BYD’s new Tang SUV costs about $34,000 and comes with two enormous screens

A 35.4-inch display runs along the base of the windshield and a 30-inch panoramic screen spans the dashboard in front of the passengers, and together they make up the cabin of BYD’s third-generation Tang. Pre-orders opened in China on Friday, Nov. 13, with the cheapest trim at 225,000 yuan.

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Electrek converts that to roughly $34,000, which is where the five-seat electric SUV lands in dollar terms, though the conversion is not the same everywhere.

225,000 yuan, 240,000 and 260,000: the three trims

According to Electrek’s report on the pre-orders, the Tang EV comes in three versions priced at 225,000, 240,000 and 260,000 yuan, or about $34,000 up to about $39,000. The two cheaper trims are rear-wheel drive, and the top trim is a dual-motor all-wheel-drive car. Lu Tian, general manager of BYD’s Dynasty division, says the vehicles have reached dealerships nationwide.

Dollar figures depend on the exchange rate used. CarNewsChina converted the same 225,000-yuan figure to about $31,500 and 240,000 yuan to about $33,600 when it reported on Oct. 30 that cars were arriving at dealers. That outlet also called those numbers dealer procurement figures, not confirmed consumer prices, so the Nov. 13 pre-order list is the first consumer pricing in the reporting reviewed. The roughly $34,000 in this article follows Electrek’s conversion, and the yuan price is the number BYD set.

35.4 inches plus 30 inches of glass

The display pair was first shown in BYD’s regulatory filing. Electrek’s earlier piece on the MIIT filing for the five-seat SUV flagged the two screens of around 30 inches, and CarNewsChina’s look at BYD’s modular widescreen interface describes the 35.4-inch remote cowl display as sitting beneath the windshield base, replacing the conventional instrument cluster and head-up display to show driving metrics, vehicle status and navigation, with the 30-inch panoramic touchscreen spanning the center and passenger zones.

The two outlets differ on whether the larger panel is standard. CarNewsChina’s October 30 report calls the 35.4-inch unit optional, with a fixed 30-inch panoramic display as the base, while Electrek’s Nov. 13 report lists both as features of the new Tang without separating them by trim. Which trims include the cowl screen is the question the order sheet will settle.

Range, charging and the rest of the hardware

Electrek lists up to 850 km, or 528 miles, of CLTC range for the rear-wheel-drive versions and up to 770 km for the all-wheel-drive car, using BYD’s second-generation Blade battery with flash charging. Its charging claim is 10% to 80% in five minutes and 10% to 97% in nine. CarNewsChina’s earlier report, based on dealer information, gave 10% to 70% in five minutes and listed 830 km for the all-wheel-drive version. CLTC is China’s lenient test cycle; CarNewsChina estimates the 850 km figure at about 700 km under WLTP.

The October report puts combined output for the all-wheel-drive car at 515 kW, or 691 horsepower, from a 300 kW rear motor and a 215 kW front motor, with a 5,045 mm length and a 2,950 mm wheelbase that is 130 mm longer than the outgoing Tang’s. Electrek adds a 205-liter front trunk that BYD calls the largest in its class, God’s Eye B driver assistance, DiSus-A dual-chamber air suspension and a 22-speaker Dynaudio system.

CarNewsChina’s hardware list fills in the rest. The batteries are second-generation Blade LFP packs from FinDreams at 88.682 kWh and 105.792 kWh, the dual-motor car is listed at a 250 km/h top speed and 2,520 kg curb weight against 180 km/h for the outgoing model, and the DiPilot 300 driver-assistance system, marketed as God’s Eye B, uses roof LiDAR, binocular cameras, millimeter-wave radars and surround-view cameras for highway and urban navigation and automated valet parking. The outlet adds that BYD has not published independently verified response-time data for the air suspension, and that BYD’s charging times apply under specified conditions.

BYD showed the third-generation Tang at the Chengdu show in August with a fourth-quarter launch promised, according to CnEVPost. The new SUV sits below the larger Great Tang, which Electrek says drew more than 150,000 pre-orders by its mid-June launch and has sold more than 10,000 units a month for four months. The Great Tang EV starts at 239,900 yuan, about $35,500, with 800 km of CLTC range, and its flagship EV starts at 269,900 yuan with a 130.15 kWh battery.

For a price anchor, CarNewsChina cites the China-market Tesla Model Y at 249,900 yuan while noting the figures are not directly comparable. The Tang’s 225,000-yuan entry price undercuts that figure by 24,900 yuan.

Electrek’s report does not mention any plan to sell the new Tang outside China, so the $34,000 figure applies to the Chinese market only. Whether BYD brings the car to other regions, and at what price, has not been stated, and no delivery dates for the pre-ordered cars appear in the reports reviewed. The pre-order price also leaves open what the cars will cost once deliveries begin, since BYD has not said if the three listed prices will hold through the launch period.

This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Morning Overview editors prior to publication.