The Chinese carmaker has launched an updated version of the D9 MPV and Z9 GT shooting brake in the Danza range in Indonesia. It makes both models in plug-in hybrid and pure electric variants, but has only brought the latter to Indonesia. Both electric vehicles feature BYD’s second-generation Blade battery with LFP cells and are capable of charging from 10 to 97 percent in nine minutes.
The new D9’s second-generation Blade battery has an energy storage capacity of 115 kWh, 11 percent more than the previous model’s 103.36 kWh unit. It has a front-mounted electric motor that produces 340 kW, 110 kW more than the previous version’s motor. The updated D9 offers a NEDC range of 730 kilometers, which represents an improvement of 110 kilometers.
In a live demonstration presented to journalists in Jakarta, BYD charged the new D9 from 10 percent to 70 percent SoC in 5 minutes and 48 seconds, and to 97 percent SoC in 9 minutes and 43 seconds. The company has priced the updated model with Flash charging support at IDR 1,080 million or approximately €53,200 (on-road, Jakarta).
The Z9 GT has three electric motors, one front and two rear, that produce 850 kW and 1,210 Nm of torque and allow the car to reach 0 to 100 km/h in 2.7 seconds. Its Blade battery has an energy storage capacity of 122.49 kWh and offers a NEDC range of 701 kilometers. The all-electric shooting brake is sold at Rs 2.25 billion or approximately Rs 1.5 billion. 110,800 euros (road, Jakarta).
Ubaedilah, head of flash charging at BYD Motor Indonesia, said that the first ten flash chargers in Indonesia will be located at Danza dealers. The company has installed the first of these T-shaped pulley chargers at the Danza Bipo Gatot Subroto dealership in the national capital, which have two dispensers and are capable of delivering up to 1,500 kW.
Richard Li, flash charging director of BYD’s Asia Pacific automobile sales division, announced the goal of installing 100 flash chargers throughout Indonesia by the end of the year. Customers will be able to locate these chargers through the apps of charging point operators such as Utomo Charge+, iGreen+ and Arista Power, as well as a dedicated BYD Flash Charging app.
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