SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China’s BYD (SZ:) on Tuesday launched its newest era of a plug-in hybrid know-how that achieves a report low gas consumption of two.9 litres per 100 km (62.1 miles) on depleted batteries.
BYD Chairman Wang Chuanfu unveiled the know-how whereas talking at an occasion in Xian, the capital of Shaanxi province, the positioning of the corporate’s first automaking manufacturing unit after it acquired Qinchuan Car Co in 2003.
With a completely charged battery and a full gasoline tank, the know-how can guarantee a driving vary of greater than 2,000 kilometers.
BYD’s final era of plug-in hybrid know-how – which touts a driving vary of dozens of kilometers on batteries and a gas consumption of three.8 litres per 100 km purely on the gasoline engine – has buoyed its speedy progress since 2021 with fashions such because the Qin Plus DM-i sedan and Music Plug DM-i SUV.
Plug-in hybrids priced from 79,800 yuan ($11,011) have made up the majority of BYD’s gross sales prior to now three years, with an amassed 3.6 million such vehicles bought by the corporate.
