In the Atto 3 after you lock the car the air conditioning runs for about 10 minutes to dry the ducts to drive out moisture …. It also the. Triggers a two hour charge of the 12v battery. I leave my air conditioning runs for on auto at all times
It's difficult to find un-biased info on the SL-6, and you seem to be the "real-deal" giving other owners/potential buyers more confidence to take the BYD leap... or not of course. Thanks and well done!
It's actually a left-hand drive car originally in China. For the Australia market, it is changed to a right-hand drive. May be that is the problem for the heating and cooling.
Can you comment on the power of the car in ice mode please? Some commenters are saying that the car has no power once the battery is depleted. In full ice mode only: i.e sustained high speed highway running, the car runs out of puff, especially up hills? What is your experience? Cheers
The only situation I can compare this to is when I drive to the Victoria border and back, covering a total distance of 690 km round trip with two charging stops. However, my approach is different. Whenever I plan to drive more than around 100 km, I set the mode to HEV and the State of Charge (SOC) to 50%, then drive. When I’m about 30-40 km from the end of the trip, I switch to EV mode to use up the remaining battery and maximise electric driving for that trip. The reasoning behind this is that keeping the battery around 50% ensures optimal battery health during the trip, with about 25% reserve for fluctuations in power demand. I've never set the SOC to 25% for long-distance drives because, in my opinion, if you know the road ahead, it's best to maintain the battery between 50-70%, as this range is optimal for minimising battery degradation - at least that's my understanding. Using this method, I've never seen my battery drop below 48%. When I set the HEV SOC to 50%, the charge stays between 48-51%. I guess if you set to 25% SOC you might see it dip to 22-23%. I have noticed in EV MAX mode, if i drop to under 15% power capacity (in terms of torque) is greatly limited. I also have seen the voltage curve on the blade battery.. drops off around 60% slightly, and then slowly drops off from 25% to around 10% where it takes a huge drop. So that data says.. stay around 60-70% in theory, I use 50% for own personal choice.
Ive read on reddit someone claiming that the car can't maintain high speeds 140+km/h if the soc is below 20%, vam you confirm or deny please? and if its true, how much is the milage on a full charge and a full tank going 140+km/h ? any answer would be appreciated
I havent tried to run at 140km/hr so cant answer that. I've not had any issues at 110km/hr at low SOC though, up and down hills. I have noticed though if i switch on EV MAX mode, (going below 25% to around 15% power torque in this range yes is not as good) but its outside the standard EV operating range.
@@AllTerrainActionEV thanks for the response and for useful videos. If you get to try that and film it that would be useful to some of us on the internet as potential buyers of the sealion 6 .
Hi Mate Nice Video. Can you please tell me how you get the clock on the right top corner of the infotainment screen in Android Auto. I don't see the clock. I do see the battery icon and cell signal. Thanks
Re the auto closing of the sunroof and windows when locking… in the settings you can turn the auto close function off if you want to … means you could leave sunroof cracked if you are out and want to lock the car the
Working on this guys, I have the seal - I have not applied yet. Looked at it and was not sure how to apply it, need to do some duct tape driving tests to confirm were the seal is needed to remove the noise. Upcoming video soon.
That video is coming currently doing a 25% battery state full fill and drive with no plug in, 40% 60-80km roads and 60% highway 100km roads over a short period. That should give you some idea of your question.
@@AllTerrainActionEV thanks and look forward to that video. Actually with these new cars and latest technologies i feel there are some grey areas which need to be explored and covered. One of them is the fuel avg of PHEVs once they run out of electric charge from home charging and engine starts to charge the battery. The other question is if total power remains the same or drops after battery is low on charge
@@mazbpl I can easily already tell you at this particular PHEV once at 25% which is the lowest it will allow only EV mode go to before going back into automatic Hybrid (HEV) mode, the accessible power remains the same at the wheels on demand. Prelimnary testing also is showing that when in HEV mode from 25% uses very similar fuel while charging car back to 70% than if it wasent charging car back to 70% while in HEV mode it seems. I am feeling like out of a 60L tank.. using around 50L of that I'll get around 800-850km range it seems if I exclude the 70-80km EV only range from the maths. Its claimable 1000-1100km is possible to be true if we allow fuel tanks to dry, maybe I'll get close to 950-1000km range... but its relative if I'm getting 800-850km filling around 50L+1 full EV charge it seems viable.
@@AllTerrainAction thanks a lot for a detailed review. Very few people have this kind of observation and knowledge as u do. Judging from your comments it seems that after running 70km of pure EV drive and depleting the Electric charge to 25% the car can still give approx 15-16km/litre on motor+engine combined (800/50)..if this is so then its very impressive.. In another review the guy shared his experience that after pure EV drive and electric charge coming down to 25% the car gave 14.5km/litre
@@AllTerrainAction well i think the front wheel drive model has a claimed range of 1100km while the premium (awd) model is rated at 950km of total range..if we subtract 70km of EV range then the premium variant should give about 880km in a tank of 60L which is 14.6km/litre but still quiet impressive for this size of vehicle..
In the Atto 3 after you lock the car the air conditioning runs for about 10 minutes to dry the ducts to drive out moisture …. It also the. Triggers a two hour charge of the 12v battery. I leave my air conditioning runs for on auto at all times
I wonder if this is what it was doing then, never has done it before (that I’ve noticed) but either way not a terrible feature to have!
It's difficult to find un-biased info on the SL-6, and you seem to be the "real-deal" giving other owners/potential buyers more confidence to take the BYD leap... or not of course. Thanks and well done!
Thank you for sharing that feedback!
It's actually a left-hand drive car originally in China. For the Australia market, it is changed to a right-hand drive. May be that is the problem for the heating and cooling.
Maybe, but I dont think so. Something else is going on there I think.
Get ours tomorrow cant wait😊
@@doug4383 how has the ownership been going !
Can you comment on the power of the car in ice mode please?
Some commenters are saying that the car has no power once the battery is depleted. In full ice mode only:
i.e sustained high speed highway running, the car runs out of puff, especially up hills?
What is your experience?
Cheers
The only situation I can compare this to is when I drive to the Victoria border and back, covering a total distance of 690 km round trip with two charging stops.
However, my approach is different. Whenever I plan to drive more than around 100 km, I set the mode to HEV and the State of Charge (SOC) to 50%, then drive. When I’m about 30-40 km from the end of the trip, I switch to EV mode to use up the remaining battery and maximise electric driving for that trip.
The reasoning behind this is that keeping the battery around 50% ensures optimal battery health during the trip, with about 25% reserve for fluctuations in power demand. I've never set the SOC to 25% for long-distance drives because, in my opinion, if you know the road ahead, it's best to maintain the battery between 50-70%, as this range is optimal for minimising battery degradation - at least that's my understanding.
Using this method, I've never seen my battery drop below 48%. When I set the HEV SOC to 50%, the charge stays between 48-51%. I guess if you set to 25% SOC you might see it dip to 22-23%.
I have noticed in EV MAX mode, if i drop to under 15% power capacity (in terms of torque) is greatly limited. I also have seen the voltage curve on the blade battery.. drops off around 60% slightly, and then slowly drops off from 25% to around 10% where it takes a huge drop.
So that data says.. stay around 60-70% in theory, I use 50% for own personal choice.
it's battery management as its plugged in and charging and most likely due to the drive you just finished
I see and can confirm this now is correct I did some further tests and this is the logical answer based on a few events creating the same senario.
Ive read on reddit someone claiming that the car can't maintain high speeds 140+km/h if the soc is below 20%, vam you confirm or deny please?
and if its true, how much is the milage on a full charge and a full tank going 140+km/h ? any answer would be appreciated
I havent tried to run at 140km/hr so cant answer that. I've not had any issues at 110km/hr at low SOC though, up and down hills. I have noticed though if i switch on EV MAX mode, (going below 25% to around 15% power torque in this range yes is not as good) but its outside the standard EV operating range.
@@AllTerrainActionEV thanks for the response and for useful videos. If you get to try that and film it that would be useful to some of us on the internet as potential buyers of the sealion 6 .
Good video. Thanks for posting.
Hi Mate
Nice Video.
Can you please tell me how you get the clock on the right top corner of the infotainment screen in Android Auto. I don't see the clock. I do see the battery icon and cell signal.
Thanks
Hey mate, the reason why mine is differant would be because mines Apple Carplay, I must assume Andriod Auto does something differant.
Is the rear passenger windows tinted as standard?
Yes.
Re the auto closing of the sunroof and windows when locking… in the settings you can turn the auto close function off if you want to … means you could leave sunroof cracked if you are out and want to lock the car the
I’ll try and find the setting, haven’t been able too - but I should also read the manual as well 😂
@@AllTerrainActionEV had a look on the atto ..vehicle ..locks… scroll down .. auto shut sunroof ( although it shuts all windows as well )👍
Hey mate, did you happen to address the wind noice issue you had noticed? Cheers
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@@kaiyeap8046 R U Ok?
@@Spirited78Oz i m ok thanks for asking. the "F' mean Following :)
@@kaiyeap8046 👍
Working on this guys, I have the seal - I have not applied yet. Looked at it and was not sure how to apply it, need to do some duct tape driving tests to confirm were the seal is needed to remove the noise. Upcoming video soon.
Hows the fuel average once battery runs out of charge and its using engine to charge the battery?
That video is coming currently doing a 25% battery state full fill and drive with no plug in, 40% 60-80km roads and 60% highway 100km roads over a short period. That should give you some idea of your question.
@@AllTerrainActionEV thanks and look forward to that video. Actually with these new cars and latest technologies i feel there are some grey areas which need to be explored and covered. One of them is the fuel avg of PHEVs once they run out of electric charge from home charging and engine starts to charge the battery. The other question is if total power remains the same or drops after battery is low on charge
@@mazbpl I can easily already tell you at this particular PHEV once at 25% which is the lowest it will allow only EV mode go to before going back into automatic Hybrid (HEV) mode, the accessible power remains the same at the wheels on demand. Prelimnary testing also is showing that when in HEV mode from 25% uses very similar fuel while charging car back to 70% than if it wasent charging car back to 70% while in HEV mode it seems. I am feeling like out of a 60L tank.. using around 50L of that I'll get around 800-850km range it seems if I exclude the 70-80km EV only range from the maths. Its claimable 1000-1100km is possible to be true if we allow fuel tanks to dry, maybe I'll get close to 950-1000km range... but its relative if I'm getting 800-850km filling around 50L+1 full EV charge it seems viable.
@@AllTerrainAction thanks a lot for a detailed review. Very few people have this kind of observation and knowledge as u do. Judging from your comments it seems that after running 70km of pure EV drive and depleting the Electric charge to 25% the car can still give approx 15-16km/litre on motor+engine combined (800/50)..if this is so then its very impressive..
In another review the guy shared his experience that after pure EV drive and electric charge coming down to 25% the car gave 14.5km/litre
@@AllTerrainAction well i think the front wheel drive model has a claimed range of 1100km while the premium (awd) model is rated at 950km of total range..if we subtract 70km of EV range then the premium variant should give about 880km in a tank of 60L which is 14.6km/litre but still quiet impressive for this size of vehicle..
3000km for 14 days is absurd. That must be a long drive routine. Mine at 6800km in 5 months
@@alrizo1115 yeah it’s a mix of a lot of things going on in my life! 👀
So glitchy
haha you again, why so polite this time, changed your mind towards the chinese?
@tedhansolo it’s the truth
BYD 👀