Quick answer: BYD e-Platform 3.0 is the engineering foundation under many of BYD’s pure-electric cars: a shared design that combines an 8-in-1 electric drive unit, a heat pump, a structural Blade Battery, and a low, long-wheelbase body. BYD launched it in September 2021 and followed with an upgraded version, e-Platform 3.0 Evo, in May 2024.

Quick answer: The BYD Blade Battery is a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery built from long, thin cells that also act as structural parts of the battery pack. It contains no nickel or cobalt, and BYD says it has passed nail-penetration tests without fire and more than 3,000 charge cycles in its own testing, which