mistral53

BYD Santa visits in some part of the world........

So there is this electric car company worth more than all other car companies combined, and yet, on some of their models having produced them for several years, they still cant manage to reliably put suspensions together in a way that they stay together.....? Come-on Musk, pull your head out of his old ass and spend some time building cars in a way that does not embarrass even the most fervent fan-boy, not to mention this has the potential for great harm to the car owner and the public at large.

5 years ago, the Japanese manufacturers had Thailand carved up amongst themselves. Fast forward and the auto world is upside down

We all can speculate about the EVO platform making it to Thailand - my take is, prices will go up in two steps: First the Dec 10 discount will disappear, then a few months later the EVO will be introduced and the price hike will be justified by the new platform. Of course it can also go the other way, BYD has such brilliant and inscrutable marketing, they could very well claim the EVO platform is cheaper to produce (new blade battery and 12 in 1 controllers could very well be) - and lower prices again. In conclusion - since nothing in China takes 3 years to develop, I fully expect the EVO to arrive in less than 6 months.

In case you have 1 phase now, be very sure you're better of with a 3 phase system - e.g. if you want to occasionally use VTL, it will be much easier to get whole house power with a single phase system........ that will not be possible with 3 phases.

The real question is - how long will it take for BYD to bring in the 3.0 Evo version? and how much will they push prices up once that hits the show rooms........ I am tempted for this discount, but the version they sell is giving me pause.

Very interesting numbers........ e.g. Denza with just one model, they hit a gold mine, harvesting in a very lucrative segment. It was in fact one of the very busy corners at the BYD booth. For me - to again look at the Tesla's on display, which by any account is a tech powerhouse, completely fell on their face with the stripped down IKEA style interiors compared to the Chinese competitors, so sad.

I don't think so.......back on Nov 14, the update was to V1.3.0..........and a few days later, they downgraded back to V1.2.2 I think it was because of the app not allowing cabin per-conditioning anymore, they downgraded again.

BYD calls it 800V when they refer to the 'e-platform 3.0' - hence my comment. Way back when, the 'e-platform 3.0' was announced, they called it 800V - it's not my invention. I think the confusion is about the meaning of 800V - this simply denotes the max. voltage of the DC charger. Only 800V capable chargers will give the max. benefits of e.g. a Seal battery pack. Older chargers have lower max. voltages and will not be able to pump a car with as many electrons.......remember P=V*I https://insideevs.com/news/502427/byd-eplatform3-ea1-x-dream/

The present generation Seal sold in Thailand is 800V platform (shows around 630V) so I seriously doubt that the SL 7 is 400 to 500V. But of course 400V + is the correct answer...........that covers Voltage up to infinity

Case in point....... it's too tempting! The discussion in the comments proves the point.

I would wager a a bottle of VSOP that the insurance underwriters will stop shortly to issue 1.2M coverage for a one year old car, with the new car price at 1.2M.

These prices are insane.......... they set the price war for the show on hyper-drive! Question is - what will they pay for trade-ins? Could be tempting to upgrade to the Sealion 7 if they sharpen their pencil.......

It's not only the car 'apparently' (still no official confirmation) comes on the 3.0 and not the EVO platform, it is also de-contented in other ways, the number of proximity sensors in the front is another obvious one. In Europe they also get a version with an even bigger battery. BTW - it is an 800V architecture, i.e. the battery is well over 600V, which falls into the 800V group. Problem is, the majority of DC chargers in Thailand cant pump even 150 kW, so does it matter......? BYD always had a strange marketing approach, but hey......... who is complaining, they sell like hotcakes!

They pretty much threw everything and the kitchen sink at it, or as one commenter succinctly asked: 'Autocar surely wouldn't deliberately give a negative review because it's Chinese. I'd rather hear from owners of the car.' https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/byd/sealion-7 Case in point: ......'and there’s a useful 58-litre frunk that’s slightly fiddly to access.' Are they really that daft in the UK?