BYD Fang Cheng Bao Ti 9 Launches November 19

BYD's Fang Cheng Bao brand has a date. The Ti 9, a full-size six-seat plug-in hybrid SUV, launches in China on November 19, 2026, just ahead of the Guangzhou Auto Show, and General Manager Xiong Tianbo confirmed on November 14 that display vehicles had already reached 21 dealerships across 12 cities. Shipments to another 20 cities are under way, so the car will be standing in showrooms when the price finally lands.

The Ti 9 carries a production milestone with it. A Ti 9 rolled off BYD's Xi'an line on November 9 as the company's 19 millionth new energy vehicle, the same day nationwide reservations opened. Pre-registration had started earlier, on September 29. BYD positions the SUV in the 400,000-yuan class, about $55,300, but it hasn't announced the official price, and that gap between positioning and pricing is the one number the launch still owes.

Underneath, the Ti 9 is a first for the brand. It's the first Fang Cheng Bao model built on BYD's DMS hybrid platform with unibody construction, a shift for a badge that built its name on rugged, body-on-frame shapes. The all-wheel-drive system pairs a 1.5-liter turbocharged gasoline engine rated at 115 kW, about 154 horsepower, with front and rear motors rated at 200 kW each, running BYD's sixth-generation DM-i hybrid technology.

The battery is where the headline lives. A 66.48 kWh second-generation lithium iron phosphate Blade Battery gives the Ti 9 a claimed 310 km of electric range under WLTC testing, which is a long electric leash for a plug-in hybrid. BYD's Flash Charging system is claimed to take that battery from 10 percent to 70 percent in five minutes and to 97 percent in nine minutes. Those are manufacturer claims, stated as BYD states them, and they haven't been independently verified yet. Charging speed is becoming the segment's loudest argument, and a nine-minute near-full charge, if it holds up in owners' hands, answers the strongest objection to a big hybrid SUV.

What the Ti 9 doesn't have yet is a verdict. The launch on November 19 will supply the price, and the Guangzhou show will supply the comparisons, because every rival in the hall is making its own charging and range claims this month. For now the facts are the shape of the thing: six seats, a unibody platform, 310 km of claimed electric range and a rollout that's already physical, with cars on dealership floors in a dozen cities before the embargo lifts.