This Car Proves Just How Far Chinese Cars Have Come 

Volvo is owned by Geely motors-China

​@@wormxzingVolvo Bussar is an independent subsidiary of Volvo group. Volvo cars is also a sub of Volvo grp, which owned around 80% by Geely. Buses =/= cars

"BYD’s buses are also taking over London, and reasonably so." == Taking over streets of London, al right. By stalling.

@allgoo1990 I've been driving them for a long time and I've never stalled. If you're stalling an automatic, electric bus, you need to hand your licence back to the DVLA.

Thank you, thank you from China。

谢谢

Cheers, that was very informative

@@gregb1599 not at all. the original logo is just a ugly BYD in a olive circle

They did copied toyota, but not BMW@@gregb1599

Always thought it was liquid goldstar

@@royc8587 Before they rebranded, Lucky Goldstar VHS tapes were pretty common. I don't know if you're old enough to have used VHS tapes, but they were everywhere for decades.

unbelievable

BYD range is always solid, from many test videos, even the hybrid vehicles can easily achieve its anounced BEV range

@@stefanosong9314 But the distance per kWh is not even close to that of Tesla. The 60kWh Tesla almost has the same range as the 82.5kWh BYD. Showing that BYD still has a long way to go. Because it has a high consumption it means also higher cost per mile / kilometer.

@@HermanWillemsare you serious ？？？？ 2024 Model 3 12.5kw/100km vs BYD seal 12.7kw/100km！！！

@@HermanWillems see comment above man, dont prejudge

Meu sonho andar nesse! Me leva pra dar uma volta hahah

yep, once you get accustomed to the electric car, it is difficult to go back traditional one. Comfortability and quietness

if by mainstream means Toyota, Mazda and GM then BYD definitely have a better build and interior...

@@likeabed For a 3 to 4 minute down time and a range of 570 miles which supersedes any EV, 41 thousand dollars paid off and just as comfortable, I'll keep my jaguar XJl....

You can't refuse when you drive this car.

But we aren't.

we will,it’s a fact

if you check the comments here you will see that yes, we are@@SK-lt1so

The really good Chinese cars won't make it to Europe because it won't be allowed, they'd ruin our industry, or the EU will slam such taxes on them it will be financially impossible to buy them. Look up cars like the Nio ET5, Xpeng P7 (co-developed with Porsche), Geely Galaxy L6, IM LS6 (800hp for 40k dollars), IM L7 sedan, which had the chassis co-developed by the Williams F1 team. Or the Roewe F7, Aion Hyper GT, QiYuan A07, MG7, BYD HAN, Avatr 12, etc. I mean, these are just new sedans released in the last couple of months. ONLY SEDANS. Didn't mention any other type, and they're all some of the best looking sedans you'll ever see, and better looking than anything any western established manufacturer is doing right now. China is making so many new cars it's mindblowing. Their car industry is booming in a way that no car industry in the world has ever done. We won't buy Chinese cars because they're cheap, we'll WANT to buy them because they'll be desirable because of their design, quality, performance, etc. That's just the reality the west has not woken up to yet. We've been overtaken, and we're already so far behind we couldn't even catch up if we tried, let alone if we're not aware that we're behind and live in a delusion that China is still making cheap knock-off cars. They're not. They're leading the way in tech and in design.

@@derbigpr500 Don't worry, the really good cars are coming too. Some of the ones you mentioned, like the XPeng P7, the BYD Han and the Nio ET5 are already on sale in Europe. I've set my eyes on the Luxeed S7, which should be available in Europe in the next couple of years.

Seems like a bad move supporting the Chinese regime, especially if you live in Australia with recent tensions surrounding China in the region and their hostility towards other countries nearby. But hey, at least the car was cheap.

price over politics bro.

aren't you guys buying nuclear subs to protect yourself from your largest trading partner???

Wow, U really describe the hype.

​@@mndeg Yes we are spending 250 Billion dollars to buy a couple of US nuclear Subs, to patrol the waters near China. So it can usher our Chinese built EVs, iphones and clothes through the Chinese warships operating in the area unimpeded. The worlds second largest economy, the largest export led economy, cannot be trusted to have their own navy guarding their most important sea trading route. They should stay in the Yangtze river. I mean thats the idea the US sold to the Australian government. There were promptly voted out in the last election in an landslide.

when outsiders see new fancy Chinese products, they have already been through bloody fights domestically, such as phones, trains, mechanical machines and cars, next will be airplanes

I'm sure we will have the sea lion 07 fastback in late 2024/ early 2025 here in Australia that looks like a seal SUV.

Seal U is coming, although will you still like it knowing it shares a Phev platform?

I too own an ATTO 3. It is a good and reliable car for my everyday use. The safety features are good. The power is there when i need it, for example, when i am changing lane.

​@gregb1599 the BYD sea lion 07 is built on a dedicated EV platform, I think you are getting confused with the Song L, Greg.

New Zealand has a better relationship with China than Europe or America which may be why. I don't think our government slapped tariffs on Chinese products like the Americans and the government was also pretty explicit about the relationship with China being an issue between NZ and China that America should stop trying to influence. And hi from a kiwi living in China in one of the BYD villages. BYD have good cars, though the selection of EVs here is massive so it can be hard to choose.

比亚迪外观太久没变化了，现在有点落后其他中国车企了

Islands 😉

You guys don’t have any auto industry to protect same thing with Australia, meanwhile Europe and usa have one also the usa hates China so they influence the eu although there’s already plenty of byd buses,Chinese owned brands like mg,volvo,polestar,maxus,ldv and a few byd,nio ect

@@weird-guy shame on Biden and trump government

牛逼！

Many taxi drivers in China choose BYD. In the course of business, there is almost no cost except electricity. Taxis often have a long mileage.

Your only glitch was buying a EV 😂

I want to buy a BYD but my chinese gf hates them, she thinks they are crap quality. I told her think of all the taxis we took 80% of them are BYD, she said "so?" I told her "do you think taxis will use unreliable cars? How will the make money if it keeps breaking, simple they just don't."

@@julianmorgan79 Your girlfriend sounds like she has spent way too much time being influenced by western media and their vicious lies about anything Chinese. I'm going to guess you live in Australia or somewhere like that.

It was very kind of the Chinese government to subsidise your car's development. Now, go to your local representative and ask that the same subsidies be provided by your government.

@@norwegianzound Chinese government subsidise? Well look who living under a well

​@@norwegianzoundback then our government gave endless subsidies to Ford, Holden, Toyota, Mitsubishi ...

Does it really matter - better products for the consumers 😊 If regimes invest in technology like this, they might end out in top exporters, so why not?

It is curious people complaining about Chinese cars, than buying Tesla, MG and Volvo made in China. The Seal offers a better experience than Model 3, it is way better inside, the suspension is much better, it is much better overall and cost less. It is not a Tesla killer, but it is a Tesla killer.

Also the only automaker that dominates the entire battery development and production, and one of the largest battery manufacturers, selling batteries even for Tesla.

Yes, my town in Hungary has them. Much quicker and more quiet than any diesel.

Byd also makes iPad screens for apple

@@AndrasMihalyi I think another massive Chinese battery manufacturer CATL is building a battery plant in your country!! 👍

Ebusco too

难搞，其实他们是很不愿意看到中国车牛逼的😂

Everything will be China in the end. Thumbs up

Dude, please stop being negative about your country, your people, and your products. This century firmly belongs to China. So step up and act like it. Sure, there is a lot of negative coverage of all things Chinese, and many stupid people fall for it. But they are stupid and don't matter. Smart people, like me, know that China will be leading this planet to a better future. So be damn proud of your country and what it has achieved in such a short time. Be proud, be amazing, be you. Love and much respect from Iran

我记得十多年前，我在大陆第一次看到和听见这个品牌的汽车。当时连我的大陆友人都瞧不起这个品牌，都是买双B品牌的汽车。当时的比亚迪也没有现在的品质和技术。但是十年人事几番新，人总是要有梦想的，不然跟咸鱼有何分别😂 今天的中国车已经可以比美日韩甚至欧美系的车了。加油吧比亚迪！

@@goodBBkaraoke 說的太好了！

And if you are in Thailand or Australia, an incredible price on top of that quality. Not so much in Europe where it is priced higher.

@@tren133that’s great, because always in Australia we pay double to everyone else

@@Dreamer10888 Despite political tensions between China and Australia, there is not longer a domestic auto industry and its associated jobs inside Australia to protect, which means compared to other western markets, the Chinese carmakers such as BYD, MG. and Great Wall, are more willing to send cars over at good prices in order to grab marketshare, which they are certainly doing right now. I've watched some Australian reviews of the new GWM Tank 300, and they all mention what an absolute steal the car is in terms of value for money.

​@tren133 how come?

@jbbeiser983 How come the same BYD vehicles sell at a much higher price in Europe compared to say Australia? I personally believe it is due to the fact that auto manufacturing remains a major industry in Europe employing millions of people. BYD or other Chinese carmakers have only just begun exporting to Europe, and the European carmakers are already crying to their politicians about not being able to compete with Chinese EVs on pricing. They'd flip a lid if BYD started selling cars as cheaply as they are in some other markets. As a result I belive BYD is purposefully selling cars at a higher price in Europe to try not to get then riled up too much. Just sell a few cars to get a foothold in Europe until their Hungary factory goes online in a few years, and then it be not more aggressive with pricing. But in places with no domestic car making industry to protect, such as Australia, BYD will be aggressive with pricing on day one to grab market share right away.

He's probably running out of money

😂

​@@user-je8cl8sv7hor maybe, just maybe, Robert has a more open mind than you.

​@@user-je8cl8sv7h lister was right when he said kryten needs to get his head out of his recharge socket

indeed

seal has a obvious accelerator pedal delay even in sports mode. this is annoying to me, otherwise are pretty good.

​@@user-zk9nd4fz2hsad to see this. Was the problem even in dolphin and atto 3

honestly, most EVs have more or little delay for safety and riding comfort, but not necessary for a sport car especially for its sport mode@@jasonw98

@@user-zk9nd4fz2h That is for front wheel drive version, as to avoid the skid of the wheel if push too hard and quick, actually works well, remember atto, dolphin and front drive seal are not sporty and should not be. The two motor version seal has no issue like this so could get 3.8 seconds to 100kms.

there is no front drive seal, only rear drive and AWD@@tonywei423

中国人也讨厌把物理按键全都取消的车，所以常用功能会适当的保留物理按键的

@@esonchan4825 按钮还是最有效的性能，触碰屏幕只是给手机使用。

Most of Chinese EVs support voice control, including AirCon, windows, media player, Navigation. Sadly, most of them are not supporting English.

@@richardliu8998 yet...

Agreed. And a gear shift lever rather than sliding a spot on the screen the way Tesla does. It also has a turn indicator lever unlike Tesla.

People saying that stuff always make me think of those people in the 70s who said “who will ever buy that Japanese garbage?”

Be careful of the trade-off. You may be driving a cheaper electric car in the future, but you'd end up giving too much power to an authoritarian regime led country like China, which may destabilize the world and affect the future generations.

Elon is now a BYD customer

15 years ago people insult 'made in china' phones as potato. look where they are now

​@@SDPlisskenI love Japanese electronics like Sony's TVs, I've got one that's been running for 15 years no problems

Really? That's really good to know, thanks!

@@rickyz5606 its been common knowledge for some time now. EVs got 10x less chance to catch fire, statistically.

But media says electric vehicles dangerous hazzard fire alert hahahahahah non sense..salute you for stating true facts. They cant digest (they=big oil companies) cars can run on electricity fuel

Liar liar pants on fire.

@@brendanc5519 actually no - we get about one hybrid vehicle / year in our fire district and I think our experience is similar to others. We have used conventional firefighting techniques for these vehicle fires and thats been enough. So, no battery fire or reignition after they went on the tow truck. We have not experenced a full BEV fire yet and we have had instruction in how to deal with them. But they can be very difficult. Our trucks only hold around 3000 L water and thats not nearly enough.

Do you mean Merseyrail? Never heard of Merseybus. 🤔

Merseybus was a trading name of MTL. @@rinnin

Denz

what does Denz mean?@@pangtianran110

And what is ghat😂

Bobby is the best

This is my first video of his. He keeps having these outbursts where he does a "funny" accent pretending to be someone else - is that something he does all the time?

​​​@@metaforicallyyeah, he can't help himself, must be something about his age. I'm his vintage and I do the same, maybe it's years of watching the likes of Mike Yarwood and Les Dawson and the chap who did the "ooh you are awful" sketches. See... age related sinility, can't remember the bloke's name and it's going to bug me now because he was brilliantly funny....🤔😂 I'm going to press send and it'll come to me, wait for the edit.🎉 Edit: had to look it up, it was Dick Emery. "I thangyou."... ...that was another little chap, known as "the cheeky chappie" and more of my parents era who's name escapes me now argghhh!🤯

@@judebrown4103 Charlie Drake?

​​@@t1n4444no, his line was " aaallo my darlin's" . This chap was music hall....it'll come to me eventually...🤔 Edit: had to look up, turns out the cheeky chappie was Max Miller, not who I was thinking of though. It was Arthur Askey, I-thang-yaw....🥁ba-dum!😅😂

the competition forced Tesla to do discount, Tesla model 3 starts at around 33k USD in Shanghai where it is built

I don't understand the point of the test.. BYD EVs routinely explode in crash -- the most highly publicized recent one was in April 05 in Cenxi, China where a local judge was trapped and burned alive in a BYD Han.

What the reviewer is not telling you is despite its amazing technology, and how he says that the car was hit on both sides and the battery was reused. In the real world many Atto 3 in Thailand are getting written off even after minor accidents where the repair on a normal car is a few thousand at most, ends up being written off by the insurance companies as the battery is so expensive to replace! The car costs 1.2 million baht but a replacement battery is 800,000 baht! Recently a rat chewed though a Atto 3 battery plastic casing and destroyed the battery! Many insurance companies in the UK are starting to realise that repairs are not possible even in small accidents, so of course premiums are in some cases doubling and in extreme cases are refusing to insure some EV at all!

@@gregb1599 Insurance companies are writing off EVs for minor damage over here in Canada as well, but I think that really speaks to a lack of trained technicians to work on them more than it does the technology involved. There's a huge market there ready to be tapped, just as there was in the early 1900s when gas powered cars came on the scene. We'll get there...

@@KevinT3141 No it's the insurance companies not wanting to risk the battery pack as already many EV fires are happening, any damage to a battery pack increases the risk of fire due to module or cell damage. Also modern EV battery packs are almost completely unrepairable, the BYD Blade battery is one of the worst as seen when someone brought a wrecked car and thought he would use the battery for storage, unfortunately the pack is glued together along with the cooling making removing the actual battery modules impossible. That is why even small damage means new battery pack, and more than likely landfill for the battery! At least the Leaf battery can have the modules replaced or reused for battery storage after its useful life as a EV battery is over.

@@gregb1599 >> That is why even small damage means new battery pack, and more than likely landfill for the battery!

​@@KevinT3141 gas engine killed off electric vehicles back in the late 1800 to the early 1900's. It failed then & they'll fail now!

The P7 is a very cool car that sells very well in China. But because the P7 was Xpeng's first best selling car, developed in the early stages, some details were not as good as the new model G9, especially in terms of intelligence and battery technology. I recommend you choose a new model as much as possible.

I loved that car too, but now I am an avatar 12 fan.

@@Z_Y89You have a great eye. I have seen this car at the mall. Very high class.

actually the best vehicles in China are SUVs, BEV or PHEV, because they are best sellers

How did you find the handling of this Seal compared to European sedans (3 series, C class, etc)?

Are you European? if so will you buy a Chinese car?

@@seya_eury I didn't feel any difference

@@SERGIO-cr6uy yes I would if they are the same or better for a little less money

@@SERGIO-cr6uy I'm from Germany

He's got 20kw of solar guys! Enjoy your new car mate, waiting here in Aus to get an Atto 3.

Using EVs as a wind and solar power storage, that why China is pushing hard on EV.

@@user-wz8hp2ix9f太阳能发电和风能发电还没扶贫。中国政府在困难地区建设太阳能发电和风能发电，除了本村人用外，剩余的卖给中国电网用作工业生产。得来的资金支持当地的贫穷人生活❤❤❤

Don't know many doubters that you could, it's more a question of being anything other than worthless. I mean otherwise you'd just be shipping out the solar to the grid reducing others' emissions while more consistently charging your car. It's sort of like battery backed up solar in general. So you spent an extra $5-10K just so your home never uses carbon directly. It's just a waste of effort and money

​@Skylancer727 But we need people like this to invest and test the tech, for the good of display and innovation 💡 I take my hat off to the early adopters of bi directional, they are the start of an energy storage revolution.

hahaha seems totally right

​@@jeremytine You have 1 like (You gave yourself 1 like) only. You have an anti-CCP mindset.

Well Tesla has a surveillance system which is back doored to the CAI (big yikes) @@jeremytine

yes but it's chinese, so it's pointless

@@EduMiguel16 95% of stuff in your house is from China. Don't be a hypocrite

I agree love the outside of the Atto 3 but inside is not my style, this looks leaps ahead

Exactly. Competition can only ever be good for the consumer surely...

>> BYD EV battery market share is very big as well.

​@@tooltalk别开玩笑了，中国政府对电动车企业一视同仁，不论中外，前几年电动车补贴还在的时候，对特斯拉等外来品牌也有补贴，反而是北美市场禁止中国电动车进入😂

in China. Tesla’s cheapest model only costs $27,000. The price reduction is huge. There are many vehicles in China that are far superior to Tesla. . . Intelligent. Multifunction. Big color TV, refrigerator, big sofa. High horsepower. . . You can take a look at these cars. zeekr007. . AITO M9 YANGWANG U8 YANGWANG U9 luxury s7 HIPHI A zeekr 001FR LXIANG L9 Lxiang mega zeekr 001 Too much. . I can't even remember the Chinese market models. Too much too much.

Where are you from?

V2L is a gimmick. A "shiny thing" for those easily distracted by shiny things.... Positive form of confirmation bias.

@@rogerstarkey5390 I’m using my Seal’s V2L to power my house. Videos on my channel

@@rogerstarkey5390 It saves me from buying a home battery. And it could provide a crowdsourced solution for grid storage in a sustainable energy system and combat climate change. But sure, it's a gimmick if you don't care about any of that.

​@@rogerstarkey5390guessing you own a Tesla that doesn't offer V2L

​​​@@rogerstarkey5390well I enjoyed cooking breakfast the other weekend when I went away camping with the missus, used the v2L feature to cook bacon and eggs using our electric frypan and boiling the hot water in our electric jug for a cup of tea, so hardly a shiny gimmick.

I drive an AWD Seal here in Thailand. The glass roof has a silver metallic coating that reflects a lot of heat. There is also a sun shield in a bag in the boot. There are videos on my channel testing the internal temperature and a demonstration of the sun shield

..and a driver’s display, HUD, Drive selector, V2L…

Can’t buy stalks from s3xy buttons company if needed.

@@EcoHouseThailandall stuff that just gets in the way. Even motortrend admits the model 3 driving experience is better.

​@@shou635 no, most expert reviews say its stupid and dangerous to drop stalks

@@shou635 I think it’s fair to say if self driving was mature and working in Europe then you can get rid of those things. As it stands right now the existence of the stalks was so a driver doesn’t have to look away from where they are driving to indicate etc. On a roundabout having to look to find the indicator button whose orientation and position on the wheel has changed while driving is more dangerous.

I’ve found the rotating screen to be a gimmick; you can’t rotate it when using Android Auto, which is what I use for navigation and audio. However, the screen is so huge that the default landscape mode is fine for navigation.

Not only for navigation, you can divide the vertical screen into top and bottom, the top screen is for driver navigation and the bottom screen can be for watching entertainment for front/rear passengers such as videos, RU-vid, TikTok or other entertainment.

BYD is allowed to sell in USA, they choose not to. However they'd have to pay tariffs or pay us worker rates to build in usa and follow USA EPA laws. Stuff is always cheaper to make where it is easier to exploit labor and trash the environment.

@@jeremytine if that is true , how does Vietnam made VinFast BEV enter the North American market ?

Yeah the sunroof in the ioniq 6 sucks too. I tried to spec a polestar 2 to match the tech in this and it was £54k+ and then that was the smaller battery size too. £59k for the long range equivalent 😬

@@pas4585 drived both, and I love mg4 a bit more. yes the mg4 is plastic as fuck but it INDEED has more handling and no obvious accelerator pedal delay

@@pas4585 100% - it's a car for Taxi drivers. Or people who like cucumber sandwiches. A bland-mobile.

@@EntropiaGuitarsI like cucumber 😂

Tesla literally crashes and burns every other month. They specialize in rockets. Which doesn't mean they can actually send any up into space without crashing and burning them too.

Where are you from?

@@SERGIO-cr6uy Oz = Australia

@@et1965 OK, so Australia doesn't have a proper car industry, mostly imports. Buying Chinese, Japanese, European or American is the same, it won't affect jobs . Now, mind me asking, how much more expensive is an EV compared to a ICE car? How is electricity generated in Australia? 53% burning natural gas? Also how much tax is on fuel in Australia? 49.6 cent (flat rate) per litre. It used to be 57% What's the tax on electricity in australia? 10%? How long do you think the Australian government will let that money vanish if everyone start driving EVs? They will create a "per km" tax, won't they? Will you still praise EVs?

Estate version would be great and a far better option for family cars than the SUVs other manufacturers push

No wagon unfortunately. Closest you'll get is the new BYD Song L, which is a crossover but not as tall as most other crossovers on the market.

Don't believe everything these reviews say. He is paid well by BYD to say very positive things, while it's illegal to get actual cash, first class tickets, the best hotels, fine dining, it all helps, not only that, say anything major negative and you are blacklisted. Even the best heatpumps still use a lot of power especially as it gets colder. Just look on EV Database, it gives the real world driving range at different speeds and temperatures and BYD are just like all EV and ICE they are affected by temperature.

yea but the battery in the leaf was behind the times even in 2014. To be fair to the leaf it was the only affordable ev at the time.