2026 BYD Seal Design
£45,730
82.5 kWh RWD
Cost
- Price From BYD's UK configurator, which is the only place it publishes one.
- £45,730
Battery
- Battery
- 82.5 kWh
- Battery chemistry LFP packs tolerate regular charging to 100%; NMC packs are usually happier kept below it.
- LFP
Range
- Range WLTP combined. Around town BYD quotes 428 miles.
- 354 miles
- Efficiency How far the car goes per unit of electricity, which decides what a mile costs.
- 3.74 mi/kWh
Charging
- Max fast charge power
- 150 kW
- Fastest charge time 10 to 80%, or 26 minutes from 30 to 80.
- 37 mins
- AC charge power Three phase. A full charge takes 8.6 hours.
- 11 kW
Performance
- Top speed
- 111 mph
- Acceleration
- 5.9 secs
- Horsepower BYD quotes 312 PS.
- 312 hp
Details
- Towing
- Yes
- Towing capacity Braked, with a BYD approved towbar.
- 1,000 kg
- Seating
- 5 seats
Dimensions
- Turning circle BYD quotes a 5.7 metre turning radius.
- 11.4 metres
- Length
- 4,800 mm
- Width Mirrors folded
- 1,875 mm
- Height
- 1,460 mm
- Weight Empty
- 2,055 kg
- Boot volume
- 485 litres
- Frunk volume
- 72 litres
- Drag Coefficient The slipperiest car on the site.
- 0.22 Cd
- Wheelbase
- 2,920 mm
- Width including mirrors What has to clear a garage door or a narrow lane.
- 2,150 mm
Tech
- App
- Yes
- Android Auto
- Yes
- Apple CarPlay
- Yes
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The BYD Seal · © BYD
Seal in red · © BYD
Inside the Seal · © BYD
The Seal's seats · © BYD
What it costs to run
A full charge at home could cost £5.78, or 1.9p per mile.*
- Cost of a full charge
- £5.78
- Cost per mile
- 1.9p
Based on Intelligent Octopus Go, an EV tariff from Octopus Energy (£50 off when you switch). * At 7p a unit, using the manufacturer's WLTP efficiency figure. What you actually pay depends on how, and where, you drive.
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