BYD Apologises for Wheel Mix-Up, Launches Denza N8 and Touts 775-km Seal 07
Published on 11/13/2026 at 03:40 | Editorial boerse-global.de
BYD has moved to draw a line under a manufacturing slip that left a batch of its Great Tang SUVs riding on mismatched wheels, offering free inspections and corrections to the owners affected. The Chinese carmaker blamed a coding error at supplier Hubei Boyu Industrial for the mix-up, which saw front and rear rims fitted in the wrong positions.
The company said its own testing had found no impact on handling or driving safety, and it is covering the cost of checks and replacement rims for the vehicles concerned. Word of the error, first reported by Reuters, coincided with a 2.4% decline in BYD shares to €7.76.
Separately, the legal spat with Jaguar Land Rover over the BYD Ti7 took another turn. The district court in The Hague ruled on Wednesday that Jaguar Land Rover must arrange the destruction of seized BYD documents, settling the question of how the confiscated paperwork should be handled.
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Denza N8 Joins the Line-Up
On the product side, BYD's premium Denza marque launched the revamped N8 in China, priced between 269,900 and 329,900 CNY. The SUV comes in six variants, with buyers able to pick either a fully battery-electric drivetrain or a plug-in hybrid. The stock was down 2.0% on the day of the launch.
The N8's dual powertrain options mirror the broader split in BYD's October performance. In a monthly report dated 2 November, the carmaker put sales of new-energy vehicles — the category spanning pure EVs and plug-in hybrids — at roughly 490,000 units for October 2026. Exports of new-energy vehicles reached about 170,000 over the same month.
Seal 07 Refresh Promises 775 km
BYD also used an investor call on Tuesday to flag the scale of its overseas push, putting October sales at more than 490,000 vehicles overall and exports of passenger cars and pick-ups at close to 170,000 units.
Charging technology featured prominently in the same discussion. BYD had unveiled the second generation of its Seal 07 on 6 November, quoting an electric range of up to 775 kilometres for the model — a figure that underscores how far the company is pushing battery performance as competition in its home market intensifies.
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