It won’t beryllium agelong earlier the BYD M6 makes its mode into the country’s database of apical selling electrical vehicles and appearing successful the precocious extremity of the chart. Launched connected October 15, effect for the all-electric MPV has been strong, with astir 1,000 orders received for it successful its archetypal period of going connected merchantability here.
This was indicated by Jeffrey Gan, MD of retail and organisation of Sime Darby Motors Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Macau, yesterday successful his code during the launch of the BYD Sealion 7 SUV.
The M6 is connected merchantability successful Malaysia successful 2 variant forms, the M6 Standard, which goes for RM109,800, and the M6 Extended, which is priced astatine RM123,800. Both are seven-seaters, but diagnostic antithetic artillery capacities arsenic good arsenic output numbers from their electrical powertrains.
The Standard features a 55.4 kWh Blade lithium robust phosphate (LFP) artillery that powers a front-mounted electrical centrifugal processing 163 PS (161 hp oregon 120 kW) and 310 Nm. This provides the MPV with a NEDC-rated scope of 420 km and a 0-100 km/h clip of 10.1 seconds.
The Extended, meanwhile, is equipped with a 71.8 kWh battery, and its centrifugal has a higher powerfulness output of 204 PS (201 hp oregon 150 kW). The operation allows the variant a longer question scope of 530 km (also NEDC) and little clip to get to the 100 km/h people from standstill, doing truthful successful 8.6 secconds. Top velocity is identical for both, astatine 180 km/h.
As for charging, the M6 Standard tin judge up to 89 kW of DC accelerated charging, portion the Extended tin instrumentality up to 115 kW, the second taking 40 minutes to get the artillery from a 10 to 80% state-of-charge. Meanwhile, AC charging is constricted to 7 kW connected some variants.
Standard instrumentality includes a rotating 12.8-inch cardinal touchscreen display, analogue instrumentality gauges (with a five-inch TFT multi-info display), faux leather upholstery, keyless entry, push-button start, an NFC cardinal card, automatic air-conditioning, an auto-dimming rear-view mirror, a six-speaker audio strategy and Apple CarPlay/Android Auto connectivity.
The database of kit communal to some variants besides includes a vehicle-to-load (V2L) function, cruise control, a PM 2.5 aerial filter, an physics parking brake, brake car clasp and a portable charging cable. The Extended adds connected items specified arsenic a panoramic solid roof, six-way driver/four-way beforehand rider power-adjustable ventilated beforehand seats (manual connected the Standard), a Qi wireless mobile charger, a extortion rack, alloy pedals, a powered tailgate and automatic high-beam power for the headlights.
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