All three electric cars are based on BYD's e-platform 3.0 and powered by BYD Blade Battery . In the case of the Seal, the battery is structural - CTB ."these three EVs bring more choices and further enhance the local electric passenger vehicle market"
. Well, it will be interesting to see the response from Toyota, Nissan, Honda, and other Japanese manufacturers, which in recent years must compete with more and more foreign BEVs on their own soil.
BYD is not entirely new in Japan, as the company was already selling various products, including rechargeable batteries , solar energy products, pure electric buses, pure electric forklifts, and more. Passenger electric cars are just another chapter of the ongoing expansion. Considering how relatively narrow the domestic BEV offer in Japan currently is, BYD has a big chance to secure a bridgehead.
Currently, the company is present in 70 countries on six continents, but its plug-in electric car sales are focused in China (
Atto should be the Orca to round it off.