Overview
- BYD has announced it will reveal its first India plug-in hybrid at a June 9 event and confirmed the car will use the company’s DM-i Super Plug-in Hybrid powertrain.
- The automaker has not named the model for India, and current media reports present the identity, specifications and pricing as unconfirmed predictions rather than final facts.
- One likely candidate is the Atto 2 DM-i, described as a compact, Creta-sized SUV with a 1.5-litre petrol engine paired to either a 7.8kWh or 18kWh battery and reported WLTP combined ranges of about 928km to 998km and roughly 39km electric-only range; these figures are reported claims and need local verification.
- A second candidate is the more premium Sealion 6 DM-i, reported to offer 18.3kWh or 26.6kWh batteries, different petrol and turbo-petrol powertrains with outputs up to about 344hp, and much longer claimed electric-only and combined ranges that were measured to different test cycles.
- Expect BYD to confirm the exact model, final local specifications, pricing and delivery timing at the June 9 reveal, and note that official Indian homologation will determine which battery sizes, test-cycle ranges and power outputs are sold locally.