BYD Sealion 6 Charging Guide

BYD Sealion 6 EV charging

The Sealion 6 is New Zealands first plug-in super PHEV. It’s blade battery will give an all electric range of 91km for the FWD model meaning the majority of your driving will be in pure EV mode.

For charging at home, the Sealion will charge with a maxumum of 7kW this will be around 4x faster than the portable charger supplied with the vehicle.

BYD are currentley supplying a non smart EO charger with the car. To use this charger you will require one of our Type 2 to Type 2 cables to go between the car and the charger.

BYD Sealion 6 New Zealand Page
https://www.bydauto.co.nz/vehicles/sealion-6

Sealion 6 Owners manual Download

New Zealand Sealion 6 owners page
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1808712822933901

Specification	FWD	AWD
Battery Size	18.3kW	18.3kW
Electric Range	92km	81km
Max A.C Charge Speed	7kW	7kW
Max D.C Charge Speed	18kW	18kW
Combined Engine HP	214 HP	319 HP
Charge Port Type	Type 2 & CCS2	Type 2 & CCS2
Charge Pport Location	Drives side rear	Drives side rear

Sealion 6 charge times

Estimate charge timing comparison from 0% to 100%.
The last 5% slows down as the cells are balanced so the time below is an estimate. The charge times cover 2WD and AWD as they have the same charge speed.

Charger type	Battery & Model	Approximate Charge time 0% to 100%
8A Type 2 wall charger	18.3 Kwh	11 hours
16A Charger	18.3 Kwh	5.5 Hours
32a Wall charger with Socket	18.3 Kwh	2.75 Hours
32a Wall charger with 5m cable	18.3 Kwh	2.75 Hours
Autel Wall charger	18.3 Kwh	2.75 Hours

Also see our Charge time calculator and Charge Cost calculator

Public charging with the Sealion 6

There two types of public chargers; DC CCS fast charger and AC chargers.

The CCS charger. This is a DC fast charger; these chargers have the cables attached so there is no need to bring your own.
To use these public stations download the following apps Chargenet Meridian App, Shell App and BP app for more head to our full list of app in our public charging guide.

The Sealion 6 supports up to 18kW DC charging, this will charge the car from 0% to 80% in around one hour. Charging after 80% does slow down, so for you are better to split the charging up for longer trips or charge at home.

Type 2 Public AC chargers like the ones you find a super markets, malls, hotels & Motels. You will need to bring your own cable for these. Plug share will show the chargers in your area and you can see what sort of cables are needed.

What sort of cable do I need for Public charging?

We recommend a 7kW Type 2 to Type 2 cable.
The majority of free public chargers use the Type 2 Socket, so this cable will allow you to use the chargers. Note Some public charges have a Type 2 hard wired so a cable is not needed 100% of the time.

Recommended chargers for the Sealion 6

The EO charger supplied with the car does not support any smart features.
If you want load management and Solar diversion then the below chargers have this feature.