mistral53

Count me in.....total airhead here checking in

Surprisingly - no ADAS, not even ACC, makes it a real entry level vehicle. The problem with this approach is, it will by definition not achieve a 5 star safety rating. BYD has at times a rather arcane marketing approach.

2025 BYD Seal: this should have always been part of the Seal:

Stands to reason that this BYD goodwill action is on track to just aggravating a situation they tried to ameliorate with this freebee. It took me 3 attempts to finally get a full charge and I did it around 21:00. I reasoned with myself that if I cant get free charging, over the next 5 month, this means I forgo between 5 and 10,000 THB, that is a couple dinners at best......so why get all stressed out? Moreover - as we get into October, I have more than enough solar output to cover the electricity consumption of this car, so my savings calculated above are even less optimistic. Just relax and chill out - the stress is not worth it!

I read in a comment to a YT clip on the 1.2.1 OTA, that he feels the car is faster, and that he is seeing 410 kW power output readings now. For the record, I never saw over 390 kW, which is the advertised rated power. So yesterday I got a full load of free electrons, courtesy ReverScharge. When driving off, I set the car to sports mode, red frame and all, and floored it - lo and behold, I saw a brief 408 kW reading on the display. A little later on a quiet stretch, I did a 3.6 s run to 100 km/h, which I have seen is a pretty standard time. Is the car faster now? or is this just an insidious play on our gullible minds? I remember when McLaren upped the power on the MP4-12C from 590 to 625 Hp, it was a very discernible additional shove until our bodies and minds adjusted to the new power level.

Interesting graph. I think you got it backwards, though - Thailand has 64 LDV per charging point, which is pretty dam poor. It does not help that too many of the charging points are AC, either. Just check where China is - by far in the lead, especially because China also has the highest power output per vehicle. (China bashers just move on, nothing to see her.........lol)

I fail to understand why BYD is limiting the phones that will work with this feature - especially why they opened a bunch of Samsung phones (not all of them) and no Chinese phones. Well, I could understand why they would block Xiaomi phones......lol

What do you think about the Kia EV5 interior? I sat in one at the BKK car show, and my wife and I agreed that it was very plastic looking and all hard surfaces - it might be a nice car in other respects, but for us it was just totally out of place compared to the Chinese brands.

Anybody already installed the digital key? I am not using Android 14 on my old Huawei........probably a good excuse to get a new phone........lol

Nice wheels - they look strong enough for the heavy car. Do you know the wheel width of the original rims?

Proper shoes: This size should have been an option form the factory, or if not 20", I would take 'em in 19" too. The skinny tires on the seal are borderline dangerous. The guys is using 8.5 x 20, with +40 offset. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/X9X8LSt7UZ2KGsPE/

I am sure the battery is not dead - the car is in deep sleep and needs to be woken up, that's all. https://youtu.be/dn5K2YIpa-c?si=lwSjD-uK6hgi2jso

I made a habit of not replying to people that have reading comprehension problems - but then it occurred to me, that there is a also the possibility something got lost in translation, so I give you the benefit of the doubt: The 'FB poster' I linked to was the individual that was interviewed by Nikkei Asia, and misquoted - so that makes him a very credible source to comment on the misinformation spread by Nikkei Asia. If you want to rant about the 'truth', it is critical to get your ducks in a row, throwing around derogatory terms is not supporting truth........better leave that to the politicians. On second thought, maybe I should be proud to be labeled 'EV woke' - it makes this old fart look like I am still trailblazing, instead of being stuck in the 60's when I, too, was happily tottering around in modified ICE contraptions, making loud manly sounds, sucking clean air through four-barrel carburetors and blasting lead poisoned exhaust fumes into the pristine landscape.

I jumped off the FB page of the 'EV Club Thailand' to get to this..... I hope the below link works: https://www.facebook.com/jkrisda/posts/pfbid02ECdgMSvcaqRmqRmJegGSAAvtAGTnRwWKNUunRiYXBHsTAKQu7MqcdukS2J9AhRFvl or directly to the EVAT FB page: https://www.facebook.com/EVAT2015

Nikkei Asia is jumping on the bandwagon of China EV bashing with a very low rent hit piece that is full of fake news - to wit, they claim there are 490,000 unsold Chines EVs in Thailand, which is basically forcing the Japanese car manufacturers to shut down their factories here. From Electric Vehicle Association of Thailand - EVAT: 'Been in the auto industry for over 23 years, countless interviews in the media, but never has the information been so distorted by Nikkei news. “Thailand now has 490,000 unsold EVs, according to the Electric Vehicle Association of Thailand (EVAT), equivalent to 63% of all vehicles the country turned out in the past 12 months.“ I want to clarify that the above information is not from me and the Thai Electric Motor Association สมาคมยานยนต์ไฟฟ้าไทย Electric Vehicle Association of Thailand - EVAT The number of 490,000 cars. I'm referring to the production capacity forecast of 7 electric car companies that enter EV 3.0 and it has nothing to do with the unsold electric car numbers. But NIKEI News Agency provides information that distorts reality differently. Note: Last year, Thailand registered electric cars for the whole year about 76,000 cars and electric car registrations accumulated at the end of May. 2567 around 121,000 cars. How can we have more than 490,000 electric cars stock?' https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Automobiles/Electric-vehicles/Thai-subsidies-for-Chinese-EV-makers-wreak-havoc-on-auto-sector edit: It appears Nikkei Asia just modified their original (dated July 26) and removed the 490,000 unsold EVs......... took them 2 days, their intentions seems obvious!

Kamala will win - not because she is competent or the best choice, but because her opponent is even less electable...... what a <deleted>e show we see every 4 years in the US of A.

Does anybody want to be the guinea pig for this?

If you can get one of those steep discounts that BYD offers on new 2023 Atto 3 models, you cant go wrong, that is an amazing deal. As for the battery - it should be possible to get a SOH reading done by the dealer for the specific car you select. I don't think there will be much deterioration to be expected if the car was stored at the recommended 30 - 80% SOC.

BYD, LFP battery, approx. 157k km with SOH of 91% after almost 2 years is very impressive. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/XCPSexhQrEZAMmF4/

That was not my question.......... you know that modern cars have service reminders in the OBC? That is what I was referring to - and by extension, whether BYD would via OTA change the service minder to a different interval - but never mind, you answered my question.

What does it say on the service screen in your car? I just checked my car, and the service interval is still set to 12 month or 5,000km (total of 10,000) which is coming up fast. I will check with the dealer to be sure what is actually correct.

One possible solution for the scarcity of charging point in LOS..........? Albeit, not quite fair if the protagonist is a 45 kg female....... 😇

well......well....well - OTA V1.2.1 is already coming down - the update pace is picking up 😜

Indeed - I wonder whether this on is for real...... '[].....and offer a panoramic sunroof with an electric sunshade.'

The rear view mirror was one of my early gripes - why not a frame-less mirror? Well - turns out, they are all frame-less, just takes a small tug and a twist....... looks so much better!