MY25–MY26 · Premium
Side by side · MY25–MY26 and MY26–MY27
BYD SealvsPolestar 2
570 km WLTP · 37 min 10–80%659 km WLTP · 28 min 10–80%
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The BYD Seal is rated 570 km on the WLTP cycle, the Polestar 2 659. A 10–80% stop takes 37 minutes in the BYD Seal and 28 in the Polestar 2. Every figure below names the badge it belongs to, and the three tools further down turn the same numbers into a charging race, a road trip and a yearly bill.
At a glance
BYD Seal · Premium
570km WLTP
37min 10–80%
A$49,888from
Polestar 2 · Long Range Single Motor
659km WLTP
28min 10–80%
A$62,400from
The short answer
The Polestar 2 is the quicker car to charge.
1
The Polestar 2 is rated 659 km against 570 — 89 km, 16% further. It uses 14.6 kWh to cover 100 km where the Polestar 2 needs 14.8.
2
A 10–80% stop takes 28 minutes in the Polestar 2 and 37 in the BYD Seal. On a 50 kW post it is 70 and 69 minutes, so most of the advantage disappears at a slow site.
3
The BYD Seal is the cheaper to buy, listed from A$49,888 against A$62,400 for the Polestar 2 — A$12,512 at the starting point, before on-road costs.
Which one, in one line
Pick the Polestar 2 ifit wins on range (659 km against 570), charging (28 minutes against 37), space (405 L of boot against 400 L).
The priceThe BYD Seal is the cheaper to buy, listed from A$49,888; both are list prices before on-road costs and incentives.
MY26–MY27 · Long Range Single Motor
Charging, raced
Two cars, one post, same clock
Charging speed is a station number and a car number, and the smaller one wins. Set the post and both cars fill against the same clock — the interesting part is not who wins, it is how much of the gap a slow post takes away.
Each car is modelled on its own published 10–80% time, which gives an average power over that window: 94 kW for the BYD Seal, 123 kW for the Polestar 2. A post above that average changes nothing; a post below it sets the pace.
Polestar 2CCS228min
BYD SealCCS237min
At 150 kW, going from 10% to 80% takes 37 min in the BYD Seal and 28 min in the Polestar 2 — a gap of 9 minutes. Both cars are limited by their own packs at this post, so a bigger station would change nothing.
Every figure
The numbers, with the badge attached
A tick marks a figure that is simply more useful — more range, less energy per 100 km, a faster stop. Rows without a tick are different, not better: a bigger battery, a taller body and a heavier car are all trades, and this page does not pretend otherwise.
| Measure | BYD Seal | Polestar 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Range and efficiency | ||
| WLTP range | 570 kmMY25–MY26 Premium | 659 km✓MY26–MY27 Long Range Single Motor |
| Efficiency | 6.85 km/kWh✓ | 6.76 km/kWh |
| Energy per 100 km | 14.6 kWh✓ | 14.8 kWh |
| Battery | 83 kWh | 82 kWh |
| Charging | ||
| DC peak | 150 kW | 205 kW✓ |
| 10–80% at peak | 37 min | 28 min✓ |
| Average power, 10–80%(derived) | 94 kW | 123 kW✓ |
| AC maximum | 11 kW | 11 kW |
| Fast-charge plug | CCS2 | CCS2 |
| AC plug | Type 2 | Type 2 |
| Size and weight | ||
| Length | 4,800 mm | 4,606 mm |
| Width | 1,875 mm | 1,859 mm |
| Height | 1,460 mm | 1,482 mm |
| Kerb weight | 2,050 kg | 2,081 kg |
| Space and practicality | ||
| Seats | 5 | 5 |
| Boot | 400 L | 405 L✓ |
| Towing, braked | — | 1,500 kg |
| Performance and warranty | ||
| Power | 230 kW✓ | 220 kW |
| 0–100 km/h | 5.9 s✓ | 6.2 s |
| Drive | RWD | RWD |
| Battery warranty | 6yr 150,000km / 8yr 160,000km | 5yr unlimited km / 8yr 160,000km |
| Price | ||
| Starts at | A$49,888✓list, before on-road | A$62,400list, before on-road |
| Dearest version | A$68,748✓ | A$85,080 |
| Per km of WLTP range | A$87.52/km✓cheapest version | A$94.69/kmcheapest version |
| Drive-away | A$55,500–A$59,000where the feed lists it | A$69,500–A$73,000where the feed lists it |
How to read the mixed rows. Range, efficiency, battery and charging come from one badge — the longest-range version of each car's current model year, not the longest range it has ever been rated at. The catalogue stores one record per badge, so where two figures come from different badges the row names the one it used.
What WLTP is not. It is a laboratory cycle at a fixed temperature, with the air conditioning off and a gentle acceleration profile. It exists so two cars can be compared on the same test, not so a driver can predict a highway run. Expect less on a 110 km/h trip, and less again in winter.
What this page does not claim. No ANCAP crash rating: the catalogue carries none, and a column of dashes would read like a failure rather than a gap. Prices are manufacturer list before on-road costs; the drive-away band appears only where the feed publishes one.
Your numbers
What this pair costs you, on your drive
Two questions decide most purchases: how often you stop, and what the year costs. Both are arithmetic on the figures above, so change the inputs and the answer changes with you.
The drive
Starts full, arrives at 10%, charges back to 80% at each stop, and assumes a highway range of 85% of the WLTP figure.
- BYD Seal
- 2
- Polestar 2
- 2
stops · 74 min charging
stops · 56 min charging
The year
Energy at the wheels from the WLTP label, priced at the tariff you pay. Home charging is usually cheaper than the directory's median.
- BYD Seal
- A$1,095
- Polestar 2
- A$1,110
A$7 per 100 km
A$7 per 100 km
The trip model ignores charger detours, queueing and the last 10% of the pack, which is slow on both cars. The yearly cost is energy only: no session fees, no idle fees, no home-charger installation, and no petrol car to compare against.
Your priorities
A verdict you can argue with
There is no single winner, only a winner for a set of priorities. Move the sliders and the weighting changes — nothing here is a magazine score, and the page never hides the numbers it is built from.
Weighted result
Polestar 2
wins 3 of 6 measures on these weights
BYD Seal41%
Polestar 259%
Each measure is scaled between the two cars, so a weight of 5 means “this is the thing I care about” and 0 means “I do not care at all”. The scores are relative, not a rating out of ten.
Questions
Short answers, then the reasoning
Every figure here comes from the same data as the rest of the page. Where the data cannot answer, the page says so instead of guessing.
Still unsure about a term? The connector guide covers the plugs, and the vehicle guide the rest.
Which has more range, the BYD Seal or the Polestar 2?
The Polestar 2. The BYD Seal is rated 570 km and the Polestar 2 659, each on the longest-range badge of its current model year — MY25–MY26 Premium and MY26–MY27 Long Range Single Motor respectively. WLTP is a laboratory cycle run at a fixed temperature with the air conditioning off, so treat the figure as a way to compare one car with another rather than a prediction for a highway run in summer.
Which charges faster?
The Polestar 2. Going from 10% to 80% takes 37 minutes in the BYD Seal (150 kW peak) and 28 in the Polestar 2 (205 kW peak). At a slow post the station becomes the limit and the gap narrows, because the slower car is short of power rather than short of time.
Do they use the same plug?
Yes. Both list CCS2 for DC fast charging, so either car can use the same sites without an adapter. An adapter still cannot raise the power a car will accept.
Which is cheaper to run?
The BYD Seal, by about A$15.00 a year at 15,000 km and A$0.50 per kWh. It uses 14.6 kWh per 100 km against 14.8. That is energy only, at the wheels: session fees, idle fees and home-charger installation are not in it.
Which has more space?
The Polestar 2: 400 L of luggage space against 405 L. Makers measure boot volume by different conventions — some to the window line, some under the parcel shelf — so read the direction as reliable and the size of the gap as indicative.
Which is cheaper to buy?
The BYD Seal is the cheaper of the two, listed from A$49,888 against A$62,400 for the Polestar 2 — A$12,512 between the two starting prices. Both are manufacturer list prices before on-road costs, options and any incentive, so a dealer's drive-away number will differ.
Other comparisons
All comparisonsEvery figure on this page comes from the same records the BYD Seal and Polestar 2 pages use. How the sources are chosen, and what a figure here never claims, is on the methodology page.