On March 25, the Urban Smart Selection SUV—BYD Sea Lion 05EV was officially launched, with an official guide price of 117,800 yuan to 137,800 yuan. The new car is built on BYD's e-Platform 3.0 Evo, features a rear-motor rear-wheel-drive power architecture across the entire lineup, and is equipped as standard with the God's Eye C - High-Level Intelligent Driving Triple-Camera Version (DiPilot 100) and the High-Level Intelligent Cockpit - DiLink 100. With advantages across five major dimensions—appearance, intelligence, safety, comfort, and driving control—as well as more than 100 core standard features, it brings users a comprehensively upgraded new intelligent electric travel experience.
Starting today, users who order the Sea Lion 05EV can enjoy multiple car-purchase benefits, including 0 down payment and 0 interest, a trade-in subsidy of up to 4,000 yuan, and 2 years of free in-car data for the entire lineup (5GB/month).
Ocean aesthetics design, a young and minimalist style that stands on its own
The Sea Lion 05EV adopts an ocean aesthetics design. The vehicle's lines are smooth yet full of tension, presenting the youthful and avant-garde qualities of an urban smart selection SUV with a more energetic stance. The Sea Lion 05EV has body dimensions of 4520mm*1860mm*1630mm, with a wheelbase reaching 2720mm, bringing a freer space through class-leading dimensions.
The interior continues the ocean aesthetics design, creating a simple and elegant ocean-inspired cabin. The main instrument panel features an embedded 8.8-inch full LCD instrument cluster + a 12.8-inch high-definition floating Pad, offering an open visual effect and rich layering. The Sea Lion 05EV also adopts a column-mounted electronic gear shifter, making operation more convenient. Interior materials such as those on the door panels also use fiber-like leather soft-wrapping, which is more delicate and durable, giving the cabin both aesthetics and practicality.
High-level intelligent driving + high-level intelligent cockpit as standard across the entire lineup, unlocking a new smart travel experience
In response to consumers' increasingly upgraded demand for intelligent vehicles, the Sea Lion 05EV is equipped across the entire lineup with the God's Eye C - High-Level Intelligent Driving Triple-Camera Version (DiPilot 100). The vehicle has up to 29 sensors and can achieve multiple high-level driver-assistance functions such as highway and expressway navigation and full-scenario parking, allowing every trip to be handled with ease.
In terms of the intelligent cockpit, the Sea Lion 05EV is equipped across the entire lineup with the High-Level Intelligent Cockpit - DiLink 100, which can achieve functions such as continuous dialogue, 3D vehicle control, semantic association, and deeply customized navigation, bringing a new personalized intelligent cockpit experience. In addition, the Sea Lion 05EV is also equipped with千里眼 and Sentry Mode, further enhancing users' safety and convenience experience.
Empowered by e-Platform 3.0 Evo, with more than 100 standard features, the quality of driving and riding is fully maximized
Thanks to the empowerment of e-Platform 3.0 Evo, the Sea Lion 05EV takes the new-generation CTB vehicle safety architecture as its cornerstone and possesses three major safety sub-architectures: a front-rear-drive safety power architecture, a steering front-mounted safety force-transfer architecture, and the world's first endoskeleton-style CTB safety architecture, with a leading-generation hardcore safety standard. Coupled with multiple active and passive safety functions such as panoramic imaging, driver fatigue monitoring, BSD blind spot monitoring, and AEB automatic emergency braking, it provides users with all-around safety protection.
The Sea Lion 05EV is also equipped with front MacPherson + rear five-link independent suspension. The suspension is class-leading and can achieve a class-smallest turning radius of 4.65m, making handling more effortless and driving more enjoyable. At the same time, it also offers two range versions of 430km and 520km. It is worth mentioning that the new car also features a rear charging port design rarely seen in its class. Combined with an innovative high-power DC charging optimization solution, the maximum charging power can reach 156kW, and charging from 30% to 80% takes only 18 minutes, bringing users a more convenient energy replenishment experience.
Based on the high integration advantages of e-Platform 3.0 Evo, the Sea Lion 05EV has an extra-large front trunk with a volume of up to 110 liters. The interior also has more than 30 storage spaces. In the center console area, the Sea Lion 05EV adopts the industry's first magnetic tissue box. Multiple hidden hooks are set in the front row, rear row, and trunk of the car, easily meeting the needs of the whole family's travel.
The Sea Lion 05EV deeply focuses on users' diversified needs, especially for women's travel scenarios. The new car also comes standard across the entire lineup with wide-view cornering auxiliary lighting, making nighttime driving visibility clearer; standard across the entire lineup with a magnetic LED soft-light makeup mirror, making vehicle use more thoughtful; equipped with a hot-and-cold dual-purpose in-car refrigerator, so iced drinks or warm milk tea can be enjoyed at any time; and it further features high-level configurations such as three-level ventilation and heating for the front seats, making every journey full of style and comfort.
The launch of the Sea Lion 05EV further strengthens BYD Ocean Network's layout in the A-class pure electric SUV segment. With more than 100 standard features across the entire lineup and high-value product strength beyond its class, it brings users a more advanced new energy travel experience, redefines the new benchmark for A-class pure electric SUVs, and injects new vitality into the market.
