BYD’s new electric pick-up by the end of the year

Perhaps in China Auto at the end of April 2024, China’s first two-wheeler model will be launched. Which focuses above all on emerging markets and is thinking of making a discussion on that of North America.

Maurizio Bertera

April 11 – 2.42pm – MILAN

In developing its range, the Chinese giant BYD is following its announced goals of following Tesla and covering as many segments as possible. News of the launch later this year a maybe an electric pickup but more likely a plug-in hybrid a summary of the two visions. Tesla has just shown the Cybertruck and BYD intends to cover a small segment in Europe but a core one in the US and other parts of the planet where robust, all-terrain vehicles are needed. The first pictures were published by the online journal CnEVPost. The prototype model is wrapped in a colored camouflage cloth showing the dual-cab configuration, but there are no technical details.

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CnEVPost wrote that the BYD pick-up is positioned as a mid-size model, larger than the Toyota Hilux, again according to a source close to the company. It should be said that at the end of 2022 spy photos of a BYD truck model undergoing road tests began to spread on Chinese social networks. At that time it was claimed that it could be the first example of the mysterious F brand mentioned by BYD, which later turned out to be Fang Cheng Bao, the first brand of the group: the first example, the Bao Leopard 5 SUV, which collected the top. 10 thousand orders in the first three days after the official opening of sales. This is also why it is conceivable that BYD will use the same DM-o platform, which supports electric motors up to 500 kW, for the new pickup.

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One of the reasons that pushes BYD to think about international markets is that in China pick-ups are classified as light trucks and less restrictive compared to conventional models of sedans, SUVs and minivans. Suffice it to say that they must travel in the slow lane on the right and cannot exceed 100 km/h in speed. It can’t be ruled out, even if the challenge seems daunting when you think about best-sellers like the Ford F-150 or Ford Ranger or the aforementioned Hi-Lux, which The new acquisition could open up the North American front for BYD, until now he stayed away. It is widely speculated (the company neither confirms nor denies) that the new car will be shown as a world premiere at Auto China, a show that will open in Beijing on April 25, 2024.