BYD Seal tips, tricks and help

[motdaeng]

3 minutes ago, UWEB said:

Picked up my Seal from the dealer yesterday ...

 

congratulations, an excellent choice 🎉 

 

[Andrew Dwyer]

1 hour ago, UWEB said:

Picked up my Seal from the dealer yesterday,wondering what the latest version of the Software is.Was told below shown ones is the latest up to date one.

 

Yes, i believe that is the latest system version , apparently the 2310 refers to date Oct 2023 , in AUS they recently received an OTA 2401 ( Jan 2024 ) but i don’t believe their OTA is any different to ours only released later.

 

Here’s my Software detail from March 21st, there is a difference in the Dyna version ( whatever that means! )

 

[JBChiangRai]

I suspect Dyna Version means Dynaudio.

[macahoom]

 

Does anyone think BYD will send Seal owners an over-the-air update which will improve the appearance of the graphics on the two screens?

 

We have an all-singing, all-dancing wonderful car and one of the few disappointments for me is the poor visual aesthetics of the two screens. The HUD is crisp and beautiful while the two screens are cheap and nasty looking. I thought I would get used to them but after 6 months they still look naff to me

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Does anyone else agree, or is it just me?

 

P.S. Sometimes when I mess about with holding down the scroll button to the right of the gear selector, I get a very simplified, quite beautiful version of the smaller screen. But it doesn’t stay for long and anyway, it has extremely limited information on it. 

[mistral53]

On 4/28/2024 at 8:30 AM, macahoom said:

 

Does anyone think BYD will send Seal owners an over-the-air update which will improve the appearance of the graphics on the two screens?

 

We have an all-singing, all-dancing wonderful car and one of the few disappointments for me is the poor visual aesthetics of the two screens. The HUD is crisp and beautiful while the two screens are cheap and nasty looking. I thought I would get used to them but after 6 months they still look naff to me

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Does anyone else agree, or is it just me?

 

P.S. Sometimes when I mess about with holding down the scroll button to the right of the gear selector, I get a very simplified, quite beautiful version of the smaller screen. But it doesn’t stay for long and anyway, it has extremely limited information on it. 

To be honest, I doubt BYD will change the graphics or much of the functionality of their software - it seems to me that is a department they are sorely lacking compared to other Chinese made EVs. Whoever is in charge of their software development should take his head out were the sun doesn't shine and get a look around what other companies do. There are cheaper vehicles out there that do so much better.

 

Some of the most blatant nonsense to me are:

 

On the consumption-graph page is a picture of the car taking 2/3 of the real-estate, and the useless squiggly graph is squeezed to the side without any informational value whatsoever. They obviously don't want to convey any useful information or data, they just needed another page with a stupid picture of the car.

 

There is no trip preparation and support whatsoever, I am not sure this is just a Thai version failing as I have seen YT clips of European users that had some functionality for this.

 

I suppose most users will forgive BYD for the crappy phone app - but after having used the MG app for almost 4 years with all its great functionalities, I know it does not take much to do much, much better. The one thing I have to credit BYD over MG is its responsiveness, I suppose their cloud service is much faster. And what is it with the tire pressure graphics? They could not even manage to put a Seal model in there?

 

There are two things I like on the Tesla - their software and their power train efficiency. The Tesla interior and ergonomics however are such a disaster, I could never see myself in a Tesla. So in the end, I settled for less in the BYD in those respects, and without regrets........all my bitching about their software notwithstanding: It's an awesome car with some sad shortcomings.

[macahoom]

21 minutes ago, mistral53 said:

There is no trip preparation and support whatsoever,

 

What do you mean by this?

[mistral53]

1 minute ago, macahoom said:

 

What do you mean by this?

Lets say you want to go from BKK to Krabi - how often and where do you recharge?

 

Or for that matter any trip that pushes the range boundary, the car should offer several ideal scenarios for fastest re-charge vs. travel time optimizations. To no one's surprise, Tesla is the gold standard for this, but many other cars do quite well, too. BYD offers a black hole.

 

Then there is this:  https://x.com/TaylorOgan/status/1783350198502388174

[JBChiangRai]

Last night one of my tenants asked me if his house had enough power as he was thinking of buying a BYD Seal Premium.

 

This morning I got a message from Rêver saying if I introduced someone then I would get 30,000 baht credit on the Sharge app.

 

He hasn’t gone to the dealer yet and so I introduced him. They confirmed he was not already known to them.

 

I was thinking, I may offer him my Seal Performance, I got a message on Monday from MG that they will be calling me soon for the colour combination on my Cyberster. They haven’t yet said whether they will give me price protection, I suspect they might but will ask me to sign an NDA. The longer they delay, the more I think they might.

[Andrew Dwyer]

Today Mrs D called me ( am in the U.K. for my sins ) and told me one of the local visiting cats had given birth to a litter of 4 kittens under my Seal and she is having some difficulty in removing them, worried they will make a permanent home up in the undercarriage !!

 

 

Yet more proof that Thais are favouring EV’s over ICE , choosing to ignore my neighbours MUX, Accord and Ford Ranger !!

 

I think this now resolves the debate between EV and ICE …… you’re welcome.

 

P.S. can cats carry rabies ?

[VocalNeal]

Next, you will be raising some battery hens.

 

PS The cat is an ICE fan. She did not know your BYD was not a Good Cat🤔

[Bandersnatch]

On 4/24/2024 at 8:09 AM, macahoom said:

 

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, but I always am, at the number of times I see reviewers getting things so wrong about the cars. This guy points out, at least three times, that the AWD doesn't have a frunk. It most certainly does!

 

I think he assumed this because it has two motors and therefore no room for a frunk.

 

I was going to point this out in my comment, then I noticed that he had been corrected several times.

[Bandersnatch]

Interesting video comparing the Premium and Performance Seal with the reviewer having driven both 500km back to back.

 

There is also some comments about how each car compares to the it’s equivalent Tesla (RWD and LR) but many comments are more relevant to Malaysia.

 

At 31:30 he talks about the far higher regen level in the AWD due to having 2 electric motors which I hadn’t thought about before.

 

 

[Andrew Dwyer]

6 hours ago, Bandersnatch said:

Interesting video comparing the Premium and Performance Seal with the reviewer having driven both 500km back to back.

 

There is also some comments about how each car compares to the it’s equivalent Tesla (RWD and LR) but many comments are more relevant to Malaysia.

 

At 31:30 he talks about the far higher regen level in the AWD due to having 2 electric motors which I hadn’t thought about before.

 

 

Some good points, albeit the usual comparisons with Tesla.

I have to agree that the regen levels in the Premium are very low, maybe we will get one pedal driving with an OTA ( I think MG did this ? ), having come from a car with one pedal i would welcome it.

 

One annoyance that gets me is having to actually depress the button on the door handle for it to pop out rather than just swiping your finger across or taking it one step further to have the car unlock automatically with proximity of the key in your pocket.

[mistral53]

I didn't know we had this range function - was it always there and I did not notice? or did they sneak this in with a recent map update?

 

Its not very helpful for the charging stations as there are way too few - but it is a start.

[macahoom]

On 5/6/2024 at 6:56 PM, mistral53 said:

I didn't know we had this range function - was it always there and I did not notice? or did they sneak this in with a recent map update?

 

Its not very helpful for the charging stations as there are way too few - but it is a start.

 

Sorry, I meant to reply to this earlier.

 

To answer your question: I don't bother with navigation (except when driving in foreign countries) and I don't even know what this is.

[Pib]

On 5/6/2024 at 6:56 PM, mistral53 said:

I didn't know we had this range function - was it always there and I did not notice? or did they sneak this in with a recent map update?

 

Its not very helpful for the charging stations as there are way too few - but it is a start.

I don't own a Seal but an Atto since Oct 2023 and it had the Navigation range function then and now.

[mistral53]

BYD will release an upgraded Seal in June. Which will include an improved e-platform 3.0, a brand new electric motor that is more efficient, max top speed will reach 220km/h+
New "faster" charging curve
A smaller battery due to gain in efficiency.
Interior upgrades and improvements from buyers feedback and new ADAS system.

 

source:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/349743024299496/permalink/459628963310901/

[mistral53]

From a Dolphin owner, when do we get it for the Seal?

 

drip.........drip..........drip.........at snails pace is the BYD way  😜

[Alotoftravel]

On 5/9/2024 at 9:30 PM, mistral53 said:

BYD will release an upgraded Seal in June. Which will include an improved e-platform 3.0, a brand new electric motor that is more efficient, max top speed will reach 220km/h+
New "faster" charging curve
A smaller battery due to gain in efficiency.
Interior upgrades and improvements from buyers feedback and new ADAS system.

 

source:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/349743024299496/permalink/459628963310901/

 

any idea when it will arrive in Thailand . Good to check this coupe suv first to Otto 3 smaller suv. 

[Gweiloman]

11 hours ago, mistral53 said:

From a Dolphin owner, when do we get it for the Seal?

 

drip.........drip..........drip.........at snails pace is the BYD way  😜

I don’t have it on my app yet.

[Pib]

I have an Atto....a vehicle position selection does not appear on my BYD app.  For Android the app was just updated to ver 2.0.8 on 9 May 2024 which is the version on my phone.

 

Is the screenshot of that Dolphin owner based in Thailand?  Maybe, repeat maybe, the vehicle position selection is for Dolphins in other countries...it may not be model related at all....but country location related.

[mistral53]

4 hours ago, Pib said:

I have an Atto....a vehicle position selection does not appear on my BYD app.  For Android the app was just updated to ver 2.0.8 on 9 May 2024 which is the version on my phone.

 

Is the screenshot of that Dolphin owner based in Thailand?  Maybe, repeat maybe, the vehicle position selection is for Dolphins in other countries...it may not be model related at all....but country location related.

It was posted on a Thai EV group:

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2389905174463399/permalink/7458828760904323/

 

My app version is still 2.0.6

[JBChiangRai]

My switchable 10, 16, 24, 32 amp EV Charger was dead this morning.

 

I spent a couple of hours installing the ABB one the Seal came with, quite impressed with it's flexibility, but a PITA to switch charging currents.

[Pib]

15 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

My switchable 10, 16, 24, 32 amp EV Charger was dead this morning.

 

I spent a couple of hours installing the ABB one the Seal came with, quite impressed with it's flexibility, but a PITA to switch charging currents.

Got a picture of the dead one you can post?

[macahoom]

32 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

quite impressed with it's flexibility, but a PITA to switch charging currents.

What's flexible about it?

 

And can you please explain here how you switch charging currents, unless it's too complicated?

[JBChiangRai]

1 hour ago, Pib said:

Got a picture of the dead one you can post?

 
here

[mistral53]

1 hour ago, JBChiangRai said:

My switchable 10, 16, 24, 32 amp EV Charger was dead this morning.

 

I spent a couple of hours installing the ABB one the Seal came with, quite impressed with it's flexibility, but a PITA to switch charging currents.

I sit in my office and move a slider on the app to change the charging current...... you must have hemorrhoids?  😂🤣

[JBChiangRai]

44 minutes ago, macahoom said:

What's flexible about it?

 

And can you please explain here how you switch charging currents, unless it's too complicated?

 

You can see up templates, I have different ones set up for different charging currents, but you can also set them up with schedules too.

 

You then choose configure charger and load a different template.

[JBChiangRai]

1 minute ago, mistral53 said:

I sit in my office and move a slider on the app to change the charging current...... you must have hemorrhoids?  😂🤣

Have you got a screenshot? I can’t find it on mine 

[mistral53]

15 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

Have you got a screenshot? I can’t find it on mine 

Here ya go......... that blue bar is actually a slider that allows you to select the charging current from 6 to 32A