Why is BYD Sealion the best, how far do BMW and Mercedes stand in front of it?

BYD Sealion 7 was launched this week. In terms of price and positioning, it competes with entry-level luxury electric cars like Mercedes-Benz EQA, BMW iX1 LWB, Volvo EX40, C40 Recharge, and Hyundai Ioniq.

Everything is useless in front of the speed of BYD Sealion.

The Ceylon 7 has the largest battery of 82.56 kWh. The C40 Recharge has a 78 kWh battery, while the BMW has the smallest battery (66.4 kWh). The Ceylon is the most powerful car here with 530 hp power and 690 Nm torque, which reaches a speed of 0 to 100 km/h in 4.5 seconds. The C40 reaches this speed in about 4.7 seconds. The BMW and Mercedes EQA take 8.6 seconds.

Ioniq takes 7.7 seconds and EX40 takes 7.3 seconds. EQA has only 190 HP, BMW 204 HP and Ioniq 217 HP. Volvo's EX40 has 238 HP and C40 Recharge has 408 HP. Ceylon 7 is the only car in this segment that has the option of both rear wheel drive and all wheel drive. C40 Recharge is only all wheel drive and BMW Mercedes is only front wheel drive. Rear wheel drive will be available in the rest.

BYD Sealion is powerful even in range

Talking about range, Ioniq 5 has the highest range of 631 km, followed by EQA with a range of 560 km. The range of Sealion 7 is 482 km, BMW 531 km, C40 530 km and EX40 475 km. Sealion 7 takes 11 hours to charge from 0-100% with an AC charger, while EX40 gets charged in just 6 hours due to its smaller battery.

The Ioniq takes just 18 minutes to charge from 10 to 80 percent using a DC charger, the BMW takes 29 minutes, the EX40 takes 30 minutes, the EQA takes 35 minutes and the C40 takes 40 minutes. The Ceylon gets fully charged in 45 minutes using the same charger.

This is the price of BYD Sealion

The Ceylon 7 has the biggest battery and is an imported car, yet is quite affordable and is available for Rs 49-55 lakh. The Mercedes is the most expensive car on this list, priced at Rs 67.20 lakh. The Ioniq 5 is priced at Rs 46 lakh and the BMW at Rs 49 lakh as both these cars are assembled in India. The Volvo EX40 is available for Rs 56 lakh and the C40 Recharge for Rs 63 lakh.