Video Summary
- The BYD Seal Lion 7 comes in three versions: Design, Comfort, and Excellence.- The Comfort version is rear-wheel drive and has an 82.5-kilowatt-hour battery.
- The Design version is all-wheel drive but also has an 82.5-kilowatt-hour battery.
- The Excellence version, the top of the range, has all-wheel drive and a larger 91.3-kilowatt-hour battery.
- The batteries are LFP type.
- BYD claims a battery lifespan of 1.2 million kilometers for the battery in this car.
- The car has a 5-star Euro NCAP rating.
- There is bigger charging power in DC (230kW) than the LFP from Tesla. AC is 11kW.
- Horsepower is 523 hp and Newton meters is 690.
- Acceleration to 100 km/h is 4.5 seconds.
- Range on the car is 502 kilometers combined and 615 kilometers in the city.
- The battery passed penetration tests so it is not inflammable.
- It has wireless charging with cooling on a soft sueded type material.
- The steering is manually adjustable and this car also have head up display (HUD).
- Also having keyless entry which makes the door handles pop out of the body of the car.
- There is a glass panoramic roof, but not openable.
- The seats are heated and ventilated and, good quality.
- Visibility in the back is small. It is better in Tesla, but there is a 360 degree camera to make up for the restricted viewing area.
- It is priced similarly to Tesla.
- In Germany, testing is available through Autohaus Reiss.
- Overall the car has a very premium look and feel.
