Thank you all for the great feedback! I don’t usually get this many views on a TH-cam video - where did you all come from? Just recommended TH-cam videos? Also, what would you like to see next? ❤
Recommended by TH-cam after looking at a few different EV reviews for upcoming releases. I did enjoy your initial review of the Dolphin though. Keep it up! You have a very engaging style, and it would be great to see more EV reviews.
@jason-wp3vl @EllyAwesomeTech - cams here from ‘AmazingEV’ (Rosco). why don’t you make more bEV content (your own car, test driving other brand bEV’s, going to electric car shows) if your electric car videos get a lot of views?
Greatings from Germany.🇩🇪🇪🇺 I watched the Elektric Viking, the offgrid garage and TH-cam recomended your Video.😊 Austalia is a great mystery that i want to explore.💚
Most definitely not. People don't need a car made with Uyghur slave labour, CCP subsidies and without regards to human rights in the delving and processing of raw materials. BYD scored lowest of all EV manufacturers in the latest human rights report by Amnesty. Also: 7000km's in a year? She didn't need a car, she could've used a bike.
@@Jeroenneman really, slave labour making EV, Photovoltaic etc? If enslaved workers had been able to create high-quality goods, perhaps even the Civil War could have been averted.
@TheIcecoldorange so true. A free market only exists in the west and not in China. Wait until your local companies are all bankrupt because of China subsidize companies invading your country.
I also have the Premium Pink Dolphin. Love it. I granny charge from my solar panels. I set it up to start charging at 3am which empties my home battery of yesterday's leftover sunshine, ready to put fresh sunshine in. 😊
I have had my Dolphin for 6 months - same model. No problems whatsoever, and beautifully built. In practice I get around 400km around town, but that's because I enjoy the performance rather worry about efficiency. My AGL night EV tariff charges the car for around $5. Latest software version (1.3) fixes a lot of the ADACs issues. I turn off the traffic sign recognition (and it stays off), and turn off the more aggressive lane keeping etc, so in normal driving there are no bing bongs at all. Agree Sport mode is super fun, but I tend to leave it in Normal mode, with only the steering in Sport mode to give a more direct feel. Two things I don't like - the boot cover is a bit flimsy, and the dash vents can reflect of the windscreen. Otherwise an amazing little hot hatchback!
The car being a battery is a GAME CHANGER when the power goes out just like you said. Living in America I was exposed to an unreliable power grid and this was a big selling point for the Ford F-150e a few years ago. Great job on the video!
I was reading a long comment of an Aussie owner of Aito 3 and they were super thankful because they used their car to run a medical machine (I've completely forgot what it was but it was something life saving) on the cars battery because the electrify wasn't very reliable in their remote place
That's the thing that stops me buying a BYD, the colours and the flensed whale aesthetic.
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@@metricstormtrooper Also the Seal? I agree that the Dolphin and the Atto 3 have some «playfull» designs. I own the grew/black Dolphin with the black interior which is quite «normal» - and it is very practical. The Seal and the upcoming Sealion 7 have a much more conventional interior.
your observation is correct, BYD's ADAS does not belong to the top ones, the best one is from huawei, xpeng etc, BYD is good at battery and its fully integrated supply cgain therefore it could be extremely cheap
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@ It seems, that the more pricier cars from BYD, like the Seal, have better systems. I had the chance to rent it for a weeks and it felt better. I am very interested in the upcoming Sealion 7, but I want to rent a car for some days.
Byd already has around 4thousand engineer working on adas alone. The second biggest team behind huawei. Currently only denza and yangwang using adas develop from their inhouse team, which is a very good adas system for in china. For the dynasty brand and ocean brand they are still using third party adas for their cheaper model. Lately high end model from han seal start to equip better adas system which develop by dji. Currently around 100krmb -180k rmb they using momenta adas, 180k-230k using dji, denza brand which start from 230k above till yangwang which cost over 1m using dji inhouse adas. The next fangchengbao 8 which start around 400k gonna use huawei adas. Which in china is known for having better adas system than tesla fsd
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@@nagi-springfield93 Thank you very much for this update!
While I am not interested in electric cars, I really enjoyed your owner's review of your car - we need more of these types of reviews, rather than all these guys throwing boring specs at you as opposed to a 'day in the life' kind of experience.
Love seeing this. I picked mine up 2 weeks ago and am loving it so far. The only thing wrong is my windscreen wipers need adjusting so that’s pretty great 😊
I want one. The Canadian government has followed the US orders and slapped on a similar 100% tariff on Chinese cars. So stupid. I am still willing to buy one at the high price. But still unable to buy one.
@@zhenlongMano because our wages have been stagnant for 50 plus years plus we're highly indebted on the consumer side as well which leaves us little room to afford basic necessities
American voters are split 50/50 on Trump and his idiotic tariff policies. If China has to put factories in U.S. to build cars, their product will be much more expensive and unable to compete with other domestic automakers.
I get the impression that Trump (if he gets in) will tariff everything from China. I wonder how happy for example, Apple, will be about their products jumping in price. Western economies are addicted to products coming from CN so I can only see it as being inflationary.
I remember BYD will change 'build your dream' to BYD only in the new models. The original BYD is random picked name when start as a battery factory. Another rumor said it originally named Ya Di but the name was always listed in the end in some lists (sorted by name) so they added B at front to lift the name to the beginning of the lists.
Wang Chuanfu, the founder of BYD, said that when registering the company back in the day, the name he first thought of had already been taken, so he just picked a name randomly"比亚迪"
Haha, is it possible that Wang Chuanfu thought of BMW back then? Maybe he thought BMW meant Be My Wife, so he decided to go for a more domineering name, Be Your Dad, and thus BYD was born?
5550km on my 4mths old dolphin in Singapore..awesome little car,, i would rank it as a premium hatchback.. even a step up from my 2016 prius..sad they only have the dynamic version here..no sunroof + less power...just got v 1.4.1 update though.
We've got a Seal Premium and have the Heated/Cooled front seats - its great. We have never used a Public charger either and have also got by with just the granny charger, although we have bought an aftermarket charger that allows us to charge at slightly higher amps - 10 amps instead of the BYD charger's 8 amps - increases amount of charge gained over same period...
So glad your video turned up on my suggestions! Good to see you again--haven't watched a video from you (sorry) since I watched a Sony Xperia review probably six or seven years ago! Glad that you're still reviewing great products, especially EVs which are such an important sector now.
@@EllyAwesomeTech Oh I hope you didn't think I forgot about you! I don't know why YT stopped recommending your videos but I just subscribed so I will get notifications now. So I don't miss your AUS-some videos!
Glad you like your Dolphin. I was looking at one but was told she preferred the Atto , either way great cars, 1st thing i did was install a home charger I have never used a public charging station when we travel take my extension cable plus it in to 240v and charge while we sleep
The rotation screen is for mobile app compatible. Its infotainment system is basically a big Android phone so you can manually install any mobile apps on it if you want. A lot of Chinese owners like to do that (like me), I even installed mobile games on it, and attached a gamepad thru USB to play my favorite games on my car (of course not when driving:). Some apps are only designed to run on cell phone's portrait screen, the screen will automatically rotate to fit.
I live in Malaysia. I am getting a BYD Dolphin. This video gives me the first impression of how owning and driving a BYD Dolphin is like. Yes, there are a lot of autonomous or AI features. But I don't fancy these AI stuffs. I only want an EV with an efficient electric motor and an easy-to-manage battery. The cheapest BYD Dolphin in Malaysia is sold at MYR100,000 or USD22,840 or AUD34,750. How much is the cheapest BYD Dolphin sold in Australia? Thanks for the video.
"In this new era of robotics and recycling in the production process and material costs, the Chinese have really proven that a car can cost only 10,000 euros (which is also the price of a Mercedes or BMW, but in essence, we’re paying for a name from the past)."
Great review. When I test drove one I experienced the wheel spinning also a bit. The amount of space inside is pretty good and V2L is great. Have you taken it camping with an induction cook top? That would be a fun video.
New batteries technology can now charge 600km in 10 minutes. Full charge gives 1000km. Connect your phone with car then ask AI to send sms or send message in social media. I dont know it will work on foreign but in china it works. Now a days in china almost every ev has auto driving feature.
BYD being a Chinese company actually is the acronym for BI YA DA, that’s the real Chinese name. However they use the acronym to create a tagline Build Your Dreams, like LG uses the tagline of Life’s Good. However LG real name is Lucky Goldstar!
Wow, for the price, the interior looks very premium! And functional too, love that BYD kept many physical controls, unlike the annoying user-unfriendly Teslas.
what a delightful aussie review. interested to hear you try out something a bit bigger like the new Xpeng G6 or even comparable like the MG4. but BYD killin' it. maybe even the Seal?
imagining if this is from Japan or German. How much extra would they ask you to pay for those lux features!! Chinese will be dominating the ev car in next decade for sure. One more point dophin is the lowest line of byd fleet. Even that they gives so much.
@@truthful3777As a Chinese, we think Japanese cars the moving coffins and not reliable enough because they use the thin cheapest metal housing. When the European, American ,Chinese car had a car crash against Japanese cars ,the Japanese cars are always the most damaged cars. Japanese car companies are good at cheating consumers and then they will apology . What a fuxk !
That's because you're paying for the cost of living of the workers and their high wages China relative to those nations have very low cost in terms of standard of living and not very high wages and have a weak currency versus their competitors
It is against the interest of gas and other parties, despite there is enough funding but the local US authority will not install charging stations, they will delay it.
Fantastic presentation, really enjoyed it. As an Atto 3 owner of a few weeks, we took a close look at the Dolphin (and about ten other EV's!) when deciding what to pick up. I'm kind of hoping they give me a Dolphin as a loan car at my first service :) Also, I think the button on the right of the gear selector is the "Park" gear, not the Electric Park Brake. For some reason the BYD's have a "P" for Park and a "(P)" for Electric Park Brake / Hand Brake. Even more confusing, selecting the Park gear activates the Electric Park Brake!
A very nice little car and a great review. I have seen them in China but I haven't had an opportunity to drive one yet. Unfortunately, here in Canada the only EVs that are available are American or Korean, and I am not interested in any of those products. Chinese cars haven't made it to Canada yet, but when they do it looks like I will have to buy one for the government (100% Canadian tarriffs) in order to buy one for myself.
I like the chinese models but they lack of tech for european roads (to slow charging, not convincible software) and unfortunately they are very expensive in Europe. They will not succeed if they try attack the premium segment (what they mainly try). Really liked the interior and the build quality. They have definitely the potential to suceed and I am happy that they are already accepted in Australia! Very cute video!
I want to fly to China and buy one and ship it to NC. Who know whether is it feasible? will i pay the tariff? if yes, how about i buy one from Australia?
Yes, you can . But you have to do the car maintaince repair service yourself in USA before BYD has built a dealer network in USA. I am from Shenzhen, China and would like to help you as I can. You can go to China by 144 hours free transfer visa and go to the BYD shops ,test drive and buy your car.
you are lucky that your country allow BYD.. In America our politicians want to ban BYD for silly reasons. Is BYD getting popular in Australia compared to other brands or they still have a long way to go to make people want to buy it?
They just released the byd shark pick up. So alot of the anti china will change their mind. Yous have to remember Australian media is owned by usa and Australia government propaganda is funded by the usa N.E.D AKA the cia. The like of sky news owned by Murdock from fox. So there is alot of anti china news but the people don't care. They care about their bank account.
Plus Australia sells 3 billion in lithium every month to china. And they sell iron ore and wheat and other minerals. So it would be stupid for Australia to put tarrifs or restrictions. But you never know about yt people hypocrisy/hypocrites.
Neither of those so far, although I’ve been reasonably carefully with the plastics but I also tend to use my car like a Swiss Army knife and thrash it with stowing and carrying items. I’m sure it could scratch but no accidents with major scratches and still looking good so far :)
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My black interior looks still as new after 14 months (35,000 km). I had my concerns about that foam-like part below the dashboard but also this looks still very good. I also cannot notify any battery degradation. I will ask my dealer for a battery test when the 40,000 service is due.
Hi Can you upload a photo of this foamy part below your dashboard. I was thinking exactly the same thing , so since you're running with dolphin over the past 34k km you have something valuable for a potential buyer :) Many thanks!
Believe it or not, BYD was just three **random** letters used by the founder initially to be the brand name. At the time he had no idea whether his company could survive. Build Your Dreams on the car body is indeed goofy.
@@EllyAwesomeTech converted into USD that’s about what I paid for my 2020 Toyota Camry. Used after taxes and fees. That’s not bad at all. Btw great review, was surprised by how responsive the touch screen is. Mines lags a little and isn’t as smooth. It’s actually a little clunky.
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@@coolorochi Meanwhile about the same price in Thailand, made in Thailand. I assume, that Australia will get also the cars made in Thailand.
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BYD is very big in Evs and will soon surpass Tesla (in sales numbers, but also in technology). BYD is top for battery technology. They startet as a battery company, bought later a car manufacturer ans started producing EVs in 2005.
yes, you will love autocracy if you get some best value for money goods from China 😂. So enjoy the expansive goods from America and get more funs for democracy.
The traction issue is common in evs with FWD. What made you choose this over the Ora or MG4? In this segment I think BYD Dolphin is 2nd most popular after the MG4.
Nope, thank god Australian politicians are not following the US and EU stupid tariff games 😢 normal consumers get to benefit from good products, not just Chinese cars, got a lot of Korean cars on the road too.
With the different angle camera, i can see there is a view of the car from above where you can see the car roof top. I'm curious, how can the camera get that view way above the car? Is that connection via satellite?
Software update on my 2022 motorcycle, involves going to the dealer or I use a USB C stick, download myself and update myself. Then they change something stupid, like disabling the USB C port from charging, so you have to do an accessory charger.
Thank you all for the great feedback! I don’t usually get this many views on a TH-cam video - where did you all come from? Just recommended TH-cam videos? Also, what would you like to see next? ❤
Recommended by TH-cam after looking at a few different EV reviews for upcoming releases.
I did enjoy your initial review of the Dolphin though. Keep it up!
You have a very engaging style, and it would be great to see more EV reviews.
The algorithm 😅
I watched your video in Guanghan City, China. I don’t know why you appeared on my homepage as a recommendation.
@jason-wp3vl @EllyAwesomeTech - cams here from ‘AmazingEV’ (Rosco). why don’t you make more bEV content (your own car, test driving other brand bEV’s, going to electric car shows) if your electric car videos get a lot of views?
Greatings from Germany.🇩🇪🇪🇺 I watched the Elektric Viking, the offgrid garage and TH-cam recomended your Video.😊
Austalia is a great mystery that i want to explore.💚
this car is what the people need.
The real VolksWagen.😄
But idiots slap sky high tariff on them
Most definitely not. People don't need a car made with Uyghur slave labour, CCP subsidies and without regards to human rights in the delving and processing of raw materials. BYD scored lowest of all EV manufacturers in the latest human rights report by Amnesty.
Also: 7000km's in a year? She didn't need a car, she could've used a bike.
@@Jeroenneman Well well, look at here, we got a NGO fanboy.
@@Jeroenneman really, slave labour making EV, Photovoltaic etc? If enslaved workers had been able to create high-quality goods, perhaps even the Civil War could have been averted.
Nice real owner review on the Dolphin.
Nice real pretty owner review on the Dolphin.
BYD will blow away legacy auto industry in the West. That’s why they put tariffs
Yet they love to defend the free market 😂
@@TheIcecoldorange😂
No tariffs in the awesome land of OZ ❤🕊🇦🇺🌝
@TheIcecoldorange so true. A free market only exists in the west and not in China. Wait until your local companies are all bankrupt because of China subsidize companies invading your country.
Love my pink dolphin!
I’ve also just hit the 1 year milestone 🐬
10 months on my dolphin and already drove it for 28.000km. After I give it a good wash It becomes all new everytime
I also have the Premium Pink Dolphin. Love it. I granny charge from my solar panels. I set it up to start charging at 3am which empties my home battery of yesterday's leftover sunshine, ready to put fresh sunshine in. 😊
Nice!!!
❤❤❤👏👏👏👍👍👍
7400km. I've done 22,446 in just over 10 months. Commuted about 35-45km each way to work
35,000 km in 14 months...
how was your feeling for owning an EV?
Any issue with byd EV car?
Is it reliable??
How many set tyres changed?
How many set tyres changed?
We also have a Dolphin for just over a year and agree with everything Elly said. We also love the car
This video is just for me. Have been thinking about buying this car as a first car. Thank you!
Best and funniest car review I've watched in years. Thank you.
Very cool little car, thanks for the followup!
Thanks for the great review. I have had my Dolphin for 12 mths and love it 🚙🐬💙.
I have had my Dolphin for 6 months - same model. No problems whatsoever, and beautifully built. In practice I get around 400km around town, but that's because I enjoy the performance rather worry about efficiency. My AGL night EV tariff charges the car for around $5. Latest software version (1.3) fixes a lot of the ADACs issues. I turn off the traffic sign recognition (and it stays off), and turn off the more aggressive lane keeping etc, so in normal driving there are no bing bongs at all. Agree Sport mode is super fun, but I tend to leave it in Normal mode, with only the steering in Sport mode to give a more direct feel. Two things I don't like - the boot cover is a bit flimsy, and the dash vents can reflect of the windscreen. Otherwise an amazing little hot hatchback!
The car being a battery is a GAME CHANGER when the power goes out just like you said. Living in America I was exposed to an unreliable power grid and this was a big selling point for the Ford F-150e a few years ago. Great job on the video!
I know right!! Thank you :)
Hi Madam watching from Dubai how much real range in full charge @@EllyAwesomeTech
If your local power grid is unreliable, you should check out BYD's hybrid models, such as BYD Shark
No one cares about the life of the battery and the cost to replace it.....maybe it's too early in the life cycle?
I was reading a long comment of an Aussie owner of Aito 3 and they were super thankful because they used their car to run a medical machine (I've completely forgot what it was but it was something life saving) on the cars battery because the electrify wasn't very reliable in their remote place
BYD offers everyone access to the best value for money for a car currently in the world ❤
Cool car preview!😊
Fantastic review! Glad to know the BYD Dolphin works well for you, and you love and enjoy driving it! 👍
Love the interior colours. It matches the exterior which is something so simple but often carmakers can't/won't get right.
I have chosen the black interior because it is easier to maintain.
That's the thing that stops me buying a BYD, the colours and the flensed whale aesthetic.
@@metricstormtrooper Also the Seal? I agree that the Dolphin and the Atto 3 have some «playfull» designs. I own the grew/black Dolphin with the black interior which is quite «normal» - and it is very practical. The Seal and the upcoming Sealion 7 have a much more conventional interior.
I also like BYD Dolphin
I own a BYD Dolphin (150 kW, 60 kWh) since 14 months and I am very happy after 35,000 km. The only complains I have, is the not so good ADAS system.
your observation is correct, BYD's ADAS does not belong to the top ones, the best one is from huawei, xpeng etc, BYD is good at battery and its fully integrated supply cgain therefore it could be extremely cheap
@ It seems, that the more pricier cars from BYD, like the Seal, have better systems. I had the chance to rent it for a weeks and it felt better. I am very interested in the upcoming Sealion 7, but I want to rent a car for some days.
Byd already has around 4thousand engineer working on adas alone. The second biggest team behind huawei. Currently only denza and yangwang using adas develop from their inhouse team, which is a very good adas system for in china. For the dynasty brand and ocean brand they are still using third party adas for their cheaper model. Lately high end model from han seal start to equip better adas system which develop by dji.
Currently around 100krmb -180k rmb they using momenta adas, 180k-230k using dji, denza brand which start from 230k above till yangwang which cost over 1m using dji inhouse adas. The next fangchengbao 8 which start around 400k gonna use huawei adas. Which in china is known for having better adas system than tesla fsd
@@nagi-springfield93 Thank you very much for this update!
While I am not interested in electric cars, I really enjoyed your owner's review of your car - we need more of these types of reviews, rather than all these guys throwing boring specs at you as opposed to a 'day in the life' kind of experience.
I wasn't interested either but after buying my used Mitsubishi minicab miev EV Kei van I just want another EV to replace my Peugeot 307 diesel.
Love seeing this. I picked mine up 2 weeks ago and am loving it so far.
The only thing wrong is my windscreen wipers need adjusting so that’s pretty great 😊
I want one. The Canadian government has followed the US orders and slapped on a similar 100% tariff on Chinese cars. So stupid. I am still willing to buy one at the high price. But still unable to buy one.
I can understand US and Europa do that cus they have their own car brand like Tesla and VW but Canada ist a little dumm to do that
no you don't,you want a TATA and you'll be getting a TATA(it come with free scroop)😂
发达国家公民连一万多美金都拿不出来吗？？🙃
@@zhenlongMano because our wages have been stagnant for 50 plus years plus we're highly indebted on the consumer side as well which leaves us little room to afford basic necessities
I really love the interior design.. esp. the purple shade😃
My two daughters loves this car so much❤ Cute, techies, and perfect for ladies!!!❤❤❤
awesome review! so sad we cannot get BYD here in the US, it's still competitive even if Trump apply 100% tariff
I am curious to know how many percent of the Americans agree to 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs. But I think Ford and GM workers love the tariffs.
American voters are split 50/50 on Trump and his idiotic tariff policies. If China has to put factories in U.S. to build cars, their product will be much more expensive and unable to compete with other domestic automakers.
@@eugenec7130 the irony is Ford CEO was telling everyone that he won't let go the Chinese EV that he was supposed to have for just a test drive
@@napzzz28 Hahaha 🤣😝👏
I get the impression that Trump (if he gets in) will tariff everything from China. I wonder how happy for example, Apple, will be about their products jumping in price. Western economies are addicted to products coming from CN so I can only see it as being inflationary.
I remember BYD will change 'build your dream' to BYD only in the new models. The original BYD is random picked name when start as a battery factory. Another rumor said it originally named Ya Di but the name was always listed in the end in some lists (sorted by name) so they added B at front to lift the name to the beginning of the lists.
They just randomly and conveniently decided to use "Build Your Dream" when they were about to massively sell cars offshore.
Wang Chuanfu, the founder of BYD, said that when registering the company back in the day, the name he first thought of had already been taken, so he just picked a name randomly"比亚迪"
Haha, is it possible that Wang Chuanfu thought of BMW back then? Maybe he thought BMW meant Be My Wife, so he decided to go for a more domineering name, Be Your Dad, and thus BYD was born?
@@brighthorse6981 nice point
@@brighthorse6981 nice story
5550km on my 4mths old dolphin in Singapore..awesome little car,, i would rank it as a premium hatchback.. even a step up from my 2016 prius..sad they only have the dynamic version here..no sunroof + less power...just got v 1.4.1 update though.
We've got a Seal Premium and have the Heated/Cooled front seats - its great. We have never used a Public charger either and have also got by with just the granny charger, although we have bought an aftermarket charger that allows us to charge at slightly higher amps - 10 amps instead of the BYD charger's 8 amps - increases amount of charge gained over same period...
Love Elly’s review and cheerful voice!
I use vertical/portrait mode specifically for Tiktok... it's amazing.
So glad your video turned up on my suggestions! Good to see you again--haven't watched a video from you (sorry) since I watched a Sony Xperia review probably six or seven years ago! Glad that you're still reviewing great products, especially EVs which are such an important sector now.
Thank you!! :) nice to know I'm remembered haha
@@EllyAwesomeTech Oh I hope you didn't think I forgot about you! I don't know why YT stopped recommending your videos but I just subscribed so I will get notifications now. So I don't miss your AUS-some videos!
Glad you like your Dolphin. I was looking at one but was told she preferred the Atto , either way great cars, 1st thing i did was install a home charger I have never used a public charging station when we travel take my extension cable plus it in to 240v and charge while we sleep
Nice review (after a yr later)! It helps that the infrastructure is there, otherwise it would kill the market for evs.
Nice ;) I'm in China and too spoilt for choice hahah...but I've been eyeing this one. Thank you for this ;)
Thanks for doing this, I've got mine on order and looking forward to taking delivery
The rotation screen is for mobile app compatible. Its infotainment system is basically a big Android phone so you can manually install any mobile apps on it if you want. A lot of Chinese owners like to do that (like me), I even installed mobile games on it, and attached a gamepad thru USB to play my favorite games on my car (of course not when driving:). Some apps are only designed to run on cell phone's portrait screen, the screen will automatically rotate to fit.
Never mind the car good to see more videos of E. AWESOME 💙
BYD should pay you for your awesome explanation. So many features that is not even available in my Mercedes car.
Hope we can have it in America.
NEVER 🤣
It's a national security threat LMAO
Unfortunately your freedom needs to be protected
They need real cup holders for America.
There's plenty of Chinese cars for sale in America. You just don't get the low quality ones like this one.
@@RSCB “FREEDOM in the US in an illusion.” - George Carlin - th-cam.com/video/J_LrQSMTTD4/w-d-xo.html
Awesome review. Loved it. Just subscribed 🎉
Great update Elly, it's the perfect EV in so many ways. Compact, affordable and cheap to run.
@AmazingEV 👍🏻
I live in Malaysia. I am getting a BYD Dolphin. This video gives me the first impression of how owning and driving a BYD Dolphin is like. Yes, there are a lot of autonomous or AI features. But I don't fancy these AI stuffs. I only want an EV with an efficient electric motor and an easy-to-manage battery. The cheapest BYD Dolphin in Malaysia is sold at MYR100,000 or USD22,840 or AUD34,750. How much is the cheapest BYD Dolphin sold in Australia? Thanks for the video.
from US$14,000 in China
China doesn't produce in mass for different steering side
At this point of time and age, a vehicle should not cost more than $30k. BYD is for average people
"In this new era of robotics and recycling in the production process and material costs, the Chinese have really proven that a car can cost only 10,000 euros (which is also the price of a Mercedes or BMW, but in essence, we’re paying for a name from the past)."
这台车在中国仅仅只要1万美元，属于入门级的电动汽车。
@@aciderektionsome of those cars are handmade. Not everybody wants a mass-produced junk.
Nice real pretty owner review on the Dolphin.
great review, all the things that people want to know are touched on
Really nice idea to have solar to power the car!
Great review! I hope BYD comes to the U.S., though I’m not holding my breath. Why can’t our auto makers build a car like this?
You can buy an electric byd bus made in California 😂😂😂. I hope trump makes a deal with them.
Very frankly..once u started driving those Chinese EVs, all other makes are like past tense😂😂
Great review. When I test drove one I experienced the wheel spinning also a bit. The amount of space inside is pretty good and V2L is great. Have you taken it camping with an induction cook top? That would be a fun video.
Great review!
great video
What an awesome car!
New batteries technology can now charge 600km in 10 minutes. Full charge gives 1000km. Connect your phone with car then ask AI to send sms or send message in social media. I dont know it will work on foreign but in china it works. Now a days in china almost every ev has auto driving feature.
If the CEO of Ford can drive his Xiaomi for 6 months and still going, Chinese EVs can’t be that bad.
Yeah, petrol cars suck and EVs rule! Nice review.
BYD being a Chinese company actually is the acronym for BI YA DA, that’s the real Chinese name. However they use the acronym to create a tagline Build Your Dreams, like LG uses the tagline of Life’s Good. However LG real name is Lucky Goldstar!
You need two things
1. Home wall box charger
2. Upgrade your tires go to a tire specialist that knows about EVs.
The original Linglong tires are so that bad. But I will probably change when they are worn out.
Wow, for the price, the interior looks very premium! And functional too, love that BYD kept many physical controls, unlike the annoying user-unfriendly Teslas.
what a delightful aussie review. interested to hear you try out something a bit bigger like the new Xpeng G6 or even comparable like the MG4. but BYD killin' it. maybe even the Seal?
thanks for watching!
Today I learned about the “Three Finger Salute” for the AC :) Have an Atto but the Dolphin seems like a pretty cool car….
I'm sad, because I can't get one in the USA.
Car companies should pay you to do a space review of their latest car 😄
Looks like a car with cubby holes and little storages everywhere is really made for you !
imagining if this is from Japan or German. How much extra would they ask you to pay for those lux features!! Chinese will be dominating the ev car in next decade for sure. One more point dophin is the lowest line of byd fleet. Even that they gives so much.
I was shocked when i.close the doop. A bih Dhoop sound similar to.a German car sound and not the flimsy Japanese Kei Car sound.
@@truthful3777As a Chinese, we think Japanese cars the moving coffins and not reliable enough because they use the thin cheapest metal housing. When the European, American ,Chinese car had a car crash against Japanese cars ,the Japanese cars are always the most damaged cars. Japanese car companies are good at cheating consumers and then they will apology . What a fuxk !
That's because you're paying for the cost of living of the workers and their high wages China relative to those nations have very low cost in terms of standard of living and not very high wages and have a weak currency versus their competitors
It is against the interest of gas and other parties, despite there is enough funding but the local US authority will not install charging stations, they will delay it.
There is already a huge network of EV charging stations in the U.S., constantly expanding
Same way airlines teamed up to lobby against building better rail system for public transport.
@@hankkingsley9183only in California
A very helpful car review. Hopefully BYD can launch a 7-seater van or SUV soon in OZ😀
that is nice sound system
Fantastic presentation, really enjoyed it. As an Atto 3 owner of a few weeks, we took a close look at the Dolphin (and about ten other EV's!) when deciding what to pick up. I'm kind of hoping they give me a Dolphin as a loan car at my first service :) Also, I think the button on the right of the gear selector is the "Park" gear, not the Electric Park Brake. For some reason the BYD's have a "P" for Park and a "(P)" for Electric Park Brake / Hand Brake. Even more confusing, selecting the Park gear activates the Electric Park Brake!
A very nice little car and a great review. I have seen them in China but I haven't had an opportunity to drive one yet. Unfortunately, here in Canada the only EVs that are available are American or Korean, and I am not interested in any of those products. Chinese cars haven't made it to Canada yet, but when they do it looks like I will have to buy one for the government (100% Canadian tarriffs) in order to buy one for myself.
looks so amazing
Great video, would you ever return an ICE?
I've had an BEV for 18 months and would never return.
I think byd should be Beyond your dream!😊
Sad, we don't get it here in Canada.
I love the Color of your seats (purple like)
Nice video
Looks very nice car.
Benetton colours take me back 40 years
Hey i'm indonesian 🇮🇩
And i love this video 😁
Oi, tudo bem? Como estão as coisas aí na Austrália? Aqui no Brasil esse carro vende muito.
I like the chinese models but they lack of tech for european roads (to slow charging, not convincible software) and unfortunately they are very expensive in Europe. They will not succeed if they try attack the premium segment (what they mainly try).
Really liked the interior and the build quality. They have definitely the potential to suceed and I am happy that they are already accepted in Australia! Very cute video!
I want to fly to China and buy one and ship it to NC. Who know whether is it feasible? will i pay the tariff? if yes, how about i buy one from Australia?
i don't know but someone did the same in Germany (he bought VW cus in China VW are so much cheaper) and the police fired the car cus illegal
Ford CEO drives a Xiaomi. Maybe he should tell everyone why he is able to drive a Chinese EV but others can't.
Yes, you can . But you have to do the car maintaince repair service yourself in USA before BYD has built a dealer network in USA. I am from Shenzhen, China and would like to help you as I can. You can go to China by 144 hours free transfer visa and go to the BYD shops ,test drive and buy your car.
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you are lucky that your country allow BYD.. In America our politicians want to ban BYD for silly reasons. Is BYD getting popular in Australia compared to other brands or they still have a long way to go to make people want to buy it?
They just released the byd shark pick up. So alot of the anti china will change their mind. Yous have to remember Australian media is owned by usa and Australia government propaganda is funded by the usa N.E.D AKA the cia. The like of sky news owned by Murdock from fox. So there is alot of anti china news but the people don't care. They care about their bank account.
Plus Australia sells 3 billion in lithium every month to china. And they sell iron ore and wheat and other minerals. So it would be stupid for Australia to put tarrifs or restrictions. But you never know about yt people hypocrisy/hypocrites.
Good info. Great sharing.
Hey
Have you seen scratches in plastics inside the car?
Any battery degradation within one year? (less miles per charge)
Thanks!
Neither of those so far, although I’ve been reasonably carefully with the plastics but I also tend to use my car like a Swiss Army knife and thrash it with stowing and carrying items. I’m sure it could scratch but no accidents with major scratches and still looking good so far :)
My black interior looks still as new after 14 months (35,000 km). I had my concerns about that foam-like part below the dashboard but also this looks still very good. I also cannot notify any battery degradation. I will ask my dealer for a battery test when the 40,000 service is due.
Hi
Can you upload a photo of this foamy part below your dashboard. I was thinking exactly the same thing , so since you're running with dolphin over the past 34k km you have something valuable for a potential buyer :)
Many thanks!
I also have one, the piano black plastic inside and outside gets superficial scratches like usual, other than that its solid.
@@zzz-pe3mp No problems with my Dolphin.
17:57 your rear lamp is fogging. You should be able to perform warranty claim from BYD SC. At least that's what we can do in Malaysia BYD SC.
Believe it or not, BYD was just three **random** letters used by the founder initially to be the brand name. At the time he had no idea whether his company could survive. Build Your Dreams on the car body is indeed goofy.
Never heard of this company before but seems like a nice EV. How much did it cost?
13000+ USD for a base model in China. But I head it's much expensive elsewhere.
In Australia, around 38K AUD
@@EllyAwesomeTech converted into USD that’s about what I paid for my 2020 Toyota Camry. Used after taxes and fees. That’s not bad at all. Btw great review, was surprised by how responsive the touch screen is. Mines lags a little and isn’t as smooth. It’s actually a little clunky.
@@coolorochi Meanwhile about the same price in Thailand, made in Thailand. I assume, that Australia will get also the cars made in Thailand.
BYD is very big in Evs and will soon surpass Tesla (in sales numbers, but also in technology). BYD is top for battery technology. They startet as a battery company, bought later a car manufacturer ans started producing EVs in 2005.
The US's HR 1157 told me driving this car makes you hate democracy and love autocracy. This is why they banned it.
yes, you will love autocracy if you get some best value for money goods from China 😂. So enjoy the expansive goods from America and get more funs for democracy.
The traction issue is common in evs with FWD.
What made you choose this over the Ora or MG4? In this segment I think BYD Dolphin is 2nd most popular after the MG4.
Nice vlog
Do more content, Awesome!
how much is it in Australia?? No Aussi tariffs? I don't even have wireless charging or voice control even for my $60k Lexus RX!!
Nope, thank god Australian politicians are not following the US and EU stupid tariff games 😢 normal consumers get to benefit from good products, not just Chinese cars, got a lot of Korean cars on the road too.
BYD Seal 6 and Qin L can run 2000 kilometers with a full fuel, I do not know whether they have reached Australia
You seem to really love it - are you keeping it?
With the different angle camera, i can see there is a view of the car from above where you can see the car roof top. I'm curious, how can the camera get that view way above the car? Is that connection via satellite?
The car computer does this, it combines the video feeds from all the cameras and present the view to you.
Prices of the models would be great
Software update on my 2022 motorcycle, involves going to the dealer or I use a USB C stick, download myself and update myself. Then they change something stupid, like disabling the USB C port from charging, so you have to do an accessory charger.
Excellent