BYD Seal tips, tricks and help

[motdaeng]

yesterday, i took my first long round trip (468 km) in the electric car byd sealion 7 (sl 7). it was a completely new driving experience ... gliding almost silently, without vibrations, almost like floating or flying. the ride was extremely comfortable and enjoyable ... loved it!

 

at first, i thought it was a pity there was no one-pedal drive. but on a hilly and winding route (two-lane with oncoming traffic), the "high" regeneration mode was more than enough. unlike the cars ahead of me, which lit up their brake lights before every curve, i barely needed to use the brake pedal at all. this made driving even more fun and relaxing!

 

although i already knew charging on the way wouldn’t be necessary (driving in eco mode without hammering it), we made two short test charging stops (ptt ev station pluz / pea). once again, no issues and completely stress-free!

 

with every trip, i try or discover new settings. i’m taking my time to test everything and find out which ones i prefer. overall, driving this car is incredibly fun, even in eco mode ... 

[carlyai]

35 minutes ago, motdaeng said:

yesterday, i took my first long round trip (468 km) in the electric car byd sealion 7 (sl 7). it was a completely new driving experience ... gliding almost silently, without vibrations, almost like floating or flying. the ride was extremely comfortable and enjoyable ... loved it!

 

at first, i thought it was a pity there was no one-pedal drive. but on a hilly and winding route (two-lane with oncoming traffic), the "high" regeneration mode was more than enough. unlike the cars ahead of me, which lit up their brake lights before every curve, i barely needed to use the brake pedal at all. this made driving even more fun and relaxing!

 

although i already knew charging on the way wouldn’t be necessary (driving in eco mode without hammering it), we made two short test charging stops (ptt ev station pluz / pea). once again, no issues and completely stress-free!

 

with every trip, i try or discover new settings. i’m taking my time to test everything and find out which ones i prefer. overall, driving this car is incredibly fun, even in eco mode ... 

Great.

Wifey picks up ours on the 19th. Unfortunately I won't be back until 6th March.

She's off to see the BYD Mukdahan salesman as he rang asking for another B20000 to ensure we still want delivery before they get it sent from Bangkok.

Salesman said the vehicle cost price is the same. Bit strange, but if the price we agreed on when I paid the deposit is the same, I think no worries.

Will be interesting to see on the 19th if she's told about driving in the ECO mode initially.

 

[Andrew Dwyer]

12 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

The SIM card is tucked away somewhere in the car, so far has been in a different place for each car ( Atto, Dolphin, Seal etc ) in the Seal is in the bottom of the centre armrest storage area, maybe for Sealion 7 also ?

It will give you some services, Navigation, Spotify and Gbox etc ( Gbox is an app from which you can add other apps like YouTube, Google Maps, Netflix and BYD App etc).

 

This is obviously wrong and the BYD App is downloaded onto your phone.

[motdaeng]

1 hour ago, carlyai said:

Great.

Wifey picks up ours on the 19th. Unfortunately I won't be back until 6th March.

She's off to see the BYD Mukdahan salesman as he rang asking for another B20000 to ensure we still want delivery before they get it sent from Bangkok.

Salesman said the vehicle cost price is the same. Bit strange, but if the price we agreed on when I paid the deposit is the same, I think no worries.

Will be interesting to see on the 19th if she's told about driving in the ECO mode initially.

 

 

i wouldn't worry too much about the additional 20k deposit (byd mukdahan may have had some bad experiences already). it will be deducted from the total end price along with the 10k deposit you already paid. at my dealership, the total price can be paid via bank app or cashier's check.

 

the handover of the car, along with all the information from the salesperson, was overwhelming for my wife. she wouldn’t feel confident enough to drive the new car home alone. maybe postponing the handover until your return is worth considering, so you can get all the important information directly from the byd dealer.

 

glad it worked out for you to get the byd sealion 7 ... 

[Gweiloman]

2 hours ago, motdaeng said:

yesterday, i took my first long round trip (468 km) in the electric car byd sealion 7 (sl 7). it was a completely new driving experience ... gliding almost silently, without vibrations, almost like floating or flying. the ride was extremely comfortable and enjoyable ... loved it!

 

at first, i thought it was a pity there was no one-pedal drive. but on a hilly and winding route (two-lane with oncoming traffic), the "high" regeneration mode was more than enough. unlike the cars ahead of me, which lit up their brake lights before every curve, i barely needed to use the brake pedal at all. this made driving even more fun and relaxing!

 

although i already knew charging on the way wouldn’t be necessary (driving in eco mode without hammering it), we made two short test charging stops (ptt ev station pluz / pea). once again, no issues and completely stress-free!

 

with every trip, i try or discover new settings. i’m taking my time to test everything and find out which ones i prefer. overall, driving this car is incredibly fun, even in eco mode ... 

Now you understand first hand why some of us wax lyrical about EV ownership. There will be some bumps and potholes along the way but the overall experience is heads and shoulders above owning and driving an ICEV.

[Pib]

13 hours ago, Gweiloman said:

... above owning and driving an ICEV.

Since you mentioned ICEV today the wife and I in our BYD Atto are a few cars behind a large ICEV truck where we were making a U-turn.  The ICEV truck was blowing exhaust smoke pretty bad and I expected the my BYD infotainment system PM2.5 detector to display around 300 to 400 as up until the today the highest it had displayed was approx 425 when driving behind another ICEV truck blowing black smoke on an open road.

 

But today since the U-turn was partially under a bridge and also having some high embankments when exiting the U-turn the truck's exhaust was kinda trapped/concentrated and the Atto's PM2.5 indicator reached approx 925 (yes, nine hundred twenty five) for a few seconds before falling back to around 40 over the next 20 seconds or so once the truck was on the open road and several hundred meters ahead of us.   

 

Due to the Atto's PM2.5 filtering system the PM2.5 indication on the "inside" of the car only reached 9 (when it was 925 outside behind the truck) before falling back to around 5 to 7 as the truck got further away from us.     

 

Yeap, saw a PM2.5 reading of 925 today for a few seconds behind that smoke-blowing truck that definitely needed some engine repair.

[carlyai]

7 hours ago, Pib said:

Since you mentioned ICEV today the wife and I in our BYD Atto are a few cars behind a large ICEV truck where we were making a U-turn.  The ICEV truck was blowing exhaust smoke pretty bad and I expected the my BYD infotainment system PM2.5 detector to display around 300 to 400 as up until the today the highest it had displayed was approx 425 when driving behind another ICEV truck blowing black smoke on an open road.

 

But today since the U-turn was partially under a bridge and also having some high embankments when exiting the U-turn the truck's exhaust was kinda trapped/concentrated and the Atto's PM2.5 indicator reached approx 925 (yes, nine hundred twenty five) for a few seconds before falling back to around 40 over the next 20 seconds or so once the truck was on the open road and several hundred meters ahead of us.   

 

Due to the Atto's PM2.5 filtering system the PM2.5 indication on the "inside" of the car only reached 9 (when it was 925 outside behind the truck) before falling back to around 5 to 7 as the truck got further away from us.     

 

Yeap, saw a PM2.5 reading of 925 today for a few seconds behind that smoke-blowing truck that definitely needed some engine repair.

A long time ago the Japanese bought up an easy way to reduce the pollution from those black smoke blowing trucks in Bangkok. All trucks should have their exhaust pipes vertical, like ending above the cab instead of horizontal to the ground. This was not going to solve, but reduce the problem.

They also did extensive studies with a fully automated traffic light system, instead of a few police pushing buttons.

Non of their extensive research findings were implemented.

 

 

[mistral53]

On 2/11/2025 at 5:37 AM, motdaeng said:

yesterday, i took my first long round trip (468 km) in the electric car byd sealion 7 (sl 7). it was a completely new driving experience ... gliding almost silently, without vibrations, almost like floating or flying. the ride was extremely comfortable and enjoyable ... loved it!

 

at first, i thought it was a pity there was no one-pedal drive. but on a hilly and winding route (two-lane with oncoming traffic), the "high" regeneration mode was more than enough. unlike the cars ahead of me, which lit up their brake lights before every curve, i barely needed to use the brake pedal at all. this made driving even more fun and relaxing!

 

although i already knew charging on the way wouldn’t be necessary (driving in eco mode without hammering it), we made two short test charging stops (ptt ev station pluz / pea). once again, no issues and completely stress-free!

 

with every trip, i try or discover new settings. i’m taking my time to test everything and find out which ones i prefer. overall, driving this car is incredibly fun, even in eco mode ... 

 

You might be surprised how often your car's brake lights come on, not stepping on the brake pedal notwithstanding.

 

There is an algo I never figured out how it works, suffice to say that at high decl from regen braking, the brake lights do come on if certain conditions are met. You can check it at night, drive e.g. 75 km/h and step off the accelerator, the brake lights will light up. Its obvious a safety feature to keep other cars from rear ending yours.