BYD
BYD Seal
The BYD Seal (Chinese: 比亚迪海豹; pinyin: Bǐyàdí Hǎibào) is a battery electric mid-size sedan produced by BYD Auto. It is the second car of BYD's "Ocean Series" after the smaller BYD Dolphin hatchback, and is built on BYD's e-Platform 3.0 and an 800-volt electrical platform. BYD also markets other models using the Seal nameplate, such as the Seal 08 electric and plug-in hybrid full-size sedan, Seal 07 electric and plug-in hybrid sedans, Seal 06 DM-i and Seal 05 DM-i plug-in hybrid sedans, Seal 06 EV electric sedan, Seal 06 GT electric hatchback and the Seal U SUV.
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UK fuel mix: —. Records from the VCA fuel & emissions archive.
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UK vehicles on the road
37,300 licensed and 57 SORN (37,357 total) at 2025 Q4.
| Year (latest quarter) | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 40 |
| 2024 | 2,759 |
| 2025 | 37,357 |
DfT/DVLA VEH0120 vehicle licensing statistics, source ↗, Open Government Licence v3.0. Small counts are rounded or suppressed at source.
Sources
- Wikidata / Wikipedia profiles — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/cars/Q114414285CC0 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BYD_SealCC BY-SA 4.0 · Intro text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1375443542 · retrieved 2026-10-03
- UK Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) fuel & emissions data — https://carfueldata.vehicle-certification-agency.gov.uk/Open Government Licence v3.0
- DfT/DVLA VEH0120 licensing statistics — https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/vehicle-licensing-statistics-data-tablesOpen Government Licence v3.0
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.