-weight
- 109.8 hp/t
- Transmission
- Hybrid power-split (e-CVT)
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
Dimensions & practicality
- Length
- 4,785 mm
- Width
- 1,890 mm
- Height
- 1,668 mm
- Wheelbase
- 2,765 mm
- Kerb weight
- 1,985 kg
- Body style
- SUV / Crossover
- Seats
- 5
- Doors
- 5
- Boot / cargo
- 574 L
- Towing
- 1,300 kg
Battery & charging
- Battery
- 18.3 kWh
- Chemistry
- LFP
- Claimed range
- 125 kmWLTP
- Efficiency
- 6.83 km/kWh
- AC charging
- 11 kW
- DC charging
- 18 kW
- DC charge rate
- 0.3 kW per minute
Safety & market
- Crash rating
- Euro NCAP · 5 starstested 2024
- Model year
- 2025
- Generation
- SA3 (Song Plus export)
- Market
- EU
- Built in
- China
- Launch price
- €38,500€38,500 at the fixed reference rate
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