{"id":189377,"date":"2024-05-14T11:24:19","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T16:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/byd-launches-sleek-new-tesla-model-y-rivaling-sea-lion-07-electric-suv-starting-at-26k"},"modified":"2024-05-14T11:24:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T16:24:19","slug":"byd-launches-sleek-new-tesla-model-y-rivaling-sea-lion-07-electric-suv-starting-at-26k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/byd-launches-sleek-new-tesla-model-y-rivaling-sea-lion-07-electric-suv-starting-at-26k","title":{"rendered":"BYD launches sleek new Tesla Model Y rivaling Sea Lion 07 electric SUV starting at $26K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/byd-launches-sleek-new-tesla-model-y-rivaling-sea-lion-07-electric-suv-starting-at-26k2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>BYD officially launched its new Sea Lion 7, a mid-size smart electric SUV poised to rival Tesla\u2019s top-selling Model Y. Starting at 189,800 yuan ($26,250), the <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/guides\/byd\/\">BYD<\/a> Sea Lion 7 is the first EV based on its new e-Platform 3.0 Evo.<\/p>\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2023\/11\/17\/byd-unveils-sea-lion-07-first-mid-size-ev-suv-tesla\/\">unveiling the Sea Lion 07<\/a> at the Guangzhou Auto Show in November, BYD officially launched the new electric SUV last week.<\/p>\n<p>BYD said it was its first \u201cmedium-sized urban smart electric SUV.\u201d It\u2019s also the first EV based on BYD\u2019s new e-Platform 3.0 Evo. The new EV platform is an upgrade from the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.byd.com\/news\/byd-launches-e-platform-3-0-with-the-new-concept-car-ocean-x\/\">e-Platform 3.0<\/a> with improved charging and powertrain capability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BYD officially launched its new Sea Lion 7, a mid-size smart electric SUV poised to rival Tesla\u2019s top-selling Model Y. Starting at 189,800 yuan ($26,250), the BYD Sea Lion 7 is the first EV based on its new e-Platform 3.0 Evo. After unveiling the Sea Lion 07 at the Guangzhou Auto Show in November, BYD [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sustainability","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189377\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}