2025 BYD Shark 6 plug-in hybrid ute on-sale date for Australia confirmed

The 2025 BYD Shark 6 plug-in hybrid ute will open for Australian orders – with confirmed prices – next month, it has been announced.

BYD's hotly-anticipated ute will be known as the Shark 6 in Australia and New Zealand – rather than simply Shark – drawing a parallel with the brand's Sealion 6 plug-in hybrid SUV.

It will beat its key rivals – the Ford Ranger PHEV and GWM Cannon Alpha PHEV, both due next year – to market as Australia's first plug-in hybrid ute, when Shark 6 orders open on 29 October.

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Deliveries are expected to commence in the weeks and months that follow, well ahead of the end of the Fringe Benefits Tax exemption for new plug-in hybrid vehicles in novated leases.

Prices are yet to be announced, but a recent leak in a government database suggested a starting RRP of $68,000 plus on-road costs – similar to a mid- to high-specification Ford Ranger or Toyota HiLux.

BYD Shark 6 prototypes have been testing in Australia since the end of 2023.

A range of in-house-developed accessories is expected for the new ute, with BYD canvassing potential customers who registered their interest on their desire for bullbars, tonneau covers, lifted suspension, new tyres and floor mats.

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The BYD Shark 6 is powered by a 1.5-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine aided by two electric motors – 170kW/310Nm on the front axle, and 150kW/340Nm on the rear axle.

A combined power output of 320kW is claimed, good for a quoted 0-100km/h acceleration time of 5.7 seconds.

BYD claims a 840km hybrid petrol-electric range, and 100km electric-only driving range, from the 29.6kWh battery pack.

The braked towing capacity is rated at 2500kg, down from the 3500kg of the top-selling diesel utes – as well as the Ford Ranger and GWM Cannon Alpha plug-in hybrids.