Byton’s All-electric M-Byte Gets The World’s Largest Touchscreen Display!

  • Sep 16, 2019
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Showcased at the Frankfurt Motor Show, the all-electric SUV comes with a maximum range of 434km

  • Byton is an all-electric carmaker out of China.
  • The M-Byte all-electric SUV is the first product from Byton since its inception in 2017.
  • The M-Byte will come in two iterations -- 72kWh rear-wheel drive and 95kWh all-wheel drive.
  • It also gets a 7-inch tablet attached to the steering with an 8-inch tablet between the front seats.
  • Deliveries are set to commence from mid-2020 in China.
  • The all-electric SUV will be priced from $45,000 (Rs 32 lakh).

Byton, a Chinese startup founded in 2017 by former BMW and Infiniti executives, showcased the producn version its first offering, the M-Byte, at the ongoing Frankfurt Motor Show. Here’s what it's all about:

You might not have heard of Byton before but we’re pretty sure that you’ve heard of the two companies that are backing this new startup: Tencent and Foxconn. Yep, the makers of the hugely popular PUBG game and the makers of Apple’s iPhones.

The M-Byte that you see here is its first offering. The all-electric SUV comes in two iterations -- a rear-wheel drive and a range-topping all-wheel drive variant. A 72kWh battery powers an electric motor good for 270PS and a range of 360km in the entry-level variant. The range-topping AWD variant gets a 95kWh battery pack powering two electric motors to churn out 402PS along with 434km of range. 

The engine and specifications are just the tip of the iceberg as the M-Byte is basically a tech-fest on wheels. The massive 17-inch touchscreen unit in Tesla cars fade into oblivion when you come across the M-Byte’s 48-inch display that is also curved! And just when you think the widescreen TV is everything, you’ll come across the 7-inch driver tablet attached to the steering. Two screens of that size is overload for a car but Byton doesn’t think so; they are also offering an 8-inch co-driver tablet between the driver and passenger screen. We would definitely like to end this here but the all-electric SUV also gets two front-seat mounted displays for the rear passengers. 

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The slew of displays are just one side of the story, and it gets even better. The front seats can be rotated by 10-degrees, it gets advanced gesture controls, aerospace-inspired flat antenna that supports 5G, cloud connectivity, and facial recognition. The M-Byte also comes with fast charging capabilities utilizing a 150kW charger that will take 35 minutes to fully charge the battery.

Styling is best described as eccentric, with more crossover attributes than an SUV.  Pricing for the M-Byte is claimed to start from $45,000 (Rs 32 lakh) making it considerably more affordable than the Audi e-tron and Tesla Model X (both around $70,000). Deliveries are slated to commence from mid-2020 in China. The e-Tron, meanwhile was showcased in India with prices expected to start from Rs 1.4 crore. Going by that, the M-Byte, if it makes its way into India, will be priced in the vicinity of Rs 80 lakh.

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