BYD spent the opening of the Paris Motor Show on 12 October 2026 putting two very different vehicles in front of European buyers. The one that can be ordered in Britain now is the Shark, a ladder-frame double-cab pickup that runs as a plug-in hybrid, not a battery-electric truck. Beside it, BYD unveiled the Atto 8, a seven-seat electric SUV it plans to put in European showrooms in the first quarter of 2027, still without a published price.
For anyone comparing plug-in pickups on GetEVCar, the BYD Shark is the model that matches today’s Paris news. It uses BYD’s Dual Mode Off-road system: a 1.5-litre turbocharged petrol engine, rated at 150 PS, mostly generates electricity, while a motor on each axle does the driving. BYD’s German show release and its UK specification sheet agree on a combined 436 PS and 650 Nm, and on a 0–100 km/h time of 5.7 seconds. The battery is a 32.2 kWh Blade pack, large for a pickup and the reason BYD can quote a useful electric-only distance rather than a token city loop.
On range, the two BYD documents line up once the units are converted. The Paris release says up to 90 km of electric-only driving and up to 675 km with a full battery and a full tank. The UK spec sheet lists about 56 miles of electric range and 419 miles combined, which is the same pair of figures in miles. Weighted fuel use is quoted as 3.5 litres per 100 km in the German text and 80.7 mpg in the UK table. When the battery is depleted, both put consumption near 9.6 litres per 100 km, or 29.4 mpg. Treat those as official WLTP claims, not an independent road test.
Charging is pickup-practical rather than sports-car fast. BYD says an 11 kW three-phase AC charger takes the pack from 15% to full in a little over three hours (3.2 hours on the UK sheet). A 55 kW DC stop is claimed to move the battery from 30% to 80% in 21 minutes. Vehicle-to-load output is listed at up to 6 kW through two sockets, so the truck can run tools from the battery. A UK news-release bullet mentions 6.6 kW; the specification table and the Paris text both say 6 kW, so that is the figure used here.
Work numbers come from BYD’s UK specification sheet: 2,500 kg braked towing, 790 kg of payload, and a 1,200-litre load bed. The truck is 5,457 mm long on a 3,260 mm wheelbase. That is a different job from BYD’s car-shaped plug-in hybrids already listed in Britain, including the Seal U DM-i. The Shark is the one aimed at pickup buyers who want electric miles for shorter trips and a petrol generator for distance or towing.
UK shoppers are ahead of the rest of the rollout. BYD’s UK media site already lists orders from £47,290 including VAT, with deliveries due in the fourth quarter of 2026. The Paris release did not add a euro price. It said selected other European markets would get the Shark within three months, and that a wider European expansion is planned for the first half of 2027. Britain is the market where a buyer can check a number today; much of the continent is still on that timetable.
The other Paris debut is a battery-electric SUV, and it should not be confused with the pickup. BYD described the Atto 8 as a seven-seat flagship, 5,040 mm long, with a 115 kWh second-generation Blade battery. The Design rear-drive version is rated at 340 kW (462 PS) and up to 653 km WLTP, with 0–100 km/h in 8.0 seconds. The Excellence all-wheel-drive version rises to 570 kW (775 PS), 0–100 km/h in 4.6 seconds, and up to 602 km WLTP. European dealer sales are planned for the first quarter of 2027. No European price was included.
The charging claim is the part that needs a caveat. BYD says its FLASH system can take that 115 kWh pack from 10% to 70% in five minutes and from 10% to 97% in nine minutes, and from 20% to 97% in 12 minutes at −30°C. Those times assume a FLASH charger, not a typical public rapid unit. BYD’s own target is 3,000 FLASH stations in Europe by the end of 2027, so the nine-minute stop is a network story as much as a vehicle story. Readers looking at BYD electric SUVs that are already on sale can start with the smaller Atto 3 and the rest of the BYD range, including other SUVs, while the Atto 8’s price and final market specs are still unpublished.
The practical split from Paris is straightforward. The Shark is a plug-in hybrid pickup with a UK price and a Q4 2026 delivery window. The Atto 8 is a large electric SUV promised for early 2027, with a very fast charge claim that depends on chargers BYD has yet to build at scale.
