I've been eyeing the Touring edition of the Seal 6 DM-i (https://www.byd.com/eu/hybrid-cars/seal-6-dm-i-touring), which supposedly gets up to ~1300KM on one tank. I've test driven it, feels nice and not as plasticky as I thought it would be, but I'm not entirely convinced it'll actually be able to do the distance as marketed. By any chance, have anyone already gotten it themselves and could share their experience, or know someone else who did and know more or less how far they can go?
we cant get BYD in Canada, yet. the argument of "unfair" trade practice against China, is cringy now, but crow is still better eating than stareing at an empty plate. And once in, BYD stuff will be here to stay if it lives up to it's reputation for solid no nonsense reliable transpo, plus they are saying they will build them here, which will trigger a bidding frenzy with the US "reshoring" plants and then trying to strong arm Canadians into buying strait from them, which may be backfiring as Canada is going through unprecidented changes due to the combined effects of an aging ,born in Canada population, and a huge influx of young ambitious english speaking imigrants from everywhere but England/Europe/US. Another major factor is that China has the most verticaly integrated supply chains, and everybody else is in dissaray playing games ,favorites ,deals!, deals!, deals!, and Japan cant step in as they are at capacity. That a huge, HUGE, chunk of the younger population cant own a car, and that BYD is doing deals with rental and cab companies, means that those younger people will have there first automotive fun, in a Chinese electric, and will associate the established brands with denied opportunities or worse, opression.
Tesla is cooked.
Alternative headline: European car market to be taken over by BYD in near future.
They make good cars, they deserve to sell.
But imho the king of EVs in Europe by the end of the decade are going to be Volkswagen and Stellantis.
No foreign car company really stands a chance in the European market imho (besides Toyota of course).