BYD Song L

Byd

MarqueByd
ProductionDecember 2023 – present
Power150 kW / 230 kW / 380 kW

Start with what the BYD Song L is: a 5-door crossover SUV, built from 2023, in the decade the industry is turning electric. What it meant takes a little longer. The shape is credited to Under the lead of Wolfgang Egger.

The background

The BYD Song L EV (Chinese: 比亚迪宋L EV) is a battery electric mid-size SUV manufactured by BYD Auto since 2023. Part of the BYD Song family under the 'Dynasty Series' product line-up, the Song L has the largest footprint among other Song vehicles.

While the vehicle shares the same name with the BYD Song L DM-i, both models have minimal relation in styling and mechanical components. The Song L occupies the Chinese B-class category, or D-segment globally. It is based on the e-Platform 3.0 shared with other BYD battery electric vehicles such as the Seal.

The engineering

the output is 150 kW. On the scales it comes to 2158–2385 kg. That is roughly 70 horsepower per tonne: unhurried — enough for the job, not for the bragging. The wheelbase is 2930 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.

Where it sits

In the Byd line-up the BYD Song L has a clear place: the factory was Shenzhen, Guangdong. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Kia EV6, the Volkswagen ID.7, the Proton S70. Its Byd stablemates include the BYD 8TT and the BYD Atto 2.

Specifications

Transmissionbattery = 71.8 kWh Blade battery / BYD Blade Lithium iron phosphate battery / LFP / 87.04 kWh BYD Blade LFP
LayoutRear-motor, rear-wheel-drive / Dual-motor, all-wheel-drive
Body style5-door crossover SUV
Kerb weight2158–2385 kg
Wheelbase2930 mm
AssemblyChina: Shenzhen, Guangdong; Changsha, Hunan; Hefei, Anhui
DesignerUnder the lead of Wolfgang Egger
Catalogue IDQ123478916
SourceWikipedia

The family, through the years

Every generation and sibling of this nameplate in the catalogue, oldest first. Photos: Wikimedia Commons.