Byd does not build many cars like the BYD Han: a 4-door sedan with Petrol engine, built from 2020 in the decade the industry is turning electric. Its designer of record is Under the lead of Wolfgang Egger.
The story
The BYD Han (Chinese: 比亚迪汉) is a series of full-size sedan (E-segment) manufactured by the Chinese manufacturer BYD Auto since 2020. It is a flagship model of BYD's Dynasty Series passenger vehicles, and was named after the Han Dynasty, the first golden age of Imperial China. Since its introduction, the Han has been available as a battery electric vehicle marketed as Han EV and several plug-in hybrid variants. The Han EV was notable for being the earliest Chinese car that is capable of a 0–100 km/h (0–62 mph) acceleration in around 3 seconds.
In 2022, BYD refreshed the Han by replacing the Han DM plug-in hybrid with two variants, the Han DM-i as a efficiency-oriented model and the Han DM-p as a performance-oriented model. In 2025, BYD introduced the Han L, a slightly larger sedan with an all-new ground-up design, updated equipment and more powerful powertrain. It is also available in three powertrain options, the DM-i, DM-p, and EV. In January 2026, BYD teased the Han 9, the successor of the first-generation Han. It was later renamed to Dahan, alternatively known in English as the Great Han.
What is underneath
Under the skin sits Petrol engine; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. The gearbox is a 6-speed Dual-clutch transmission / DCT (Han DM) / E-CVT (Han DM-i/DM-p) / 1-speed A/T (Han BEV). The wheelbase is 2920 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Where it sits in Byd's history is not in doubt: the BYD G6 came before it; it was built at Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Tesla Model Y, the Porsche Taycan, the Kia EV6. Nearby in the Byd catalogue sit the BYD 8TT and the BYD Atto 2.