BYD e6
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Background

The BYD e6 is a battery electric vehicle manufactured by BYD Auto from 2009. Field testing for the first generation model began in China in May 2010 with 40 units operating as taxis in the city of Shenzhen. Sales to the general public began in Shenzhen in October 2011, over two years behind schedule of the originally planned release date of 2009.

Text adapted from “BYD e6” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07

Specification
Weight
2,380 kg
Dimensions
4,560 × 1,822 × 1,645 mm
Fuel
electric
EPA range
187 mi
Still on UK roads
3
licensed vehicles · 2025
2014 2025

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 · DVLA VEH0124 ↗

Sources
Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗ WIKIDATA · DVLA · EPA
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Contemporaries

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