Start with what the BYD e2 is: a 5-door hatchback (e2) / 4-door Sedan (automobile) / sedan (e3), built from 2019 to 2022, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. What it meant takes a little longer. The shape is credited to León Lee under Wolfgang Egger.
The background
The BYD e2 is a battery electric compact hatchback developed by the Chinese manufacturer BYD Auto. Its sedan variant is sold as the BYD e3.
Under the skin
The record carries the shape — a 5-door hatchback (e2) / 4-door Sedan (automobile) / sedan (e3) — and the layout: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The engine, output and weight have not yet reached the open record, and MotorJury does not guess at them.
Where it sits
The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Porsche Taycan, the Tesla Model Y, the Kia EV6. Its Byd stablemates include the BYD 8TT and the BYD Atto 2.