The BYD Shark 6 has made its first public appearance in Malaysia at the ongoing BYD Tech Discovery 2025 event at Plaza Arkadia, Kuala Lumpur. The pick-up, which is known as the Shark in some other markets, is essentially being presented as a working showpiece highlighting the automaker’s Dual Mode Off-road (DMO) Super Hybrid technology.
Its appearance here follows on its first showing in the region earlier this year, where it was shown at the Bangkok Motor Show ahead of a planned Thai market debut in September. However, it was then announced back in August that introduction plans for that market had been scrapped following a low number of orders for it.
Measuring in at 5,457 mm long, 1,917 mm wide, 1,925 mm tall and with a wheelbase of 3,260 mm, the Shark 6 is available only as a plug-in hybrid, and its powertrain is related to the one found in the Bao Leopard 5.
Like the Leopard 5, the Shark sits on a ladder frame chassis and features a front/rear independent double wishbone suspension. The truck bed has a capacity of 1,450 litres and a payload rating of 835 kg, while the maximum towing capacity of the truck is 2,500 kg.
Its DMO Super Hybrid system features a 1.5 litre turbocharged inline-four petrol engine offering 184 PS (181 hp or 135 kW) and 260 Nm, paired with two electric motors. While the electric motors do most of the propulsion work, the Shark 6’s engine can also be clutched in to directly drive the wheels at speeds above 70 km/h.
The front motor produces 231 PS (228 hp, or 170 kW) and 310 Nm, while the rear unit puts out 204 PS (201 hp, or 150 kW) and 340 Nm, and total system output for the hybrid system is 436 PS (430 hp or 321 kW) and 650 Nm. This allows the Shark to do the 0-100 km/h sprint in 5.7 seconds, on the way to a top speed of 160 km/h.
The electric motors are juiced by a 29.58 kWh Blade lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery, which provides an electric range of 100 km, contributing to a total range of 840 km on a single tank of fuel. In terms of charging, the Shark supports AC charging of up to 7 kW, while the maximum rate for DC is 55 kW – the latte can get the battery from a 30 to 80% SoC in 25 minutes. There’s also a vehicle-to-load (V2L) function, capable of delivering up to 6 kW to power devices.
The units on show at the event are Australian-spec models, the giveaway to their identity being the unique configuration of the AU three-pin layout on the V2L sockets. Standard equipment includes LED headlamps and 18-inch alloy wheels, a 10.25-inch digital instrument cluster, a 15.6-inch central infotainment rotating touchscreen, powered front seats, dual-zone climate control and a full ADAS suite (AEB, adaptive cruise control, lane keep, blind spot monitoring, 360-degree camera).
There was no indication of when the Shark 6 will make its way here, but its showing should mean that an introduction is planned. It could arrive sometime next year, when the company begins local assembly operations here. However, with pick-up trucks being tax free in Malaysia, it could well come in as a CBU before then. Whatever the case, it’ll come as a PHEV, since that’s the only available version right now. While the automaker has previously indicated that there will be an EV variant, there’s no sign of that yet.
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Pickup trucks (which are classified as commercial vehicles) do not attract import duty and excise duty if imported CBU from an ATIGA country. However they still attract 10% sales tax. So not strictly ‘tax free’
https://www.maa.org.my/pdf/duties_taxes_on_motor_vehicles.pdf
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Coming here to jeopardise the market? Same like your cina restaurants ? At the end, Malaysian suffer.
So, waking up the traditional Japanese carmakers to be more competitive is bad for Malaysia? Your sinophobia skewed your ability to look at the bigger picture.
It’s a car, not a political statement. Just buy what fits your budget and needs. If it doesn’t, ignore it like the 98% of the posts
I don’t think this will sell well even in East Malaysia market solely because its an EV.
it wont sell well in east malaysia because they still enjpoy cheap subsidy diesel
It’s a plug in hybrid PHEV, not a BEV (pure hybrid). I’m in EM and I’m getting one
“Let’s copy Ford Ranger, F-150 and F-250 but make our logo bigger so that it’s slightly less obvious”
Display the estimated price la cibai!
ford mitsu isuzu salesman all sweating and worried now, they really want to know the price of competitor byd shark.
It won’t work in the borneo states as many hilux are in the forest loggings and palm oil estates and always on a different spot at a certain period of time.
Charging is almost impossible. Hilux has a very strong fortress.
It’s a plug in hybrid and has an engine. Combined range is 840km. It’s not a pure EV
this is plugin hybrid, not EV.
this is plugin bybrid can pump petrol similar concept to how your beloved hilux pumps diesel
Look closely at the photos of its chassis unlike traditional pickups that use a ladder frame this one seems to be designed only for light offroad use and not heavy offroad I’d guess it’s targeted at a different group of buyers