BYD's next-generation DM hybrid system is expected to give the vehicle a combined range of nearly 2,000 kilometers, while the new e-Platform 4.0 will have a higher level of integration and is expected to further reduce costs, according to local media.
BYD sells both plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs), which each contributed about half of BYD's 3.02 million new energy vehicle (NEV) sales last year, according to data compiled by CnEVPost.
The company rolled out its DM hybrid technology platform in 2008 and launched its fourth-generation DM platform in 2021, dividing the technology into the more performance-oriented DM-p and the more energy-consumption-oriented DM-i.
BYD is set to launch its fifth-generation DM system, with the DM-i branch enabling the vehicle to consume as little as 2.9 L of fuel per 100 kilometers, and drive close to 2,000 kilometers on a full tank of fuel and full charge, 36kr cited a source at the meeting as saying.
