BYD’s Seal 08 pairs Blade Battery 2.0 LFP on an 800V platform with megawatt flash charging for 1,000+ km CLTC range and 684 hp AWD at roughly $42-49k.
Key Takeaways
Blade Battery 2.0 uses LFP chemistry; claims 1,000+ km CLTC (roughly 620+ real-world miles), double the first-generation Blade Battery’s output.
Flash charging adds 400 km in five minutes; in -30°C cold, a 20% to 97% recharge takes 12 minutes.
AWD variant stacks 190 kW front plus 320 kW rear for 510 kW (684 hp) combined; top speed 240 km/h; curb weight 2,040 kg.
Expected RMB 300k-350k (~$42k-$49k USD) against the Mercedes EQS 580 at $130k+, with more claimed range.
China launch Q2 2026; European availability unconfirmed but likely given BYD’s active EU expansion and Denza Z hypercar already headed to Goodwood.
Hacker News Comment Review
Consensus is that BYD’s 684 hp plus 1,000 km at $42-49k represents a structural, not temporary, price-performance gap versus Tesla and European OEMs; no commenter pushed back on the specs themselves.
One commenter flagged the battery as a “reusable bomb,” pointing to real engineering interest in megawatt-rate thermal management; LFP’s flat voltage curve and lower runaway risk versus NMC is the implicit answer BYD is counting on.
A commenter asked whether front and rear motor outputs simply add for combined AWD power; they do: 190 kW front plus 320 kW rear equals 510 kW in regulatory filings, standard for dual-motor configs on a shared 800V bus.
Notable Comments
@aurareturn: “$42,000 for 1,000KM of range and 684hp. That’s just ridiculously a good deal” – the sharpest single-line value summary in the thread.
