@@stefan2796 any idea why? here in Israel they sell like hot cakes. anyone with half a brain buys them. currently their big hit is the atto3 which is both cheaper and better in every way then the competition, therefore I cant understand why Europeans don't like them. the ones who don't want BYD and the similar cars are people without a brain that go for a familiar brand they know, scared of new brands.
the seal u is actually not the ‘suv version’ of the regular seal, as the two are built on different platforms. only for overseas marketing purposes it was given the moniker ‘seal u’. in china, it is called song plus.
It's light out till almost midnight,then it's a little dark for 2 hours ,at 2 :30 am the birds start singing again as it gets brighter and brighter 😅 it's something you have to experience
If you go even further North in Norway, it never gets dark in the summer...lol. I did my military service up there... in winter, it was pitch black.. for 23 hours of the day. An hour of dusk, then straight back to pitch black. Summer was the complete opposite. 23 hours of light, one hour of dusk. Seriously screws with your internal clock :)
Interesting - was driving the car for one day through Hamburg and had the same impression: Heating at least at 25 C; very smooth ride(live it), autosteer basically useless, comfortable and very silent, 800v - charged at 90% at 47 kw. Large turning circle. Somewhat strange UI. Overall very much liked the ride - finally a car family that does not pretend to be a sports car. Still prefer our Enyaq though.
Crazy how the (percentage) disadvantage in efficiency to the various Model Ys Bjørn has tested is even higher in the 90kph tests than in the 120s. So it's not primarily/exclusively an aerodynamics issue.
Was in norway the last 2 weeks on holiday,what amazed me was rhe Baustellen 🚧,you aktually have flag guys directing traffic,and they're so nice and friendly,when they close the road,they will come to your car and tell you how long before the next the phase is..and i noticed this at all the construction zones
Note I have not driven the BYD Seal U yet but i suspect that this strong sensation of deceleration and acceleration that you mention may be due to the fact that you are using HIGH setting for regeneration, I have a BYD Tan(K)g and I have experienced some of the same. Just put regen to normal and its a much better experience, probably the same for the Seal U. Not sure high regen does much for range anyhow..any energy recuperated is lost accelerating back up to speed. I only use high regen if im going downhill for a long time.
Hey Bjorn, I'm following you for a couple of month now ... I like your video and your amazing accent, love it ! Can you in a future video explain your phone and OBD dongle setup ? I never managed to to the same with my car and phone. Would be awesome if you can do a quick tutorial on a random car ... Thanks. Take care;
Interesting video and interesting car, does it even get truly dark at your location? My young daughter would never want to sleep, when I send her to bed she always says: "Daddy but it's not dark yet..." That's around 9pm during Summer in UK, if we lived in Norway I think she would be waiting for a very long time. Also she has more energy than all those Duracell and Energizer bunnies put together, and probably more energy than this Byd SUV as well... Edit: £30,000 for an electric car of this quality? WOW that is impressive... undercutting Tesla by wide margin...
My Kia Niro has the same issues when travelling down hill with cruise control. You can feel the vehicle pulsating, on the brake, off the brake, on the brake, off the brake. My wife says it makes her feel ill...
personally, I don't find it worth considering it is inefficient, slow charging, and in EU, it is 6k€ more expensive. That is, in the same price range of MY and ID4. OK, maybe better than Arya pricewise, which had already priced itself out of market
I agree, I then even checked price in UK market, and then it's already model 3 territory! It's not the original £30k I stated as I converted from video, there is an increase in price in the UK so it's almost £40k... It then becomes harder to justify to the other half... Edit: To be honest I much prefer the original Byd Seal saloon/sedan, I would get that over the Tesla actually, not convinced with this SUV version...
Hey Bjorn! That’s a great video as always! Only a thing with the Seal U. When I drove here in Spain it didn’t drive like chinese with those accelerations and breakings. Maybe is it a software bug due to Norway roads? 😅 Could you please put child seats in the back seats?🙏🏻🙏🏻
The comfort trim PHEV with up to 78 miles electric range still not available in UK. Was hoping it would have been a hatchback / Saloon instead of another SUV.
Have you tested the Seres cars yet Bjørn? I drove the Seres 5 today. Also interested in testing the new 2024 Seres 3. LFP batteries both cars and shorter range on the 3, but you get physical buttons and airvents👌🏻
To be honest, with these qualities I do not really think it is so good price. What this heavy, huge battery brings, if the range is only 320 km for 120 km/h in summer? 15C is not cold. It starts with 42000€ in Germany, which is not so cheap for this range. Even WLTP is 420km only. I do not understand how do they manage to get so low range and so slow charging from their own blade batteries, which do great job in other cars. All in all, if these are scary Chinese cars, which should destroy everybody, we are safe for a while 😅
@@SuperMan-tl1nd Interesting! Unlike your superior gov, dictatorship you called, did not send any bomb to Gaza killing children and innocent civilians. Undermining others people makes you feels good. 😂
@@Baoz1230 china/ccp supports russia in its war against Ukraine. Not good. Also: Uyghur forced labour in china (producing cheap parts for EVs?). Not good. Etc. Etc.
Propaganda trope implanted from Washington hegemons. Western car manufacturers subsidizes their car manufacturers and through history that amount would have taken many decades upon decades for the Chinese to catch up with.
The trip meter switch should be the button on the end of the indicator stalk. That's where it is on my Atto.
BYD is doing many things right!
Must improve:
A/C
User Interface
Auto steer
Better consumption
But yes, it’s better than the previous generation.
They don't sell very well in Europe though...people don't want them.
@@stefan2796 any idea why? here in Israel they sell like hot cakes. anyone with half a brain buys them. currently their big hit is the atto3 which is both cheaper and better in every way then the competition, therefore I cant understand why Europeans don't like them. the ones who don't want BYD and the similar cars are people without a brain that go for a familiar brand they know, scared of new brands.
@@paulosmr8160 exactly the things that i pointed out in my seal testdrive, other than that its really frightening good
@@stefan2796 You have no idea..... sales are big in Denmark. But youre the real expert.
the seal u is actually not the ‘suv version’ of the regular seal, as the two are built on different platforms. only for overseas marketing purposes it was given the moniker ‘seal u’. in china, it is called song plus.
Here in Brazil Song Plus is another car
In Australia the SeaLion 6
Lighter than I expected
Wow that summer sunlight you get that far north is wild to me
It's light out till almost midnight,then it's a little dark for 2 hours ,at 2 :30 am the birds start singing again as it gets brighter and brighter 😅 it's something you have to experience
If you go even further North in Norway, it never gets dark in the summer...lol. I did my military service up there... in winter, it was pitch black.. for 23 hours of the day. An hour of dusk, then straight back to pitch black. Summer was the complete opposite. 23 hours of light, one hour of dusk. Seriously screws with your internal clock :)
Interesting - was driving the car for one day through Hamburg and had the same impression:
Heating at least at 25 C; very smooth ride(live it), autosteer basically useless, comfortable and very silent, 800v - charged at 90% at 47 kw.
Large turning circle.
Somewhat strange UI.
Overall very much liked the ride - finally a car family that does not pretend to be a sports car.
Still prefer our Enyaq though.
BYD are terrible once it comes to UI..
@@faithosadebe5293 I disagree.. the UI isn't amazing but I think its still better then the traditional car brands that are really awful IMO.
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It surely is an underrated car but I just can’t get over its looks
Crazy how the (percentage) disadvantage in efficiency to the various Model Ys Bjørn has tested is even higher in the 90kph tests than in the 120s.
So it's not primarily/exclusively an aerodynamics issue.
Was in norway the last 2 weeks on holiday,what amazed me was rhe Baustellen 🚧,you aktually have flag guys directing traffic,and they're so nice and friendly,when they close the road,they will come to your car and tell you how long before the next the phase is..and i noticed this at all the construction zones
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Nice ! Looking forward to the Seal (sedan)
Does this car have a drive mode that turns regen off so you coast on freeway if you take foot off accelerator?
Note I have not driven the BYD Seal U yet but i suspect that this strong sensation of deceleration and acceleration that you mention may be due to the fact that you are using HIGH setting for regeneration, I have a BYD Tan(K)g and I have experienced some of the same.
Just put regen to normal and its a much better experience, probably the same for the Seal U.
Not sure high regen does much for range anyhow..any energy recuperated is lost accelerating back up to speed. I only use high regen if im going downhill for a long time.
Nope, it has nothing to do with that.
Hey Bjorn, I'm following you for a couple of month now ... I like your video and your amazing accent, love it ! Can you in a future video explain your phone and OBD dongle setup ? I never managed to to the same with my car and phone. Would be awesome if you can do a quick tutorial on a random car ... Thanks. Take care;
Interesting video and interesting car, does it even get truly dark at your location? My young daughter would never want to sleep, when I send her to bed she always says: "Daddy but it's not dark yet..."
That's around 9pm during Summer in UK, if we lived in Norway I think she would be waiting for a very long time. Also she has more energy than all those Duracell and Energizer bunnies put together, and probably more energy than this Byd SUV as well...
Edit:
£30,000 for an electric car of this quality? WOW that is impressive... undercutting Tesla by wide margin...
Blackout curtains - we have those in our cottage in Northern Finland - and it helps, especially guests from the lower latitudes.
My Kia Niro has the same issues when travelling down hill with cruise control. You can feel the vehicle pulsating, on the brake, off the brake, on the brake, off the brake. My wife says it makes her feel ill...
personally, I don't find it worth considering
it is inefficient, slow charging, and in EU, it is 6k€ more expensive. That is, in the same price range of MY and ID4.
OK, maybe better than Arya pricewise, which had already priced itself out of market
I agree, I then even checked price in UK market, and then it's already model 3 territory!
It's not the original £30k I stated as I converted from video, there is an increase in price in the UK so it's almost £40k...
It then becomes harder to justify to the other half...
Edit:
To be honest I much prefer the original Byd Seal saloon/sedan, I would get that over the Tesla actually, not convinced with this SUV version...
Hey Bjorn! That’s a great video as always!
Only a thing with the Seal U. When I drove here in Spain it didn’t drive like chinese with those accelerations and breakings. Maybe is it a software bug due to Norway roads? 😅
Could you please put child seats in the back seats?🙏🏻🙏🏻
Very good car for this price… but what was with the charging curve after 33%? Overheating problems or 140kWh continuing?
Damn. This is better deal than. MG Marvel
i think you should do a video about the proposed EU tarrifs on China made EVs.
wha? ze legacy germans are not happy that someone disrupts their hegemony and now they're pushing through extra taxes? :'D
@@PancakeSpeedy If anything the Germans are heavily opposed to the tariffs, and the German automakers have also spoken out against them.
@@PancakeSpeedy We Germans are against tariffs. Mostly France and Spain are pushing.
Even without tarrifs, these chinese EV brands don't sell well. MG maybe, but a BYD is a rare species in Europe.
Im just happy seeing 170-250 kw with model 3 after fl ioniq 30-49 kw 😁
The comfort trim PHEV with up to 78 miles electric range still not available in UK. Was hoping it would have been a hatchback / Saloon instead of another SUV.
That would be about 37.5k USD. I like this one.
Is this the concept of BYD Song Plus Honor Flagship Plus? Or is it completely different? Because the appearance of both is very similar
Have you tested the Seres cars yet Bjørn? I drove the Seres 5 today. Also interested in testing the new 2024 Seres 3. LFP batteries both cars and shorter range on the 3, but you get physical buttons and airvents👌🏻
Not yet.
9:20 the headlights don't seem to shine very far. Is this always the case? Or can you tilt them more upwards?
The jerky Auto steer means the car uses a lot more energy 270w per KM seem high to me.
Interesting, in HEV plenty of people came close to 1000 km without refueling.
Incorrect. Hydrogen cars have only around 300 km range on motorways.
Will become around 17% more expensive in Europe because of EU tarrifs
Norway 🇳🇴 announced that it will not be putting the tariffs on Chinese cars.
Only if they decide to put the tariffs to customers. Seams like, they have done it only partly.
It is not cheap but the consumption is high!
Bjørn where is Nasir? What happened
High consumption
I assume auto steer got confused by colour of tarmac. Two lanes had different surface (or at least it looked like that) so car might thought it's wet.
It happened many other places as well.
不用在意，当前的BYD不在意自动驾驶技术。他们认为要先造好车，提供相应的硬件，然后在逐渐的补充上自动驾驶。他们有2000人的自动驾驶团队，并且已经在一些高端车型上实验自动驾驶系统。u只是一个比较低端的车型，少一些支持也是很正常的。这车在中国有DMI版本和ev版本，dmi版本是20k欧元中高配置。
总之不要对byd的自动驾驶技术有太多幻想。便宜且技术先进不可能同时发生。
I live in Brazil, so ground clearance is important. What is the ground clearance of this car? Please. Thanks
I googled it for you. Haven't been able to verify this since I have returned the car.
www.google.com/search?q=byd+seal+u+ground+clearance
To be honest, with these qualities I do not really think it is so good price. What this heavy, huge battery brings, if the range is only 320 km for 120 km/h in summer? 15C is not cold.
It starts with 42000€ in Germany, which is not so cheap for this range. Even WLTP is 420km only.
I do not understand how do they manage to get so low range and so slow charging from their own blade batteries, which do great job in other cars.
All in all, if these are scary Chinese cars, which should destroy everybody, we are safe for a while 😅
Bjorn, the main question to you is: "seal U or model Y?" Thank you 😀
Model Y
Eco mode driving all the way ya ?
Good car overall, but the charging speed is a deal breaker imo. Slow as a Kona from 2019😅
Kona charges at 140 kW?
@@bjornnyland time, 45 min to 80
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Anladığım kadarıyla BYD yeterince para vermemiş birilerine
😅Seriously bro, its 10pm at night? and its clear as day.
Nordic summer
Normal audio tesg should be at highway speed, not in a super silent garage!
When people say "Chinese car," it feels like an insult.
Lol, give it a few more years, this will have a different means. 😂
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12:51 what a shitty software 😬
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It’s made in china, dealbreaker for me!
Bigotry is a limiting disease.
where is your mobile phone made?
Tesla is also made in Germany, and not owned by a communist dictatorship! Think ahead where you spend your money!
@@SuperMan-tl1nd
Interesting! Unlike your superior gov, dictatorship you called, did not send any bomb to Gaza killing children and innocent civilians.
Undermining others people makes you feels good. 😂
@@Baoz1230 china/ccp supports russia in its war against Ukraine. Not good. Also: Uyghur forced labour in china (producing cheap parts for EVs?). Not good. Etc. Etc.
Why do you have to keep saying shit?
Cheap because Chineese state subsidizes the cars at manufacturing.
it decreases car price less thank 1k euros. Manufacturers are just robbing Europeans and Americans.
So their state government pays for your car! So nice of them!
byd seal for 548 700 sek in sweden. is that cheap?
Propaganda trope implanted from Washington hegemons. Western car manufacturers subsidizes their car manufacturers and through history that amount would have taken many decades upon decades for the Chinese to catch up with.
You know that BYD does like 90% of the car in house? It is also alot more efficient in thier company structure.
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