Man of the Moment – Sanjay Gopalakrishnan

At the launch of BYD Seal, TURN OF SPEED caught up with Sanjay Gopalakrishnan, Senior Vice President, Electric Passenger Vehicle Business, BYD India, where he waxed eloquent on their latest tech-based offering and gave us an insight into the technology-based innovation company that has battery at its core. Excerpts from the interview… TOS: What according to you is the USP of the BYD Seal? SG: The biggest USP of the BYD Seal is the Cell to Body technology which BYD first introduced. What we do is [that] we integrate the battery into the body chassis so it gives a very thin structure and bigger space while giving strength and flexibility to the car. It also gives enhanced safety and enhanced rigidity and the side impact and the frontal impact almost reduces by 20-40% in terms of the vehicle. I think that is the biggest advantage of the BYD Seal. In the Atto 3 we have the e-platform 3.0 and the Blade battery as a pack. In the BYD Seal it is one piece and so, you will not see a separate battery compartment. Integrating the battery into the body chassis [has resulted in] weight reduction by almost by 10%, a