BYD’s all-electric Denza N9 has appeared in a Chinese regulatory filing with a gross weight of 3,760 kg, or about 8,289 pounds. That puts it above the standard 3,500 kg limit for vehicles covered by an EU category B driving license.
The filing, included in the latest batch of new energy vehicles approved for sale by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, lists the N9 EV with three motors producing a combined 1,193 horsepower. The system consists of a 362-horsepower motor at the front and two 415-horsepower motors at the rear, on BYD’s tri-motor e3 platform.
The electric SUV measures 5,270 mm long, 2,030 mm wide and 1,830 mm tall, with a 3,125 mm wheelbase. It will be offered with five or six seats. The filing identifies a lithium iron phosphate battery supplied by BYD unit FinDreams, but does not specify its capacity or the vehicle’s driving range.
The weight may affect who can drive the SUV in Europe. EU rules allow drivers who have held a category B license for at least two years to drive certain alternative-fuel vehicles weighing up to 4,250 kg. Newer drivers would still need a category C1 license to drive the Denza N9 EV.
The Denza N9 first went on sale last March as a plug-in hybrid, with a combined CLTC range of about 807 miles. An updated Flash Charging version introduced earlier this year has a stated electric-only CLTC range of 260 miles and a combined range of up to 944 miles.
Sources: Electrek.