@@edwardlaw797 nah this one about US$30k. But still...$30k for a sedan that does 0-60 in 3.8secs

No they didn't.

Thanks mate! The background music is 'Like That' by Tobias Bergson

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@@mrossco Don't know is yet. I've been in a shark and it didn't have the dash cam Port. But people have pointed out in some of the promo videos that it did have the dash cam port. So don't know what we're going to get in the end. And even if it does have the dash cam Port, there's no guarantee that it's going to have the blue data cable that connects to it. A lot of recent BYDs have been coming out without the blue data cable, if it doesn't have it, it's going to be a pain to fit.

@@unclezeppy well they have beaten VW in China. VW was the highest selling brand in China for 15 years, BYD has taken their top spot in China for the first time this year.

For Context, at that price bracket that gets you a sub-compact like a Toyota Vios.

Also, the BYD Seal 5 DM-i is also known as the Destroyer 5 back in its homeland, BYD Chazor in Central Asia, and the BYD King in Latin America.

@@Claro1993 yes I watched the launch for it! I'm actually working on a video for it as we speak!

You can't turn it off permanently, you have to turn it off everytime you turn on the car.

Thanks so much!

@@joseukken8136 thank you for the kind words 🙏 No this is a different vehicle. The Sealion 6 is 5 seat SUV. The BYD eMax 7 is known as the BYD M6 in other Asian markets, but it is not sold here in Australia.

It's a catch 22 situation. Every party in these situations is going to act in their own best interests and that includes the likes of insurers/lawyers. Someone is going to win out in the end and its either going to you and/or one of the other parties. I agree that using your own insurer will likely be the least stressful option, but the issue I have with using my own insurer is that I don't believe they are acting in my interests over their own. This is particularly the case if the other party in the incident happens to be insured/underwritten by the same insurer. If this the case is your own insurer going to want to charge themselves to get a proper fix done? Or will they do the minimum required to achieve a lawful outcome? Having the repairer deal with the other parties insurer and dictating to them what it needed, or using a 3rd Party Recovery gives you some control in having your own interests met to a certain extent.

@@BeYonD-EV I don't agree with your implications that there are winners and losers in each claim. If you think your insurer is not looking after your interests then I suggest you may be with the wrong insurer. Each repair should be judged on its merits regardless of whether you are claiming directly or as a third party. In fact a claimant going through their own insurance is likely to be treated better if anything, as they have a contract in place with the insurer and possibly loyalty to the brand. In the old days it was common for third party claimants to not be given the benefit of the doubt for questionable damage, once again because there is no loyalty to take into account. This is probably less likely now as any authorised repair should get a lifetime warranty regardless of whether you are the insured or not. In regards to the repairer dealing with the insurer, the process is typically identical for the major insurers. The estimation, assessment and repair process typically follow the same steps. Third party recovery services add no real value anymore, their need goes back to the days when insurers only provided hire cars if you were insured with them and had taken the policy option. Now insurers generally offer not at fault hire cars for both insured and third parties as well as the option for unlimited hire car rental. The need for these services is now redundant and only result in increasing the overall cost of claims which comes back as higher premiums for everybody.

@@glennjv01 I'm interested to know too but I myself know little in the subject (aside from the numbers). EV Fire Safe would be the best source of material and data on it though.

Complex heavy and combine the worst attributes of both technologies is why.

If you bud is visiting authorized body shop then of course there belot of car. But doesnt it need to wait for month? Yes but rare. You need to have prerrty substiantial damage to cause panel replacement. Otherwise the body shop will bang everything back straight, body filler it and repaint the area and call it, just like other cars. Even if you are waiting for Parts, they will let you get the car back while waiting for the part. Unless you get a loaner. And the cost of the loaner is covered by insurance or manufacture. Some rare part does need months to allocate. The ABS unit on my JK wrangler took me 6 month to get. And the Stalantis has very good part network in Canada, but still take 6 months to get it. For the 6 month, I was driving that 2 tons hunk of metal without ABS. It is not a BYD or new manufacture probelm, it is common problem for Parts that dont get replaced often. I just dont see why people make such a fuss on it.

That is what I did when my Seal was hit in February. Gave my insurance company all the detail and they sorted it out.

@@AverageBruneian Sheen panel service said parts could come in 2 days or it could come in 2 months, really depends on the part. They did have about 20 odd BYDs sitting inside the facility, a few getting worked on, and I assume the rest are waiting on parts. Did you have to leave the car with them? And did they give you a hire car?

@@BeYonD-EV they let me take my car home since the part is not coming any time soon 😂

Sounds concerning to me, that they have that many BYD EVs sitting and waiting for parts. Seems like a bit of a red light to me.

@@JoeyBlogs007 It's somewhat expected considering we are talking about a maker that's only been in Australia for 3 years. But I could be wrong, might not have been waiting parts, could just be waiting to get worked on. They also had a lot of BYD parts on the shelf ready to go but only 3 cars being worked on. So could just be lack of workspace/staff

It's those LED matrix tail lights...sends you into a trance 😵‍💫

If it got accessed, repaired and finished in a week this would be one video. But it won't. Viewers time was one of the top considerations I made when posting this video. This is why it is the shortest video I have uploaded to the channel...because I know that it will take more the one video to completely cover it.

Viewers can decide whether to watch or not 🤷‍♂

@@BeYonD-EV Its your channel and you can do it as you wish. Viewers will watch or not as they wish. I will try and pick up what happens because I am interested. You clearly have done a lot of work on the topic, so your thoughts are definitely welcome to me at least. All I was suggesting is get the details together (i.e. get it fixed) and them present the process, your experience etc. in a single video. You don't have to do that, just my suggestion. Maybe, to make up for lost content opportunities, you can do a regular update in your up coming videos? I don't know, I was just being honest about how it occurred to me. Maybe such comments are not welcome - no problem, I am happy to be quiet. I'll still follow the videos regardless.

@@MiniLuv-1984 no please do leave comments and suggestions. I've said it before, I take all suggestions on board. The intent for this video was to start a mini series where I will post short update videos about the repair as they occur. Doing it this way will provide a true time line of events as they happen.

@@BeYonD-EV I might yet eat my words then...:)

No I don't, never really got into it.

I was screaming it in my mind 😫

I had a walk through the Sheen in Cheltenham and they had about 20 BYD's there and a heaps of BYD parts around but I think they were allocated to vehicles. It def came across they knew what they are doing when it comes to BYD repairs.

@@BeYonD-EV Did they give you an estimated time frame for repairs?

@@BrandonHermanto-so7ll They said it depends on the part. Some parts could take 2 days, some 2 months. They couldn't give me an estimate until they get the go ahead from insurance that they can commence repairs so then they will take a good look and figure out exactly what needs to be done. I will get a hire car through and it will be an EV, not sure what EV though.

Got any evidence of that happening outside of China? Like any at all? Or are you just talking about the vids from China Insider and Serpanza who are completely bias towards their opinion of anything from China? I have driven close to 20,000km in a BYD Seal that I own. I have posted many videos of my car and my opinions of it. I have pulled panels off it, seen it from the inside and out. I know how it works and how well it is built. How many km have you, Serpanza and the faceless guys that run China Insider driven? Between me, you and the xenophobic YT creators who just repost unsubstansiated zero context vids and then post their own opinion over it....who is the one that is gullible and actually lacking credibility here?

BYD also have SUVs based on this platform I think. That should work better I think. There’s this super rich Chinese car reviewer called ”DCar” or something that they did a high temperature gravel road test in Chinese desert. Hard to understand because it’s all Chinese but man it’s very comprehensive!

DCARSTUDIO

@@ramroddrone5449 It has a mmWave sensor, but no Lidar

@@adswu2008 I own one and have driven nearly 20,000km in it. It is the highest quality car I have personally owned, not one issue with it.

@BeYonD-EV you clearly didn't own very good cars then

@@adswu2008 and you've clearly never owned a BYD Seal 😁 Go take a used one for a test drive. I honestly think you'll be genuinely surprised by the build and ride quality.