BYD has been granted a design patent in China for a small two-door car. The drawings show a rounded body with very short overhangs, but BYD has not released dimensions, specifications or any production plans.
The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) published the patent on 10 November. BYD filed the application, number 202530748612.8, on 18 December 2025.
Five designers are listed, including BYD global design director Wolfgang Egger, who joined the company in 2017 after leading design at Audi, Lamborghini and Alfa Romeo. Also listed is Zhao Binggen, head of BYD’s Dynasty Research Institute, along with Xu Ziyan, Huang Xi and Zhang Xi.
What the drawings show
The car has a compact, rounded body with a single large door on each side, a closed front and wheels set right at the corners. Full-width light bars run across the front and rear, and curved lower panels give both ends a smiling look.
The filing describes it only as a vehicle for carrying passengers or providing transport. It does not say how many people it seats, what powers it, or whether it will go into production.
The shape is closest to the smart #2, the two-seat electric successor to the fortwo, which launched in China last week from RMB 99,900 (approx. US$14,700).
BYD’s small cars
The design is far smaller than BYD’s current entry model. The second-generation Seagull, launched in China on 20 October, has grown by 425mm to 4,205mm long and now seats five.
BYD’s smallest car is the Racco, an electric kei car built for Japan, where it went on sale on 28 July. It measures 3,395mm long and 1,475mm wide, uses a 47kW front motor, and offers 22.4kWh or 35.84kWh LFP batteries with up to 320km of WLTC range. Prices start at ¥2,145,000 (approx. US$13,100).
Nikkei reported in August that BYD plans to use the Racco’s X-PACK technology, which moves the inverter and other components into the battery pack to free up cabin space, in other small EVs.
