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2026 BYD Sealion Premium AWD PHEV
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2026 BYD Sealion 8 Premium PHEV Seven-Day Review: The family car to build our dreams?

August 1, 2026 Iain Curry

It’s the first seven-seater from BYD, this Sealion 8 plug-in hybrid. A busy playground indeed, as we Aussies are rather

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We must do better! BYD details huge expansion of customer service and support in Australia as boss admits “we’ve got work to do”

February 13, 2026 Bruce Newton

The rapidly growing Australian BYD customer base should be getting better after-sales service, the booming Chinese PHEV and EV brand

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BYD goes upmarket: Flagship BYD Sealion 08 SUV and Seal 08 sedan gun for Audi, Benz and BMW

January 21, 2026 John Mahoney

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What is a PHEV? Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles explained

February 20, 2026 Stephen Corby

Like hybrids, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (or PHEVs) have an internal-combustion engine and an electric motor. Plug-in vehicles take the

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