BYD OBD-II support

Pelican knows 24 BYD models. The OBDb has parameter data for 2 of them.

Every BYD that supports OBD-II also reports the standard parameters, such as speed and engine data.

Models

About BYD

BYD Auto is a Chinese car maker. It was established in 2003 as a subsidiary of BYD Company, which began as a battery maker. BYD Auto entered the car industry by acquiring Xi’an Qinchuan Automobile. The company is based in Shenzhen, with operations in Xi’an.12

BYD models include the Seal, the Dolphin, the Tang and the Qin. BYD also builds the Denza, Yangwang and Fangchengbao brands.23

BYD makes its own Blade battery, a lithium iron phosphate design. The e-Platform 3.0 is its platform for battery electric cars. Its DM series is a family of plug-in hybrid systems.245

In 2025, BYD delivered 4.6 million electric cars and plug-in hybrids. Its battery electric sales of about 2.26 million cars were higher than those of Tesla.6

Footnotes

  1. Wheels of Change: the Story of BYD (Part 1), Gasgoo Automotive News ↩

  2. Who Is BYD? China’s Most Successful EV Maker, GreenCars ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  3. About BYD, BYD Global ↩

  4. BYD Introduces 800V E-Platform 3.0 And New EVs: EA1, X DREAM, InsideEVs ↩

  5. BYD launches two sedans with new plug-in hybrid system, electrive.com ↩

  6. BYD overtakes Tesla as world’s largest EV manufacturer, electrive.com ↩

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