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On 10 November 2026 the gov.uk list has 21 entries in Band 1 at £3,750 off and 48 in Band 2 at £1,500 off, from 22 makes; no BYD, Leapmotor, Jaecoo or Omoda model is on it.
The Blade battery is BYD's lithium iron phosphate battery, made of long cells built into the car's structure; the second generation adds megawatt Flash Charging, but no BYD-badged car on sale in the UK today can use it.
BYD is a Chinese company from Shenzhen that started out making rechargeable batteries in the 1990s and now sells electric cars and plug-in hybrids in more than 100 countries and regions, including the UK.