@@ChinaDriven I think it's going to be very much welcomed from european customers who are getting sick of being forced to pay too much money for any equivalent european car.
You asked: Will it dominate in this price segment? Chinese consumers answered: 15,000 monthly sales just 3 months into mass production of the Seal, even though Tesla has been forced to cut prices on the Model 3 to try to compensate. So yeah, I think it is fair to say that BYD will dominate this price segment.
@@Harrythehun Indeed sales of the BYD Seal are now down to around 6,000 units a month. Although I guess that is to be expected with Tesla and everyone else engages in the 2023 mother of all car price wars in China, but for whatever reason BYD didn't start discounting the Seal until just a couple of months ago. But that doesn't mean BYD isn't selling a whole load of sedans, they just chose to lower the prices on their other sedans instead. Besides the 5650 Seal EV sedans they sold in July, BYD also sold 11,455 Qin Plus EV sedans, 11,634 Han EV sedans, 2,550 Qin EV sedans, 13,603 Han PHEV sedans, 11,994 Destroyer 05 PHEV sedans, and a whopping 30,700 Qin Plus PHEV sedans. Although no single model can touch the actual king of pure BEV sedan sales in China, GAC's Aion S, which notched over 22,000 sales in July. So I guess price really is king in the Chinese market.
So....I'm gonna come right out and say it!!!! A SportBrake version of that with some proper, usable storage capacity would make the ultimate (EV) travelling sales car. I wonder could it get close to 600kms real world range ???? I just found out that these are coming to Ireland and I am very excited to see it. Well done BYD
CLTC estimates are very generous. In some situations more generous than the older NEDC. I’d say you’d be pushing 500km in the long range with a light foot and not too much speed in the real world.
Great video! BYD has come a long way from its Hybrid Taxi days. Your channels contents have also been very good lately but higher number of videos about 1 per week may be necessary to really take off.
Dude don't get me wrong I love this BYD Seal, but newer design is always refreshing and 'innovating'.. So let's not forget how long has it been for Tesla to start things off in the EV market (even the Model 3 is 5 years old) and the competition it brings to the world to challenge.
@@rationalreminder458 it depends on your style. I love the nordic/minimalist look of it, but I think it needs an exterior refresh since its a 6 year old design
Now what we want is a People's Car with all the building refinements of the Seal in a hatchback form, slightly shorter with rear-wheel drive and not too low to the ground.
When m3 was out years ago. There was very few other options. Now with Byd seal and Han sedans, EV6 , Nio ET5, Ioninq 6 plus others. Model 3 is over rated.
Not true, model 3 is one of the best selling EVs in China despite strong local competitions from BYD, Nio, Xpeng and many more. That alone says a lot about the quality of model 3. The Chinese consumers have lots of choices, yet they continue to choose the Model 3.
Can't wait for a test drive. Good chances this will be my next car. But I couldn't find any information about max speed? Might be only a specific german problem as you can only go those speeds on the autobahn, but if it only goes like 160km/h, that's a knock out criterium.
This looks so much better than a model 3, which like all Teslas has weird styling like someone didn't quite know what they were doing . I'd pay $10,000 More for this than a model 3, but it's actually cheaper. Crazy. Sell it in Canada and I'll buy one.
It steers like an absolute champion. Coming into the test drive me, jayinshanghai, wheelboy and TIY all thought the same thing…another BYD another day. Then we drove it met up and boy oh boy we were wrong! Check out TIY video where he interviewed us as we stepped out from our test drives… ua-cam.com/video/CG9mKBoeX48/v-deo.html go to 11:50 in that video everyone worrying about us being paid or being overly nice. check this video out. we stepped out and TIY put us on camera straight away before we had anytime to to even think or record.
I’m planning to do a review of the 2023 BYD Han! But it won’t be a head to head with the Seal. I’ll give you my generally thoughts. The BYD Seal & BYD Han are aimed at different people. The Han is about 16cm longer overall than the Seal, so a little bigger, but their wheelbases are the same. The Seal comes with a double wishbone upfront and the whole driving feel, exterior look, interior look is more sporty compared to the Han. The Han is more sedate in it’s styling and handling dynamics. It’s aimed more at the business/professional person, maybe slightly older crowd. The Seal is for perhaps younger people looking for something a bit more sporty. The BYD Han EV is running on the older 2.0 e-platform vs the Seal on the newer 3.0 e-platform. So no 800V for the BYD Han.
They can ban chinese cars from the market. It has a lot of electronics, it may spy on you and send your data to china. The us government neede to protect you from china.
Come on byd! Just give him a bigger trunk where it opens above rear window. Than it would be the perfect ev coupe. Luxury and functional for a very good price. Please adjust the trunk for 2024 😂 i would buy it directly!
I bought one 2 months ago. Beased on my situation, at least 340 miles per charge when you get the long range virson. However, it would be less during winter. Still a good car though.
@@yuhaoli2607 thats still great for a car at this price range. I have a model 3 which have around the same range but I could definately see my next car being a BYD with how much they have progressed.
yeah so the thing with the names is that it makes sense in the original Chinese. The Ocean series names are all animals that started with the same character 海 which means sea/ocean. So 海豚(Dolphin) 海豹(Seal) 海鸥(Seagull) 海狮(Sea Lion)
Any word on the charging speed? Xpeng made a big deal of its 800V charging speed. G9 charges quite a bit faster than Y even on lower tier chargers. I wonder how Seal matches to M3 in terms of charging.
@@ChinaDriven Also, XPeng’s G9 uses the 800V to power the motors. That way it gets some amazing efficiency. The same range per kWh as Y while being one size and 250kg larger than Y. It’s supposed to be difficult to power components with 800V. It requires high quality SiC semiconductor instead of Silicon ones. 800V would melt silicone. I would be interested in how much of the Seal infrastructure is 800V. If it just steps down the voltage before it gets to the motors, then it wouldn’t get true 800V efficiency.
Great looking car. However I think I missed the information on the charging times for various percentage levels and the rates of charging to various percentage levels?
Absolutely correct. It’s claimed on a DC faster charger to charge 20-80% in around 30mins. We didn’t get a chance to recharge this thing, nor do we have figures for using faster charging taking advantage of the 800V system.
Mate. Great video. Awesome camera work and engaging, informative presenting skills. Clearly a lot of effort goes into your content! Keep up the great work. You deserve to be successful! Sub'd Maybe work on the singing skills though 🤣
Tesla cost cutting minimalist design render the model 3 and Y so unsafe to drive. BYD seal premium is my choice and 10k cheaper compared to the rear wheel drive model 3 in Australia.
Saludos al canal .Por favor ingenieros de BYD activen al seal conducción a un solo pedal y pongan el consumo promedio cada 100 km y no cada 50 km La inmensa mayoria de usuarios se lo agradeceremos
Yes it is now. But at the time of recording it was uncertain what this was going to be called overseas. Even at this point it hadn't been decided if the BYD Dolphin was going to keep it's name or be called the Atto 2. All the foreign media were in agreement that Atto wasn't a great name.
great vid on a great looking car, with its amazing performance and great handling, this car gonna give bmw 3 series and merc c class with ICE a real hard time, the car looks both tight and dynamic at the same time, very impressive
Saw the real thing. Beautiful piece of engineering. Range of 700km is top. Interior is a little bit busy. Interface needs some serious work. Wish there was a SUV version of this. Don’t care for the Atto3 interior
gorgeous looking car with high tech features. I love it especially with long range at 700km/435miles. tesla model 3 long range only runs 325 miles and costs over $45k
It's like saying "I'll marry that supermodel in the magazine rather than the beautiful woman on my street".... That you actually have a chance of dating. Untill you meet "the model" you have no clue what she's actually *really* like.
Love the humor and delivery. As you say the regen braking is weak compared to the model 3 and one pedal driving is not possible on the seal as from other reviewers, but when you come to a stop say at traffic lights, do you need to put your foot on the brake to keep the car at a standstill?
Fantastic that you are a fan of this EV! Chinese domestic market is spoilt when it comes to EVs, there are so many great products! But when we filmed the BYD Seal media drive we were together in a group with many foreign media. And all I can say is that the BYD Seal blew us away. Honestly between us all, we’ve driven so many BYD EVs, but this completely surprised us all in its ability to drive. There is no other BYD that drive like this. Sure the BYD Han EV dual motor is fast but the BYD Seal handles in such a sport way that we never could have imagined based on our drive of period is BYD EVs. This one breaks the mould. A true drivers car
Looks damn good, especially inside. Will be a game changer in Europe, if the taxes won't rise the price too much. Small boot, though. But How about real range?
I normally peg CLTC to be 70% of real world range. Ofc depending on driving environment. But the Seal was returning decent range for the battery usage if memory serves correct.
The boot is on the smaller side. but then again compact sedans aren’t known for massive boots. Add in the Frunk and the overall amount of storage is average.
Tesla claims that they are coming up with a new model 3 for the mass market. Let see if they can compete with the Seal. The problem is Tesla price is always dynamic. As both BYD and Tesla are produce in China with own vertical supply chains, I see no reason why we are paying more for Tesla just because they are a branded car. Moreover, labor costs are standard in China. Still, if you can wait, go for solid state EV battery with longer range yet affordable and lightweight. Weight is important because in future perhaps countries may introduce weight-base tax. Presently, only Toyota had confirmed they will develop and invest in solid state battery for their future EV cars due to roll out in 2030 but by then they are a bit late because for sure BYD will also develop solid state battery ahead of them.
The vertical integration of BYD is absolutely insane. They make nearly everything themselves. It’s harder to find parts on their cars they didn’t make themselves. As for solid state batteries…they will be great…when they reach the mass market…
@@ChinaDriven The issue with Sodium cells is volumetric density. No good being light (not so far) cheap and powerful if they don't fit in the space available. . Lithium Manganese Iron Phosphate is the next candidate. Energy density half way between straight LiFePo4 and Nickel based, at the same price as LiFePo4. . Then there's the CATL M3P cell (Ironic name since their main customer might be the Tesla MP3?) . And now of course BYD is talking about producing 4680 cells(!) Irony? Lithium Irony??
Hopefully they will address their rust issues before they go on sale here in Aus. Otherwise they will be DOA compared to established brands like Tesla.
No announcements yet. But BYD did announce bringing other vehicles in the Europe, so we can expect to see the BYD Seal at some point. Hopefully sooner than later.
The BYD recently got a slight refresh and price change. When this was recorded the BYD hadn’t officially launched so we didn’t have the exact pricing. insideevs.com/news/666614/byd-cuts-seal-prices-ev-sedan-now-18-percent-cheaper-tesla-model-3/
Biggest challenge: avoid the death trap of US auto dealerships monopoly when coming to the US! People want the freedom and honest pricing, free us from the crooked-made-their-own-laws dealerships!
I understand the concern with dealership markups. But at the same time I think Chinese companies entering a market with no dealership network will pose problems. A brand with no standing in that market and no dealership network may make customers worry about how and where their cars can be serviced or fixed. Especially because these are new cars never seen in the market so there are not 3rd party shops with access to parts for repair. How they go about establishing trust and a repair network will be critical in western markets.
It’s ADAS called Di-pilot currently is just LKA & ACC. But supposedly they are working behind the scenes to improve the ADAS suite. Up until now BYD has focused on battery and platform tech and keeping prices low for the range
I'd rather have anything BYD than the offerings in us market. The Chinese are innovating in design and offerings and in business if you don't innovate you're dead. It's fair to say Tesla is likely not the automaker of the future and their diversifying into other markets is wise. Tesla was the benchmark before EVs became more popular and affordable. Now they are falling behind and not as iconic.
TM3 Prices have dropped again and now the seal will not have a price advantage. Tesla’s profit margins allow for price reductions. Let the pricing games begin. 2023 year of disruption within the EV industry. Similar to when Apple dropped prices on their “premium” phones. Great 😊 for consumers!
BYD EV competition which what we need in the electric car market the people who should worry I are BMW Audi Mercedes and Volkswagen but with the cost of EV's I would rather have a pickup because you can do more with it and they cost anymore to run The vehicle market has changed
It’s a common complaint amongst the English speaking Chinese EV reviewers. BYD line-up is confusing and overlapping with a lot of models that seem to compete with each other. BUT! BYD has proven they can sell plenty of each model, after all China is a massive country with alot of people looking for different things. However, we all agree that BYD should not take every offering they have overseas. So far they have been very pragmatic in which cars they will offer overseas.
Seriously 90% of the market doesn't give a crap about all this stuff all we want is a small car like a Golf with basic cup holders and basic features just in a EV that's affordable and practical.
China has plenty of basic cars that simply have an EV drivetrain. And they are cheap. But until these brands establish themselves abroad and set up localised manufacturing it doesnt make sense to export them with all the shipping & import costs.
Is this compliant with the US federal safety standard? I don’t mind paying 5k to ship it over to the US(the quote I got from Alibaba seller to ship a sedan from China to the US). It would be doped if it can be titled and registered in the US
It will likely needs to be modified somewhat in order to meet the US standard. The design is basically more aligned with EU standard. The question is will US allow it to enter its market given the domestic political atmosphere.
that's a sick looking exterior, and interior looks quite nice too. Atto 3 just came out in NZ but the Seal looks much more compelling.
I think it’s a more compelling vehicle than the Atto 3, but it will of course be priced higher.
Atto3 doesnt sell good in China compares to the Seal.
the Atto 3 looks cheap and just bad on the inside
Gorgeous looking car. I'd really go for it as soon as it gets available in EU
I’m interested to see how it’s received in Europe…
@@ChinaDriven I think it's going to be very much welcomed from european customers who are getting sick of being forced to pay too much money for any equivalent european car.
@@reharh7330 if BYD does in fact build a factory or two in Europe then we might see lower sales prices in Europe
@@ChinaDriven would love to ser that happening. Finger crossed
I like it too
You asked: Will it dominate in this price segment?
Chinese consumers answered: 15,000 monthly sales just 3 months into mass production of the Seal, even though Tesla has been forced to cut prices on the Model 3 to try to compensate.
So yeah, I think it is fair to say that BYD will dominate this price segment.
How has this comment aged?
@@Harrythehun Indeed sales of the BYD Seal are now down to around 6,000 units a month. Although I guess that is to be expected with Tesla and everyone else engages in the 2023 mother of all car price wars in China, but for whatever reason BYD didn't start discounting the Seal until just a couple of months ago.
But that doesn't mean BYD isn't selling a whole load of sedans, they just chose to lower the prices on their other sedans instead. Besides the 5650 Seal EV sedans they sold in July, BYD also sold 11,455 Qin Plus EV sedans, 11,634 Han EV sedans, 2,550 Qin EV sedans, 13,603 Han PHEV sedans, 11,994 Destroyer 05 PHEV sedans, and a whopping 30,700 Qin Plus PHEV sedans.
Although no single model can touch the actual king of pure BEV sedan sales in China, GAC's Aion S, which notched over 22,000 sales in July. So I guess price really is king in the Chinese market.
@@Harrythehun in 5 months until the end of 2022 sold 55200 units. That's pretty good.
So....I'm gonna come right out and say it!!!! A SportBrake version of that with some proper, usable storage capacity would make the ultimate (EV) travelling sales car. I wonder could it get close to 600kms real world range ???? I just found out that these are coming to Ireland and I am very excited to see it. Well done BYD
CLTC estimates are very generous. In some situations more generous than the older NEDC.
I’d say you’d be pushing 500km in the long range with a light foot and not too much speed in the real world.
@@ChinaDriven Damn.....I'm afflicted with a very Irish condition from birth......"heavy foot"
sorry to hear about your “suffering.” I’m afflicted with a similar English condition “Lead foot” hahaha
Very nice, good presentation as well, thank you
Nice review. One of the only few presenting the byd seal
thanks. glad you enjoyed it!
Great video!
BYD has come a long way from its Hybrid Taxi days.
Your channels contents have also been very good lately but higher number of videos about 1 per week may be necessary to really take off.
yes we are working towards it. Just working out optimising our work flow
@@ChinaDriven All the Best, your presentation and style is very good.
@@ChinaDriven 月底的广州车展你有时间去吗？
我没去。没有时间。my Chinese is pretty horrible
@@ChinaDriven 那太遗憾了，广州车展是中国结束疫情后的第一次大型车展，很多公司都会发布新品，你如果去了，视频素材都可以拍十几集了
Gorgeous car on all side.
This car is way more stylish and interesting then Model 3. Tesla is way too boring and tired
Dude don't get me wrong I love this BYD Seal, but newer design is always refreshing and 'innovating'.. So let's not forget how long has it been for Tesla to start things off in the EV market (even the Model 3 is 5 years old) and the competition it brings to the world to challenge.
@@MathiasTJL Modell 3 was at the Start a Boring Design.
@@rationalreminder458 it depends on your style. I love the nordic/minimalist look of it, but I think it needs an exterior refresh since its a 6 year old design
@@MathiasTJL yeah. And Mercedes invented the car. Ultimately the competition always catches up.
@@greenearth9945 there’s nothing nordic about a soap bar
Now what we want is a People's Car with all the building refinements of the Seal in a hatchback form, slightly shorter with rear-wheel drive and not too low to the ground.
Love it! More competition is good competition 🔥🔥🔥
model 3 is garbge. it sells well because there are few options in US and europe.
Agreed
Correct
When m3 was out years ago. There was very few other options. Now with Byd seal and Han sedans, EV6 , Nio ET5, Ioninq 6 plus others. Model 3 is over rated.
Not true, model 3 is one of the best selling EVs in China despite strong local competitions from BYD, Nio, Xpeng and many more. That alone says a lot about the quality of model 3. The Chinese consumers have lots of choices, yet they continue to choose the Model 3.
Same as the restrictive options available for mobile, only iPhone, Samsung and only recently, Pixel.
Can't wait for a test drive. Good chances this will be my next car. But I couldn't find any information about max speed? Might be only a specific german problem as you can only go those speeds on the autobahn, but if it only goes like 160km/h, that's a knock out criterium.
Well the BYD Han is advertised to have a top speed of 180km/h so I’d guess its around the same
Byd might spy on you and send your data to china.
Your awesome presentation, by itself, makes me wanna get the car : )
Thanks! 😃
Nice review, pretty neat car! I felt a bit too tight when sitting inside, but I'm 1,88m...
At 1.7m I fit nicely inside hahah. how do you feel about a model 3?
Game is changing!
when they announce this in NZ i will pre order the top spec one.. this is right up my alley.
Do you think it'll be more expensive than the Atto 3?
@@sara.cbc92 I believe it will be but not by much also depends on the spec you go for I assume the AWD performance will be up there
Please bring this car to Germany, soon! 😀
Kommt! Deutschland und Schweden als erste europäische Länder für 2023 angekündigt :D
It may spy on you and send data to china, better not allow these chinese cars in your country.
The best Seal video!!!
This looks so much better than a model 3, which like all Teslas has weird styling like someone didn't quite know what they were doing . I'd pay $10,000 More for this than a model 3, but it's actually cheaper. Crazy. Sell it in Canada and I'll buy one.
It steers like an absolute champion. Coming into the test drive me, jayinshanghai, wheelboy and TIY all thought the same thing…another BYD another day. Then we drove it met up and boy oh boy we were wrong!
Check out TIY video where he interviewed us as we stepped out from our test drives… ua-cam.com/video/CG9mKBoeX48/v-deo.html go to 11:50 in that video
everyone worrying about us being paid or being overly nice. check this video out. we stepped out and TIY put us on camera straight away before we had anytime to to even think or record.
Nice vid! Entertaining and pro looking. Great to see a new channel covering Chinese EVs as things are happening at light speed there. Subbed
Welcome aboard! appreciated
Hi mate,
I wish you could review the 2023 Han against its brother Seal.
Looking at the Seal sedan, I would pick the 2023 Han gorgeous sporty look.
I’m planning to do a review of the 2023 BYD Han! But it won’t be a head to head with the Seal.
I’ll give you my generally thoughts. The BYD Seal & BYD Han are aimed at different people. The Han is about 16cm longer overall than the Seal, so a little bigger, but their wheelbases are the same.
The Seal comes with a double wishbone upfront and the whole driving feel, exterior look, interior look is more sporty compared to the Han. The Han is more sedate in it’s styling and handling dynamics. It’s aimed more at the business/professional person, maybe slightly older crowd. The Seal is for perhaps younger people looking for something a bit more sporty.
The BYD Han EV is running on the older 2.0 e-platform vs the Seal on the newer 3.0 e-platform. So no 800V for the BYD Han.
Awesome... both video and BYD. Detroit's "big three" need to figure themselves out in a hurry.
The Big 3s are done. Ford is the only one that might survive
They can ban chinese cars from the market. It has a lot of electronics, it may spy on you and send your data to china. The us government neede to protect you from china.
Come on byd! Just give him a bigger trunk where it opens above rear window. Than it would be the perfect ev coupe. Luxury and functional for a very good price. Please adjust the trunk for 2024 😂 i would buy it directly!
Sedans are popular in China. but I do think liftbacks offer more in terms of storage. but you do increase NVH.
This car gets 447 miles on a single charge? Wow 😳!! There are no EV's in America with that range.
Claimed range. Not real world. And the CTLC standard is even more generous than the NEDC. So real world maybe reduce 30%
I bought one 2 months ago. Beased on my situation, at least 340 miles per charge when you get the long range virson. However, it would be less during winter. Still a good car though.
@@yuhaoli2607 thats still great for a car at this price range. I have a model 3 which have around the same range but I could definately see my next car being a BYD with how much they have progressed.
Great video. Subscribed
Awesome, thank you!
Should've called it BYD Atlantis or something:)
yeah so the thing with the names is that it makes sense in the original Chinese. The Ocean series names are all animals that started with the same character 海 which means sea/ocean.
So 海豚(Dolphin) 海豹(Seal) 海鸥(Seagull) 海狮(Sea Lion)
Wow!!! Definitely a Tesla killer.
Beautiful car.
Cool video!!! Though it is not comparable to your ET7 🤭🤭 but it is still pretty good car for value & performance
Thanks. I’d say the BYD Seal is a better drivers car than my ET7.
Beautiful car. Tesla and BYD will rule the automotive future. Like the Apple and Samsung of cars
Thank you. Beautiful car
Any word on the charging speed? Xpeng made a big deal of its 800V charging speed. G9 charges quite a bit faster than Y even on lower tier chargers. I wonder how Seal matches to M3 in terms of charging.
we didn’t have a chance to charge one so I can’t speak to that personally. A few OEMs platforms now have 800V. BYD, Zeekr, Xpeng
@@ChinaDriven Also, XPeng’s G9 uses the 800V to power the motors. That way it gets some amazing efficiency. The same range per kWh as Y while being one size and 250kg larger than Y. It’s supposed to be difficult to power components with 800V. It requires high quality SiC semiconductor instead of Silicon ones. 800V would melt silicone. I would be interested in how much of the Seal infrastructure is 800V. If it just steps down the voltage before it gets to the motors, then it wouldn’t get true 800V efficiency.
It's very slow on charging especially and on AC the max output is 7,4 kW. Like I said, very slow
The car is really cool.
Not bad.
BYD Han is also fire.
Gorgeous! Way better than Tesla
Even the Japanese brands are worried about the Chinese EV. The Chinese are wise to hire Germans automobile industry folks to up their standards.
Great looking car. However I think I missed the information on the charging times for various percentage levels and the rates of charging to various percentage levels?
And range?
Absolutely correct. It’s claimed on a DC faster charger to charge 20-80% in around 30mins. We didn’t get a chance to recharge this thing, nor do we have figures for using faster charging taking advantage of the 800V system.
550-700km CTLC so think around 30% less in real world mixed driving.
Exactly! It’s not a zero-sum game for the disruptors - Tesla has nothing to fear - ICE companies on the other hand…
Thanks for your video there any chance you will review the neta S ?
yes I’m looking to do something
Really great looking car.
We agree!
Great grand 👍 review 👏 👌 👍 🙌 😀 lovely 😍 👌 like it most stylish car 🚗 in this world 🌎 and thanks to your best photography. 👌
Thank you so much 👍
Mate. Great video. Awesome camera work and engaging, informative presenting skills. Clearly a lot of effort goes into your content! Keep up the great work. You deserve to be successful! Sub'd
Maybe work on the singing skills though 🤣
Thanks appreciate the recognition. Glad you enjoyed it.
KTV has never been my bag. My singing is really only meant for the shower and driving alone.
Tesla cost cutting minimalist design render the model 3 and Y so unsafe to drive. BYD seal premium is my choice and 10k cheaper compared to the rear wheel drive model 3 in Australia.
Saludos al canal .Por favor ingenieros de BYD activen al seal conducción a un solo pedal y pongan el consumo promedio cada 100 km y no cada 50 km
La inmensa mayoria de usuarios se lo agradeceremos
The SEAL is the SEAL everywhere.
Yes it is now. But at the time of recording it was uncertain what this was going to be called overseas. Even at this point it hadn't been decided if the BYD Dolphin was going to keep it's name or be called the Atto 2.
All the foreign media were in agreement that Atto wasn't a great name.
@@ChinaDriven Any chance of you getting a CATL factory tour and a chat about the QILIN battery?
@@honesty_-no9he I don’t think so. But from my experience in other car factories. Filming is a big no no inside.
if this is available in US, i would get this rather than tesla model 3 as well
The correct answer is
"I would *Tes Drive* both and see which one I prefer"
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Smh
great vid on a great looking car, with its amazing performance and great handling, this car gonna give bmw 3 series and merc c class with ICE a real hard time, the car looks both tight and dynamic at the same time, very impressive
Is this the Indiigo Grey (or Shark Grey in Australia) paint colour?
I honestly can't remember. It was a light silver colour. Looked really smart
Saw the real thing. Beautiful piece of engineering. Range of 700km is top. Interior is a little bit busy. Interface needs some serious work. Wish there was a SUV version of this. Don’t care for the Atto3 interior
The Sealion is coming. That’s basically an SUV version of the Seal.
Good
I gave you a like just for the Seal rendition**wait. But why do they have a mic lol
HAHAHA.
Chinese cars love to have KTV function. Kinda gimmicky but if its there I’m gunna “Sing”
gorgeous looking car with high tech features. I love it especially with long range at 700km/435miles. tesla model 3 long range only runs 325 miles and costs over $45k
In the US, Tesla model 3 is $32.5k USD after federal tax credit 😉
It's like saying "I'll marry that supermodel in the magazine rather than the beautiful woman on my street"....
That you actually have a chance of dating.
Untill you meet "the model" you have no clue what she's actually *really* like.
Love the humor and delivery. As you say the regen braking is weak compared to the model 3 and one pedal driving is not possible on the seal as from other reviewers, but when you come to a stop say at traffic lights, do you need to put your foot on the brake to keep the car at a standstill?
has Autohold. requires you to depress the pedal once you come to a stop.
this car looks rly nice
Coolest car yet
Fantastic that you are a fan of this EV! Chinese domestic market is spoilt when it comes to EVs, there are so many great products!
But when we filmed the BYD Seal media drive we were together in a group with many foreign media. And all I can say is that the BYD Seal blew us away. Honestly between us all, we’ve driven so many BYD EVs, but this completely surprised us all in its ability to drive. There is no other BYD that drive like this.
Sure the BYD Han EV dual motor is fast but the BYD Seal handles in such a sport way that we never could have imagined based on our drive of period is BYD EVs. This one breaks the mould. A true drivers car
Looks very nice.
Looks damn good, especially inside. Will be a game changer in Europe, if the taxes won't rise the price too much. Small boot, though. But How about real range?
I normally peg CLTC to be 70% of real world range. Ofc depending on driving environment. But the Seal was returning decent range for the battery usage if memory serves correct.
The boot is on the smaller side. but then again compact sedans aren’t known for massive boots. Add in the Frunk and the overall amount of storage is average.
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It's prettier than the Tesla, that's for sure
BYD Please make a GTS version, I want this to be a Taycan Killer!
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beautiful looking car! Nice review!
Thanks!
great video !
Glad you enjoyed it
Great Looking
and now BYD Yangwang U8 comes out!! 😅of course will Tesla worry.
rims are super nice...
i want that 1
Looks really nice - 🎉🎉🎉🎉
It was!
the front trunk can be a refrigerator, good idea?
Looks sick mate
Thank you 👍👍👍
Thank you too
Tesla claims that they are coming up with a new model 3 for the mass market. Let see if they can compete with the Seal. The problem is Tesla price is always dynamic. As both BYD and Tesla are produce in China with own vertical supply chains, I see no reason why we are paying more for Tesla just because they are a branded car. Moreover, labor costs are standard in China. Still, if you can wait, go for solid state EV battery with longer range yet affordable and lightweight. Weight is important because in future perhaps countries may introduce weight-base tax. Presently, only Toyota had confirmed they will develop and invest in solid state battery for their future EV cars due to roll out in 2030 but by then they are a bit late because for sure BYD will also develop solid state battery ahead of them.
The vertical integration of BYD is absolutely insane. They make nearly everything themselves. It’s harder to find parts on their cars they didn’t make themselves.
As for solid state batteries…they will be great…when they reach the mass market…
Next wave for “cheaper” batteries after LFP seems to be Sodium based batteries.
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The issue with Sodium cells is volumetric density.
No good being light (not so far) cheap and powerful if they don't fit in the space available.
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Lithium Manganese Iron Phosphate is the next candidate. Energy density half way between straight LiFePo4 and Nickel based, at the same price as LiFePo4.
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Then there's the CATL M3P cell (Ironic name since their main customer might be the Tesla MP3?)
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And now of course BYD is talking about producing 4680 cells(!)
Irony?
Lithium Irony??
great review
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Hopefully they will address their rust issues before they go on sale here in Aus. Otherwise they will be DOA compared to established brands like Tesla.
Byd batteries make me nervous. Can you review the Changan sl03 and Ora good cat ?
ora good cat. was a while ago ua-cam.com/video/6m5B_SfX7hY/v-deo.html
@@ChinaDriven thanks for the response. Do you think you’ll review the Changan sl03?
Wenn does it come to Europe?
No announcements yet. But BYD did announce bringing other vehicles in the Europe, so we can expect to see the BYD Seal at some point. Hopefully sooner than later.
Why can't I buy a car like this one BYD EV in The US.
What is the price?
The BYD recently got a slight refresh and price change. When this was recorded the BYD hadn’t officially launched so we didn’t have the exact pricing.
insideevs.com/news/666614/byd-cuts-seal-prices-ev-sedan-now-18-percent-cheaper-tesla-model-3/
很多人说开过电动车后再也不想再开燃油车了
will definitely take a bite out of Tesla.
Tesla model 3 facelift and ugrade soon ..🎉
Yes maybe Q3/Q4
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In the Shanghai parking lot now.
Biggest challenge: avoid the death trap of US auto dealerships monopoly when coming to the US! People want the freedom and honest pricing, free us from the crooked-made-their-own-laws dealerships!
I understand the concern with dealership markups. But at the same time I think Chinese companies entering a market with no dealership network will pose problems. A brand with no standing in that market and no dealership network may make customers worry about how and where their cars can be serviced or fixed. Especially because these are new cars never seen in the market so there are not 3rd party shops with access to parts for repair. How they go about establishing trust and a repair network will be critical in western markets.
Looks like a Tesla. Great specs and cheaper. Software capabilities? No one knows if it's comparable to Tesla or it's junk like European EVs.
It’s ADAS called Di-pilot currently is just LKA & ACC. But supposedly they are working behind the scenes to improve the ADAS suite. Up until now BYD has focused on battery and platform tech and keeping prices low for the range
Can't wait for a cheap budget economy wagon from BYD.
Unfortunately the videos of BYD Han wagons were fake :’(
Sure it’s 320L and not 420L boot size? Thanks
320L with the seats up. we don’t have an official figure for the seats down.
Simply #OneOfTheBeautifulCar
It has in car karaoke? sign me up LOL
It’s actually pretty much a staple of any smart Chinese EV now lol
How about the real world range of the model tested?
Rule of thumb for CTLC standard is to minus a 1/3rd from the claimed range.
I'd rather have anything BYD than the offerings in us market. The Chinese are innovating in design and offerings and in business if you don't innovate you're dead. It's fair to say Tesla is likely not the automaker of the future and their diversifying into other markets is wise. Tesla was the benchmark before EVs became more popular and affordable. Now they are falling behind and not as iconic.
Chinese market is very diverse. There are EVs at every price point. The market is much more diverse and competitive vs the EU and USA
TM3 Prices have dropped again and now the seal will not have a price advantage. Tesla’s profit margins allow for price reductions. Let the pricing games begin. 2023 year of disruption within the EV industry. Similar to when Apple dropped prices on their “premium” phones. Great 😊 for consumers!
The combination of model3 and cerato koup
BYD Seal👍👍👍
BYD EV competition which what we need in the electric car market the people who should worry I are BMW Audi Mercedes and Volkswagen but with the cost of EV's I would rather have a pickup because you can do more with it and they cost anymore to run The vehicle market has changed
Byd has too many models and no way will they compete with Tesla for price, it's a pity because the Seal is so well designed.
It’s a common complaint amongst the English speaking Chinese EV reviewers. BYD line-up is confusing and overlapping with a lot of models that seem to compete with each other. BUT! BYD has proven they can sell plenty of each model, after all China is a massive country with alot of people looking for different things. However, we all agree that BYD should not take every offering they have overseas. So far they have been very pragmatic in which cars they will offer overseas.
life time warranty for original owners in China
Chines got much more modern design outside and inside,. Tesla are heavilly outdated with design
Fantastic car!!!
We agree!
Seriously 90% of the market doesn't give a crap about all this stuff all we want is a small car like a Golf with basic cup holders and basic features just in a EV that's affordable and practical.
China has plenty of basic cars that simply have an EV drivetrain. And they are cheap. But until these brands establish themselves abroad and set up localised manufacturing it doesnt make sense to export them with all the shipping & import costs.
Is this compliant with the US federal safety standard? I don’t mind paying 5k to ship it over to the US(the quote I got from Alibaba seller to ship a sedan from China to the US). It would be doped if it can be titled and registered in the US
It will likely needs to be modified somewhat in order to meet the US standard. The design is basically more aligned with EU standard. The question is will US allow it to enter its market given the domestic political atmosphere.
Want have one❤