Last week, BYD introduced the next generation Seal 07 EV. This model replaces the original BYD Seal, which entered the market in late 2022 and put the brand on the map in the minds of many people around the world. While the new vehicle is important to BYD, it also illustrates many of the changes that have happened to the EVs and the EV market in China over the past few years.

The new Seal 07 grows to 5080 mm long by 1960 mm wide by 1495 mm tall. That compares to 4,800 mm long, 1,875 mm wide and 1,460 mm high for the previous Seal. That also makes it slightly larger than the late Tesla Model S.

Like many new BYD cars, the interior has become more premium and technologically advanced. Interiors offer front zero gravity seats with heating, ventilation and massage. An onboard refrigerator is offered in the center console and a power sunshade in the roof. Speakers have proliferated. The screens have improved, programmable buttons can be added, and voice interaction has improved. Basic versions come with BYD’s God’s Eye C with BYD covering autonomous parking, while higher trims offer LiDAR-based God’s Eye B with BYD adding coverage for city navigation.

Seal 07 models now come with DiSus-C adaptive damping on lower trim models and DiSus-M magnetorheological active dampers on higher trims. Suspension is double wishbones up front, multilink at the rear.

Of course, the new car offers BYD’s flash charging, capable of charging from 10-70% in 5 minutes and 10-97% in 9 minutes, while taking 12 minutes to go from 10-97% at -30 C with no preconditioning.

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