Premium BYD Seal Highway Range and Efficiency Sydney to Hunter Valley
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- Evaluation of Range and Efficiency of Premium variant BYD Seal while travelling at highway speeds of 110kph using ICC Intelligent Cruise Control between Sydney and Hunter Valley with no charging stops in between by BYD Tom aka Tesla Tom of Ludicrous Feed in Sydney Australia February 2024
Premium BYD Seal Highway Range and Efficiency Sydney to Hunter Valley
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00:00 Introduction
00:53 Preparing the Seal
01:46 Overnight Charging
02:12 Start of highway driving
02:34 Setting Cruise Control
03:03 Speedometer calibration
03:38 Normal Mode
04:12 Breaking in an EV?
04:38 Cruise Control 5kph increments
05:01 Change of Plans 1
05:39 I love Waze!
06:08 Sound Insulation and Suspension
06:23 Autosteer
06:41 Efficiency update 1
07:34 Head Up Display
08:00 Cruise Control Speed Maintenance
11:08 Efficiency update 2
11:43 Air Conditioning Adjustment
12:16 Apple Carplay Widget Mode
12:33 500km full charge is possible
13:15 Alternate way to get to Air Conditioning Settings
13:40 Change of Plans 2
14:30 Slower roads to the Hunter Valley
15:16 Rain Sensing Wipers
15:43 Hunter Valley
16:35 Recharge with Coffee
16:56 Halfway point
17:44 No need to charge!
18:55 Level Railway crossing
19:11 Enjoying the handling
19:33 Regenerative braking on Cruise Control
19:52 Back on the highway
20:28 1000km on the odometer
20:41 Efficiency update 3
20:56 500km full charge is definitely possible
21:20 Efficiency update 4
21:52 Final thoughts
24:04 Efficiency and Range Calculations
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I traveled from Melb eastern suburbs to the Great ocean road and back, 405km covered, started with 99% battery, got back with 20% battery. 2 Adults, air con on 21 degrees, 28 degrees sunny day. Seal Premium, quiet, comfortable, great range, the perfect day trip EV.
Amazing! Glad to see you’re getting good range out of it too 💪
where is your travel log transmitted to?
@@dougcomerford5551 Serious bargin. I even think dynamic will do, and its 50K. But i can't get away from the HUD now. I can't wait for them to release their model Y competitor. If its 68Kish... for the mid spec, i will buy another car. That would be two cars for the price of one merc i bought 10 years ago. Amazing...
Speed?
@@dougcomerford5551speed?
I'm a Uber driver. i used to spent 600-1000 usd permonth for fuel, depend on how often i got order. since i used EV i only spent 150-300 usd permonth, with the similar range of driving. that was a huge saving for me. Plus, I don't need to change oil engine for EV, which is another saving for my little wallet. so far, the only maintenance i spent for my EV was changing tire.
Wow that’s a big saving! Would the range of this car ie. 500km/300mi enough for your daily Uber rides?
@@LudicrousFeed enough. i use wuling binguo, range only 340 km. in a big city, usually people only order for distance between 15 - 25 km. so, i can take minimum 12 passanger before go to charging station. Average, i only spend 7 usd for charging each day. compare to my old toyota, this wuling is a blessing for me
Thanks Tom...watched it on my lunch break. Nice to see. Have seen a few Seal's here in Hobart they just look so good. Nice to see the efficiency is also really good.
Pleasure! I was pleasantly surprised with the efficiency given the weight of the car compared to Model 3/Y
Thanks for the video. I will have been hanging to see a real world BYD Seal range & efficiency test.
Extra bonus got to see you drive on my local roads in the Hunter Valley 👍🏻
It had to be done so I did it 😁
I'm located in Ireland and considering the Seal myself. Thank you for all of these videos. very informative and have been enjoying loads!
Pleasure!
Thanks for the informative videos Tom, helped me put in an order for a Seal! Look forward to your Sydney to Melbourne trip in the Seal sometime. Keen to see if the charging infra has improved since your Atto trip
Once BYD sort out their Tesla V3/V4 incompatibility issue for Atto 3 and pre-March 2024 Seals, I’ll consider doing this trip again 🙏👍
Another fantastic useful video, thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you Tom, good video. Good to see the Seal has a good efficiency!
We went to the same place last July totaling 338 km and averaging 155wh/km with our MYP (18")
Nice!
Thanks Tom. I asked the staff about the eco thing when picking my Atto 3, and they said "nah! Just drive it normally. there's nothing to break in." In my opinion, they put it in all their manuals because they have a lot of hybrid models, mainly in China.
I KNEW IT! I knew it had to be a copy paste job from their hybrid cars 😆
The more of your content u watch the more I'm in love with this car. First knew of your channel when you tested the Atto 3 across the Sydney Harbour. This video shows the car is efficient enough for me to drive from Bulawayo to Harare (439km). Harare has EV charging stations so return trip isn't an issue.
Thanks for all the work you're doing to help us gain perspective.
My pleasure! The Seal really is quite an efficient vehicle 👍
Thank you very much for the video. This is exactly what I needed to see. The range and efficiency is perfect. I found your video based on another video of yours. When I searched for a video called BYD Seal, I did not find your video - I recommend changing the name of the video to BYD Seal range test. I have subscribed and am following. I bought a BYD Atto 3 Design a month ago and I'm satisfied, but Seal will probably be next in line. I've been driving on electricity since February 2016. 1) Peugeot iOn 2) Hyundai ioniq 28kWh 3) Tesla Model 3 Performance 4) Škoda Citigoe 5) Tesla Model S85 6) Dacia Spring 7) BYD Atto 3 Design
Thank you for the feedback and glad you enjoyed the video 👍
Thanks for the videos! The car will arrive for me soon!
Tibi from Hungary!
Pleasure and enjoy!
Love the way the screen on the instrument cluster gives you the kW being drawn at each moment. It's sort of like the old rev counters in an ICE, giving an indication of how much power you're using. Very useful if you're on low charge and want to drive as conservatively as possible. Nice big numerals as well.
Yeah that’s one thing, what info is available is very clear
Thanks for the video!
I also did a long range high speed test in my Seal Premium. Headwinds matter, and I suspect that your return trip had a headwind hence slightly less efficient.
My trip south gave a projected range of 460km, and the return was 550km. Because of a strong headwind!
Also, ECO mode is encouraged on the freeway. You won’t notice any difference there, I don’t reckon.
I’ve also driven down to VIC and back from Sydney. I’m comfortable with 300km segments and taking 2-3 30 min breaks to charge. The 500km+ range enables this.
Again though, headwinds matter for any car. I’d encourage people to consider them in a trip.
Thanks
Yes headwinds matter absolutely
Hi Tommy, and Thank You for Your lovely drive. In my equivalence (Seal Premium) I am having similar trips weekly. With a similar economy. I can only confirm all that You did show us. In June this year, it will be my first longer road trip from Adelaide, Melbourne to Sydney and back. Can't wait. Happy as Larry. Griteengs. Adam from Adelaide. Bye.
Thanks for the verification!
Very informative video! Cant wait to watch part 2
Stay tuned 🙏
Good test Thanks Tom.
Any time!
The exterior design of Seal is designed by JuanMa Lopez from Lamborghini and the interior is designed by Michele Paganetti from Mercedes Maybach
Thank you, nice to see who the Seal works. Was there any update for the Line Assitance ? Greetings from germany
I’m sure your video’s Tom really help those who have bought/buying a Seal or BYD or any EV for that matter to become accustomed to how EV’s operate and hopefully helps to dispel some of the garbage that is sprouted by the EV laggards.
If you don’t need to charge for a day trip then that’ll make it compelling for drivers to switch from ICE
Thanks Tom, really good to see what looks like a genuine 500km highway kms based on your drive, and the other comments on here. Our roads in South Island NZ hillier so will be interested to see what we get (my M3 did 14.5kWh/100km on last roadie so maybe 15.5 like you saw)
Yeah great to see others are getting similar range. The M1 is fairly undulating though especially closer to Sydney as others can also attest!
Tom, thanks for the video. Verson 2309 should already show the phone calls in the HUD. It does in my car anyway! Maybe you need to adjust the height of the HUD on the windscreen to see it.
Ah that makes sense why I don’t see it - I make calls via Apple CarPlay
For your question, there is a break in period to every mechanical part of the car that includes the transmission reduction gear, also for the bearings of everything from the electrical engine to the wheels etc... also the car's breaks need burn in and the suspension. they shed small metal particles when they are new and reshape their surfaces. so do it gently for the first 1000 miles.
*also the rubber of the wheels need first 300km to reshape its surface for best traction. bare that in mind.
ok noted
Thank you for your videos, very interesting and informative. We ordered the Seal Premium yesterday, 1 Feb, and it was great to see how this car performed on the trip to the Hunter. I will occasionally drive to Armidale via New England Hwy, about 520 km, so it would seem a top-up charge will be required. I’m keen to see your video on charging which you mentioned in an earlier video too.
Pleasure and congrats on the order!
Here’s a demo of the Seal at a DC charger: Premium Variant BYD Seal DC Fast Charging Speed Test Sydney Australia
th-cam.com/video/2Q4r0OLT_IM/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for sharing the DC charging video. This is my first EV so that was very helpful.
Thanks tom , nice car seen a couple around the top end of tassie.
Nice!
Top notch vid again Tom. Once the software is refined it is going to be a pretty special car at its price point. Very happy with mine. Loving the Sealy content 👌
Thanks! Hopefully we’ll see some decent updates
Hi Tom. Here the pain in the *** :) Flavio (direct from Portugal). Nice driving, beautiful landscapes, good narration :) , and what a good consumption. I'm currently at 24 to 48h to decide between a Seal AWD a Tesla 3 SR and a Prius Prime. Yes Prius is an outlier but for my daily driving it means EV driving all the kms and for road trips I have the ICE and no worries about charging. BYD seal is 3000€ more (in my set up in the Tesla 3 SR I added the grey paint and the 19'' Wheels. Prius is less 8 000€ than the BYD Seal. Not the same cars (Prius I would say that is a lower segment) but 8 000€ is a lot... BTW my current car is s Opel/Vauxhall Insignia 2.0 diesel. Keep the good work!
How fortunate to have choices! Both the Tesla and BYD are good cars in their own right with their own respective limitations of course. You'll be happy with whatever car you decide, best wishes!
Yes 8000 is alot, but that Toyota is a Hybrid meaning more parts can fail and cost more for maintenance and service too.
@@passby8070 yes, very true. But in Toyota the trend is not to break. At least often
I always set my Autopilot speed to 3% above speed limit, to compensate for the speedo difference to actual speed and the speed camera margin of error 😂
Ah yes great work 👏
Merci pour toutes vos vidéos que je regarde et qui sont très intéressantes et me conforte dans mon achat de la Seal en 4 roues motrices que j'attends pour début mars en France.
👍🙏
One thing I really like about EVs (especially in my Model Y) is how well it does hold the speed while on cruise control - seems to be a lot more accurate than ICE vehicles. I occasionally drive through the tunnels here in Brisbane, and some of them have fairly steep inclines and declines. All our tunnels here have speed cameras in them, so it's reassuring to know the car won't "drift" in speed inside.
Yeah agreed, not happy when it drifts by more than 3kph - I get v nervous
@@LudicrousFeed As someone who drives the M1 to and from work several times a week, you'll find most traffic sits around 120 indicated in the 110 zone (about 116-118 GPS). There's only a couple of spots where you'll find a radar, and they don't tend to worry about the 120 travellers - they're looking for 130 and above, or poor etiquette.
You don't have to worry about 2-3km at all.
Thanks Tom for your review. Honest as always which I appreciate. Yesterday i drove to Charlestown and back from Campbelltown in my M3 LR and averaged 13.5kwh/100klms. Charged at Evie Warners Bay and worked fine. My take on your video is if Tesla would switch the long range to a lfp battery I'd probably upgrade straight away.
Cheers! Only a matter of time before LR/P variants are equipped with M3P cells or better one would think
@@LudicrousFeedHope so. I do a lot of road trips so once the charging network gets better I'll definitely consider a Seal. They'll need to improve their version of autopilot though. Tesla's autopilot may not be perfect but it contributes to the Tesla being a great road trip car.
Spent a lot of time at Pokolbin near the Hunter valley gardens in lockdown. Nice easy drive from Sydney. Good test for the BYD. That range would be suitable for most EV drivers
Absolutely, it’s a fantastic and very doable day trip in this car
My theory behind the "eco mode for 2km" methodology is more aimed at YOU being new to how the car feels and goes. Considering they are quite fast, I think they would be wanting to avoid a reputation of people crashing them soon after purchase.
Or it could just be a vestige from their hybrid car manuals ie. copy & paste
Good stuff Tom👍👍🙏
Thanks 👍
Great video Tom, the only thing I would change on driver display is the consumption meter with all that + to - going on its too busy & constantly catching your eye? Maybe I'm just used to having the range there in the Kia. Do you find a big difference when you drive any of the Teslas re cabin noise if you've just come out of the Seal?
Yes there’s a lot more road noise coming into the cabin when driving a Tesla, even the new Model 3. I did a comparison in this video: 2024 Tesla Model 3 RWD Highland Update vs BYD Seal Premium Australia
th-cam.com/video/YAaKVAST3w4/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for testing Tom - I hope BYD give the ability to use vertical android auto and CarPlay. Would be great if it could make the top half AA/CP and the bottom half aircon controls or something else useful in vertical.
That would actually be quite handy - split screen mode
That's actually a magnificent suggestion. And that's the beauty of having displays like this - the (potential) ability to change/skin our displays, or at the very least, allow the manufacturer to send out ota updates to make changes like you've suggested.
The screen is so big, BYD could permanently place HVAC controls as a strip at the bottom of the screen (or RHS). Going through menus to reach HVAC controls will be the biggest gripe people will have with these vehicles for a while to come.
BYD center screen you can use split mode and vertical, top use Navi and lower half use music, love it
Yes that’s a handy function for sure
I believe you can access the air-conditioning controls from the steering wheel by pressing the back button. Like your videos they go that bit further (literally) than the average ev review 😊
Thanks! Yes that’s true - that’s also a bit fiddly cycling through the menus …
Welcome to Newcastle Tom (almost...). I am adding an ultra-red refresh 3 long range to the city's Tesla fleet at the end of the month. Just got my delivery date :-)
Thanks and congrats!
Very interesting test Tom…would be interesting to see if there is a difference in Performance mode compared to Normal mode. I did a very similar trip to Maitland from Oakhurst in my 2020 Model 3 SRP with 100% SOC and reached Maitland with 48% SOC. When plotting the return trip, the Model 3 nav directed me to make 1 charging stop and top up to 83% at Heatherbrae. Reached home with 30% SOC
That would be interesting
I was told by my dealer that the break in period is there purely to cover BYD in case of loose nuts/bolts etc. Nothing to do with motor or battery performance. Hopefully they're all tight 😂
Usually the break in period for traditional ICE cars is to let the engine parts settle in. EV = no engine 🤷♂️
@@LudicrousFeed that's exactly it, I'll be whipping mine home after I pick it up this evening 😁
Enjoy!
Range is outstanding with that LFP battery,great honest review Tom ,its a pity that other motoring reporters were honest with there reviews and not influenced my advertising dollar
Thanks! I try to be a as transparent a I can with my vlogs
Very nice range, thinking of changing from the Atto 3 to the Seal Premium.
If you’re after a Sedan, the Seal is a very good option 👍
Thanks for all these informative videos Tom. I will be interesting to see what you would pick btwn the Seal and the new M3 when you get it. The Seal is impressing me more and more.
I’ve officially cancelled my Model 3 order
@@LudicrousFeed Thanks, I wasn’t aware. Is that because u r happy with the Seal?
Happy with the Seal 🙏
Lots to explore
What a great looking car ❤
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Hi Tom, loving the reviews. We have Model Y which I believe has the same battery LFP as the Seal? The Seal manual says to fully charge from
Yes I would also do the same for a Tesla purely for battery management system calibration so that you have a more accurate projected range
Nice video..
👍
Careful with holding the gopro. You can see it in the reflection of the steering wheel. Wouldn't want you to get busted
Noted
Thanks for all the answers! It’s much appreciated! Just one last one before I pick ours up. Can you charge these at Teslas Superchargers? If so do we need an adapter? Cheers in advance!
At present (Mar 2024) you can charge at select V2 Tesla superchargers (always check the Tesla app). However there is a known compatibility issue with V3 stalls which I and other Seal owners have been pressing BYD about. No adaptor required otherwise
Need to see you do a luggage test for a family road trip.
Another great video. Question, have you had any issues charging your seal using the tesla gen 3 charger? I'm thinking of getting one installed for my seal as well.
I use my Tesla Gen 3 wall connector to charge my Seal regularly
Model 3 RWD going tomorrow Seal Premium ordered Tom.
Whoa big move, how old is the M3 and why did you swap?
Wow! Congrats! 😃
@@Twopeetfeet I have more trust in Boeing than Tesla these days and that’s saying something.
Telling everyone that the company should be seen as an energy company should be seen as an admission that the occasional CEO doesn’t like boring autos. No indicators was always going to be the end for ‘us’ and the thought of telling a next owner that he and his wife would get used to it EVENTUALLY…………no thanks.
FYI tou can turn off "other wazers" in Waze settings, declutter some of those icons!
Oh ok I’ll try it!
19:10 i think it really depends on the state I know in Queensland its very convient and well thought out for DC and ac Chargers and most are under cover in shopping centers.
Shopping centre carparks are a two edged sword … if you’re new to the area they can be a maze to find because they’re often not well signed
i did camden to terrigal over the xmas break exactly 50% going there and 40% coming home
Good job!
Thanks for sharing, very useful. I purchased the BYD seal premium last week. Could you please explain the details of the SIM card slot and how effective it is?
Check out the 29min mark of my video: BYD Seal Infotainment System Walkthrough and Instrument Cluster Screen
th-cam.com/video/mXxxVmETNdw/w-d-xo.html
Maybe next time consider the quicker scenic route 33 via Calga exit, Peatks Ridge, Central Mangrove And Wollombi. Some lovely small wineries around Broke. I live at Laguna near Wollombi. A good road test.
Thanks for the suggestion 🙏
15KWH/100kms... that's impressive
Not bad right!
Thanks for the video. I am planning to buy BYD seal, but little bit confused about its low ground clearance. I know in your previous video you mentioned that it has only 12cm clearance from ground to front extra plastic bumper. So how is your driving experience so far on uneven surface roads, high speed breakers and high slops?
I haven’t bottomed yet driving around Sydney
About to buy a Performance model April/May. Also in Sydney. Have a quick question I hope,you can confirm. Lots of reviews, especially in the EU show the seats as vegan “leather”. However, BYD AU website says genuine leather, Nappa from what I’ve read. Can you confirm if they are indeed real leather here in Australian delivered models? Love the videos, subscribed as I love your impartial real opinions on the vehicles you buy and/or test. Cheers in advance!
Thanks! Fairly certain it’s genuine leather in the Premium/Performance trim for both seats and steering as per specs
If the Wineries and other destinations install even low rate destination chargers, spenders will be encouraged to buy an ice-cream, coffee etc rather than just going past. Win, win I say
As batteries age that reassurance adds value.
I’d say many of the wineries and guest houses in the Hunter Valley now have AC chargers … check out PlugShare
Hello, great video. How much would the AWD Performance differ in terms of highway efficiency?
Probably not much difference in efficiency because on the highway, the AWD variant will most likely only be using the Rear motors when travelling at a constant speed
BYD Blade battery 2.0 and E-platform 4.0 is coming out this year, can't wait to see how efficient newer models will be.
Yup it’s only going to get better from here
zeekr 007 is also good
How’ve you found the stability of CarPlay in the Seal,
Tom? I came very close to leasing a base model Seal - having the charging door on the right, versus the left, was the deal breaker. Glad you’re enjoying it. 👍🙂
CarPlay is rock solid 💪
Only gripe is not being able to swipe to move for any nav apps eg Waze or Maps - it requires using the little arrows which is not ideal while driving
Thanks Tom for the video. Very positive, l have the Seal performance on order. Have tried to find a comparison between the Premium and the performance. Mainly went for the performance because of the different suspension. Think it would make a good video if you could get a drive in the performance. Would value your opinion
I hope the performance is capable of turning off the front motor when cruising at freeway speeds. It would then definitely be worth the upgrade. I know other brands do that. Good luck and enjoy your order :)
Good suggestion, it’s on the to do list ✅👍
good to see traffic laws are being adhered to with one handed driving and recording with in traffic
I'm waiting for a decent looking pair of sunglasses with 4K video recording, decent low light functionality and rock solid digital image stabilisation
Great video! How you keep the efficiency on the small screen in front of you?
Press the menu button on the steering wheel and it should be the first thing that pops up if it's not already there. You can scroll between past 50km and cumulative lifetime efficiency
does it have lane keep assist tech? also, while your there, i do like a late picked Traminer .
Yeah it has lane centering but it’s nothing on Tesla Autopilot
You can see the cumulative consumption number by press the right side top left button on steering wheel and use the roller beside to choose. I did a calculation on power consumption by using the reading on the grid electric meter divided by total km, I got around 18kwh/100km(which is the real world consumption I have to pay to grid) which is about 25% more the what the car shows st 14.7kwh/100km, which means that the car underestimate the power consumption by about 20%.
Is the cumulative consumption for the life of for vehicle though? My wish list includes better drive stats for the trip computer eg efficiency, time and average speed like I’ve seen in other cars I’ve tested
Good point about the economy and therefore true price of electricity because as I’m about to show with my upcoming home charging video, 7kW draw from a wall connector only translates to 6.3kW in the car which means there are losses of up to 10%
@@LudicrousFeed Very similar on my charging too, about 10% loss from the charger to the car, but the car doesn't provide enough info on the other 10% loss, could be some loss on battery discharging and some underestimation on the actual power usage.
My Toyota Prius is set at -4km/hr, and my after-market HUD is set to -15km/hr for some bizarre reason. It means I'm constantly doing maths while I'm driving but it's very useful for not getting speeding tickets!
15! How weird
Efficiency looks good 👍 a bit of finessing and it will be a great car. Needs the 5kph increments sorted and no servicing!
Yeah that’s right, a few refinements and it will be good
Hi Tom, I finally get to pick up my M3 rwd plus on Monday. I'm shopping around for Energy providers that have better rates for EV charging. I notice that you are using Power Shop, (10c kwh off peak between 12 and 4am. The Ovo energy have an EV rate of 8c kwh between 12 and 6am. Plus 8c feed in tariff and a general tarrif of 31.57c kwh. I don't have a powerwall so I presume your on a TOU tarrif. I'd appreciate any feed back. Thanks Garry
Full disclosure as mentioned in an earlier video, I’m still on Powershop because I have a lot of accumulated credit from generous viewers who have used my referral 🙏
Thanks Tom
Back in the 1970s you often used to see ICE cars (well they were all ICE cars in those days) with a hand drawn sign attached to the back bumper saying 'Running In' to warn you the driver would be driving well below the speed limit and accelerating slowly.
Save you getting horned for driving slowly 😅
I find it so funny because Tom was about 10 km from where he was planning on going.
That’s life, plans change 😁
Hi tom hows the seal handle the bending road up the mountainafter Mooney mooney bridge, by the way very impressive with the seal efficiency and keeping the power up the hill. Will get a seal in few years time.
No problem with the handling 💪
Smooth
My guess is bedding in brakes for the 1000km gentler driving advise. The Seal is heavier than a Tesla M3 and has softer regen (I think?), so load on brakes would be more ... let the pads wear in for longer life, maybe?
BYD although does not have one pedal driving still uses regen braking when the brakes are pressed hence the pads are mostly spared
Check out my explanation with the Atto 3: 2023 BYD ATTO 3 HANDLING AND REGENERATIVE BRAKING EXPLAINED AUSTRALIA
th-cam.com/video/uIf2a7O5MFQ/w-d-xo.html
You're making me regret buying the atto 3 😭
Love my Atto but the Seal looks so much better . . . Way better battery and efficiency, my extended range needs topping up every 250km or so on the freeway.
I've found the ACC behaves slightly better if you set Regen to Standard instead of high. More efficient in town that way too. Brake pedal gives you good regen anyway.
Interesting about the regen being better on standard … I’ll have to try that
@@LudicrousFeedI don't think they meant the regen is better, just that the driving experience (with ACC) is better. And that even if you use the brake pedal, you get the same sort of regen as if you had it set to high. I think that's what they meant, anyway.
@@hargeaux ah yes I reread the comment cheers
The 1st 2k on Eco, is apparently the deals test drive car battery health went down a bit (max range went went from 650 to 645 100% charge) after everyone went on perfomance and hit the pedal for the accelaration testing lol
Hmm I still think it’s just a vestige of their petrol based hybrid manuals that they’ve copied and pasted over to their BEVs
@@LudicrousFeed may be but that’s what dealer told me when I picked up mine
@dizheng7913 The initial small range drop is common in all EVs due to a phenomenon called Solid Electrolyte Interphase passivation which stabilises the battery and prevents further degradation
The seal has probably the best range and it’s a LFP pack!
IKR!
Have just commenced looking at YT, EV videos.
Yours are very informing.
However, I have one major criticism, in this, and other videos, a huge amount of time is taken up looking at the large screen, would hate to see other drivers stop dead in front of you.
Also, not everyone owns, or runs their lives by an Iphone. On these extended drives, am very interested in driver/passenger comfort, interior noise, and for many people who do these drives, there is just no need to be mega focussed on the ?? ""Ways" screen. Having driven interstate, not to mention within Victoria, for many years, I actually know where I am going and road signage is, now, vastly improved and shows the way, without the need, again, to quite worryingly taking your eyes off the road so often, to look at this screen.
Others may disagree, however I think this is the start of a good longer distance , and extended version could easily focus on the matters referred to above.
Appreciate the feedback and yes it’s important to also comment on the comfort of other passengers 👍 and yes can confirm my family enjoy sitting in the back ❤️
Tom, an idea for a future video would be to test your car along a standardised 50km stretch of highway at 110km/h, 105 and 100 (113/108/103 in your car) to compare the efficiency of the different speeds. It will be useful for those who may need to stretch out their range to avoid charging for a particular long trip and help them see the range gains differences between the 3 speeds. It’s probably not worth testing a speed of 95km/h as it then becomes unsafe to drive that much under the speed limit in a 110 zone.
TeslaBjorn(Bjorn Nyland) does a 90kmph and 120kmph range test which may help, he also does to dead tests where he drives until the car stops and sees how big a buffer if any the battery has below 0%
Good suggestion 👍
Those are really good numbers. I'd say that's on par with a new Model 3 LR, if not slightly better.
My M3 LR only *just* makes it to 500km on freeways at 110kmh.
I was pleasantly surprised given that Tesla hold the unofficial title of being the kings of efficiency
My Atto 3 is very good at keeping the ACC speed, unlike my Honda CRV that would race down hills defeating the purpose.
I feel your frustration with cars that don’t keep their CC speed tightly
0:56 Nice 😎
😅
What happens if you hold the cruise control speed button up and hold it down. My Subaru alters speed set by 1km in slow increments, when just pressing it once goes 5km/h each time.
I tried that, it doesn’t go up by 1, from memory it just goes up faster by 5 … I’ll have to double check
Come on? You're not fooling me - it was totally deliberate... ;)
What was deliberate?
@@LudicrousFeed 0:56
Totally serendipitous 😜
If you sideload ease to the Android system, does it allow portrait mode?
Has anyone tried?
BYD has really a good voice assistant esp compared to Tesla. Not sure that you'd need to press buttons to adjust AC when the voice commands are just as fast, from my limited experience driving an Atto3 a few times. My M3 voice assist on the other hand.... Hopeless
Yeah I always forget about voice tbh … I should get into the habit. I also don’t use Siri or Alexa etc much - call me old fashioned but there’s something weird about talking to an inanimate object. Then again I talk into a camera for a hobby …! 😆
almost a year with my 2023 model 3 and havent' once had it on chill mode lol I drive it like crazy and never attempt to ever save on power, to me there isn't a point in saving power I don't go long distance that offen and even if i do I make use of all the free chargers. I am now 95% charging for free from free chargers never charging at home unless I am desperate for a charge. But I am someone that will never want to be efficient at all lol. There has been times where i would go for a drive just to waste power on the car to get the most out of my free charging, thats how much I care about being efficient :D
Great to hear! People buy cars for different reasons and that’s ok 👍
I would be interesting to see if it’s stable all the way down to 0% as a Tesla or if it goes to limp mode or something other weird stuff the last 5-0%
From experience having driven it to 1% in the Atto 3, power is limited in the final few % as seen in my video: th-cam.com/video/wo9u53VmLpY/w-d-xo.html
Do you think if you drive on eco mode the consumption rate kw per 100km will be better?
Probably worth doing the same test another day 👍
can the power readout be disabled or changed to something else? i find constantly changing digital readouts distracting
Yes you can switch to a more “classic” appearance for the instrument clutter which I demonstrated in this video: BYD Seal Infotainment System Walkthrough and Instrument Cluster Screen
th-cam.com/video/mXxxVmETNdw/w-d-xo.html
@@LudicrousFeed thank you. Watched it for a second time. Unfortunately the power readout remains in classic mode. Hmm
Why are there so many other videos showing the seal range at sub 400km? Whatcar in uk etc, is it weather etc?
Depends on which variant they used as the base “Dynamic” variant only has 60kWh capacity
the very best i ever got out my model 3 was 440km thats down to 2% never really tested that again since i got it.
What was your average speed?
@@LudicrousFeed between 80 and 110km
Australia needs change the motorway highway speed limit to 120 or 130. Pathetic its still 110..police need to do some things to change it to higher
I’d say the speed limits are based on crash and fatality statistics
@@LudicrousFeed They are changing the new west connex to 90 instead 80. Feels like a snails pace in those tunnuls.
I guess the software is already updated? Less problems with ADAS?
Yup! A significant OTA was released which made ADAS features far more tolerable: BYD Seal OTA Software Update 2401 V1.1 Australia Walkthrough and Drive
th-cam.com/video/CQwmDVC7auM/w-d-xo.html
Have you done the same test with M3 SR highland?
Not specifically with the Highland but have done many range tests with the Model 3
I have never done a range test on an ICE vehicle but never got stuck anywhere without fuel.
Most people don’t leave home with the intention of being stranded 😆
Prior planning prevents poor performance
Does BYD include full self-driving capability?
No