Officially Launching, This Is The Look Of BYD's First Hybrid Double Cabin Pickup

BYD Shark. (Doc. X/BYD)

JAKARTA - BYD's first double cabin pickup truck was officially launched in Mexico. Equipped with the advanced Super Hybrid DMO Off-road Platform, the vehicle sets new standards in safety, power, off-road capabilities, intelligence, and comfort.

"Let's look forward to BYD SHARK's arrival in more countries and regions in the near future!", tweeted BYD's social media account on platform X today.

Citing Paultan, Wednesday, May 15, the first pickup will be supported by the Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) system, the same system as the Bao Leopard 5 SUV, where the Super Hybrid Off-road (DMO) Dual Mode, which carries a 1.5 liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine combined with a double electric motor.

In more detail, this pickup has a length dimension of 5,457 mm, a width of 1,971 mm, and a height of 1,925 mm, making it 132 mm longer, 71 mm wider, and 110 mm higher than its competitor Toyota Hilux. The wheelbase is 3,260 mm also 175 mm longer.

From the design display, it is the same as pickups in general where they are boxy and look dashing thanks to a thick ferry flare and vertical forward light-like features similar to Ford F-150 Lightning, wide front and rear lights and equipped with an 18-inch six-stop rim.

Entering the cabin, there are many similarities with Leopard 5 including the driving force mounted on the steering wheel. Meanwhile, there is a 10.25-inch digital instrument screen and a 12.8-inch rotating infotainment touch screen and is also equipped with voice control, and is already connected to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

In terms of safety, Shark is equipped with six airbag autonomous assist emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, lane centering, research warning, blind spot warning with collection prevention, and rear cross traffic alert with auto brake.

Not much technical information was released, but it was revealed that the pickup generated about 250 hp of power, lower than Leopard 5 which generated more than 430 hp. To go from 0-100 km/hour is quite short, which is 5.7 seconds.

Interestingly, its fuel consumers are estimated to touch 7.5 liters per 100 km, and the pure electric range claimed is 100 km on the NEDC cycle, thus contributing to the total distance of 840 km.

Coming with the choice of a Hybrid engine, it means that there will be an embedded battery and lithium iron phosphate (LFP) Blade is an option. The matter of charging the battery is 30 to 80 percent in just 20 minutes.