Exactly a year to the day it was first shown in the country, the BYD Seal has been previewed again, going on display at the BYD 1st Anniversary: Beyond Dreams Celebration event at Bukit Kiara Indoor Arena this weekend. This time, however, the showcase is very much a precursor to the EV’s market debut in Malaysia, with the car slated to make its market debut sometime in the first quarter of 2024.
Designed as a premium segment competitor that will take the fight to cars like the BMW i4 and the Tesla Model 3, the Seal is a four-door coupe-styled sedan with a sloping roofline and short rear deck. Measuring in at 4,800 mm long, 1,875 mm wide and 1,460 mm tall, with a 2,920 mm-long wheelbase, it is built on the automaker’s e-platform 3.0, which also underpins the Atto 3 and Dolphin EVs.
Unlike its siblings, the Seal uses an 800V electrical architecture platform like higher-end EVs such as the Porsche Taycan and Audi e-tron GT. In terms of variants, three are expected for Malaysia, mirroring that seen in nearby markets such as Singapore, Thailand and Australia, where the Seal has already gone on sale.
The base version will be the Dynamic Standard Range rear-wheel drive, which features a single electric motor offering 201 hp (204 PS or 150 kW) and 310 Nm of torque, which gets the car to 100 km/h from standstill in 7.5 seconds. A 61.4 kWh Blade lithium-iron phospate (LFP) battery offers up to 460 km of travel (WLTP cycle )on a single charge.
Sitting in the middle is the Premium Extended Range, which also has a single-motor rear-wheel drive configuration, but with a higher output and battery capacity. Here, the electric motor dishes out 308 hp (313 PS or 230 kW) and 360 Nm, with a higher capacity 82.5 kWh LFP battery providing the car with up to 570 km of range.
The range-topping variant is the Performance AWD. As its suffix suggests, it has a dual-motor powertrain with a 215 hp/310 Nm front motor being added on to the 308 hp/360 Nm rear unit to offer it a total output of 523 hp (530 PS or 390 kW) and 670 Nm. It has the same 82.5 kWh battery seen on the Premium ER, although the bump in performance means that its effective range is lower, with a quoted 520 km of WLTP-rated travel on a single charge.
In terms of charging, the Seal in its base Dynamic form supports AC Type 2 charging at up to 7 kW – with 8.6 hours to get the battery charged from 0-100% – and DC charging (CCS2) at up to 110 kW. Both the Premium ER and Performance AWD also feature 7 kw AC Type 2 charging, with a 0-100% charging time of 15.2 hours, but the DC charging capability on both is uprated to 150 kW, with 37 minutes needed to get the battery from a 10 to 80% state of charge (SoC)
The right-hand drive preview unit is shod with 19-inch wheels, which are wrapped with 235/45 profile Continental EcoContact 6 Q rubbers, and the absence of Performance-specific badging on the rear suggests it to be a Premium ER variant. The Dynamic SR rides on 18-inch units and 225/50 tyres. Incidentally, the unit was locked, so the photos of the interior you see here were snapped from outside the car.
Final pricing for the BYD Seal hasn’t been indicated, but sales advisors at the event have suggested that estimated pricing of the EV will start from around RM180k for the Dynamic, with the Premium ER expected to be priced at around RM200k, and the Performance, in the region of RM220k. What do you think? Can the Seal take the fight to the Tesla Model 3 Highland here?
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Bole isi minyak kuning 95 & Naik genting? Klau ok , bole amek 1
Isi diesel jual kat siam kan lagi baik
Better than Tesla
Every ringgit sent to china = 1 bullet for communist invasion
If you really think China desperately needs the money from selling cars to equip its miltary, that says a lot about your level of general knowledge
What are you? An American ignoramus? Get an education. Don’t embarrass yourself like this.
Manyak mahal lo
Was hoping for a lower price since if compared to Tesla, lots more will probably choose the Tesla for the cool factor. It’s like choosing between iPhone vs. S22 Ultra or something.
if dont price below tesla model 3 really can say bye bye anjing laut
China vs USA
(Like) BYD Seal
(Dislike) Tesla Model 3
Sayam Dabi, with those estimated prices BYD would literally Bring You Death
How come all these EVs nvr indicate car weight.
You nvr ask fatty their weight. It’s a taboo
ROTI CANAI, go work harder la. If you miskin not everyone is like you la. SEAL and TESLA is different league la. Model 3 is like Camry but BYD seal is like Lexus. Mana boleh cheaper? You make me laugh la.Orang buta tengok specs and feel the finish also tahu already. Go work harder la. Lol
yea if i am orang buta sitting at rear seats touch cushion je seal memang terbagus than model 3. At least i dont need to drive it and look at the cringe taste dashboard design
Remember when you buy your anjing laut please paid 50k above list price since you worked harder kan?
How do you forced there to sell price above tesla mo3?
What’s so great about Tesla? Overrated – used to be priced to the moon until BYD came along.
Tesla vehicle controls all using the single center monitor – no complain, any other brand, complain to the moon. Fit and finish like budget cars. Tesla is anew brand – no one ask if got spare parts, when Proton launch new model? Very one sided view – reminds me of iPhone fans – every thing is amazing and brilliant even when its not.
Tesla is overated just like iphone boleh show off
BYD china brand mcm Xiaomi
15.2 hours home charging and priced similar to M3? Missed opportunity president xi. I was waiting for you to undercut me.
Dude, does your country PM decide the pricing of your national car?
Heil Xi!
Lesser range and power than Model 3?
Top up sikit get Tesla model 3, but the drawback is you have to pay extra if want other than white.
This is much cheaper compared to model 3 outside. Come here and the price is the same. Lol
Siapa mau bayar komisen salesman & dealer?
Bmw and tesla have the brand desirability and aspiration. You’d buy a china brand car for one reason only.. its cheap. But that is not the case for this seal.. so would be interesting to see who would be the first owner
Xiaomi is a good phone and so is iPhone. Guess which phone owner is gonna bring the girl home?
A Huawei
Same price with model 3 with zero infrastructure on charging location, no over-the-air software update. Its a win for model 3.
Like: Ioniq 5/EV6 800V: 11KW AC, 350KW DC (18mins)
Dislike : Seal 800V: 7KW AC, 150KW DC (37mins)
but seriously, why does the Seal 800V architecture charge so slow? so basically they can put it in a brochure/spec sheet and deceive those who don’t know better?
Geng boikot x bijak mana pun. Ikut sebarangan je. Herd mentality mcm lembu liar lepak tepi jalan
Owned an Atto3 , buying a BYD is because cheaper than Tesla . Overall is ok just that the most annoyed is the Level 2 autopilot was really cannot compared to Tesla . Tesla collect all data to Ai & keep update your Tesla and become more intelligent. As BYD I don’t have hope with the firmware upgrades , it even getting worst after upgrades . My V2L no longer working
Say my name
my experience, atto 3 is just an ok car, nothing great; it was just the cheapest option back then.
after just 2 weeks my screen area started rattling (dealer can’t find the issue as usual) so now i have to just live with it, i can’t find the issue either…press here and there also still rattle.
don’t talk about autopilot…BYD’s lane keep assist is super aggressive and sensitive…keeps beeping and grabs the steering wheel very suddenly in situations that are perfectly safe. my other car is a HR-V and the honda sensing is much smoother.
did they ever find a solution for your V2l?
my Atto3 V2L also stopped working and no fix until now
we really need lemon law here…my Atto3 has a rattle/buzzing sound on the dashboard about 1 month into ownership and they can’t resolve it. so annoying.
If got peraturan limau here, protong long dead don’t even have chance to get into a marriage with geli and produce their progee lemon childs
wonder why the dislike ratio is so high to a seemingly legit owner review
Communist cyber troopers at work
Yet another disposable oversized consumer electronic. After a few years, just dispose it in an EV graveyard and get a good old ICE car.
yeah .. buying EV just like buy smartphone after battery degraded can throw
This is what we call Syiok Sendiri’. RIP!
anjing dah mari
Anjing laut bro bukan sebarang anjing
It is always good to have more EV to come into our market. I believe there gonna have people bash that BYD Seal should price below Model 3 in order to survive. As long as the price of Seal is not far from Model 3 I think it is still gonna have good demand. Seal is more premium in cabin area compare to Model 3 who is minimalism.
BYD and Tesla being the 2 top EV brands in the world are competing each other in Msia now. Seriously how other carmakers who lack behind can penetrate into Msia market.
You’re right but the steering wheel design tho….
you sound like those seeders from china where people pay a bunch to write reviews/comments in forums and app stores -_-
wait a sec…800V architecture with 150KW DC charging sounds like a scam. I can already imagine BYD putting “800V Architecture” in an advertising blurb to make it seem like a big deal when in reality it charges the same or slower than current 400V platforms.
Hyundai’s E-GMP 800V platform takes 350KW DC and even Porsche’s 800V will do 225KW DC.
heck Tesla’s 400V platform accepts 250KW DC
BYD Seal: 82.5kWh Battery = 570km (Extended Range)
Hyundai IQ6: 77.4kWh Battery = 614km (Extended Range)
Tesla M3: 78.1kWh Battery = 629km (Long Range)
is it just me or does it seem like BYD’s motors aren’t as efficient as their competitors? no wonder there are doubts of their future – US$12bil selloff / 12-year low in share prices says a lot.
refinement isn’t a strong suit for China so, that’s not surprising.
i’m not a fan of Tesla’s design by any means, i think the interior looks basic rather than minimalist like what the Scandinavians have succeeded in achieving.
but looking at this Seal, i’d take the Model 3 any day…there’s just too much going on with all the swooping lines. it’s like the designer didn’t know when to stop drawing and now it’s overdone.
Uncle, do you know the similarity of chintzy and Chinese?
is the Seal an ugly car? no.
is it an iconic design? also no.
it just looks samey and easily missable; much like tesla; just looks normal. not ugly, not iconic.
interior wise, tesla is indeed very kosong and the byd sits on the extreme opposite. in both cases, buyers may gravitate to it at first, but after looking at it everyday, one will start to feel too empty and the other will look like it’s trying too hard.
neither cars have a good balance in my opinion, but it’s just my opinion and everyone can have their own.
not at that price…like it or not, brands from China are not aspirational brands.
this means it’s fine if it’s cheap but if they start pricing stuff to match / exceed western competitors, most buyers won’t choose the China brand.
If Xiaomi sells a flagship phone at the same price as Samsung S23 Ultra / iPhone 15 Pro, safe to say most buyers will choose Samsung/iPong.
China’s image has always been synonymous with value/cheap – not aspirational/luxury. it may change overtime, but not in our lifetime.
Jenama tongsan utk kami geng boikot jenama barat. Tp masih karat pakai android, iPhone, Google, wasap, fb. Bunyi je kuat cakap x serupa bikin
yg nak boikot jenama barat tu – skrg sapot jenama tongsan? dah lupa ke kisah Cina dengan golongan Uyghur tu?
so korang nak boikot siapa lagi lepas ni? proton je lah…oops.
Boleh explore guna kapal padang pasir aka unta. Xyah caj letrik, xyah tembak minyak, xyah servis. Minom air pun kurang, makan rumput kering je. Cuma penunggang taliPAS masih belum convert sebab sayang sgt kat mesilis, vellfire, Alphard dorang
this is precisely what i always say..
are flagship xiaomi phones bad? no…but if they sold it at the same price as an S23 Ultra / 15 Pro, almost nobody would want the xiaomi.
there’s a reason why the economy has “branded goods” because it carries value when all else is equal.
at this price, who will buy such a ridiculously named car when Model 3 Highland is cheaper and more powderful.
haiy…some more i thought there will be competition. turns out i can sleep peacefully and continue tweeting.
Nama haiwan laut, ada yg nama kucing baik kucing jahat
TM3 has better acceleration power than Seal. If priced like that how to win new customers
Kita target geng boikot barat & sapoter kumunis je
I think one of the disadvantages of the BYD Seal is its ADAS software. Some reviews in China mentioned that the ADAS software is not so solid so that car tends to wonder left and right if the lane keeping feature is engaged. I wonder if the software has been upgraded. The Tesla Model 3 is quite bare inside but the best thing about Tesla car is its software. It has very good ADAS system, very good energy management system and good data management and rase of use of the software features.
Like how a real seal is sluggish on land?
are those people still alive for pointing out flaws in the pride of the great nation?
I put my money in table the starting price will be below 180k.peice war between bye and Tesla is not new, and byd is leading by undercutting selling ng price at least 10%
Interesting! )
We had both highland model 3 and the seal here in Thailand, the seal is better even if priced the same
don’t remind me…i was convinced to into buying BYD shares cos ppl say they gonna be big – i lost so much money from this stupid company.
buy tesla shares also not so bad.
How many people actually record them taking delivery of BYD compared to Tesla. How many auto journalist actually buying BYD compared to Tesla. The fact is Tesla means prestige and to be seen. This is why people are recording their journey their Teala deliveries and not BYD or Great Wall Ora.
that’s because Chinese brands are not aspirational brands…not just cars, across all consumer products.
publicising your purchase basically says you couldn’t afford something more aspirational /desirable in the market – hence most ppl don’t.
those who do publicise it probably bought it as a “toy” car / second car / just for fun / for the missus, and your main car is something more reputable…then you’re saying “i’m well off enough to own something proper AND just buying this BYD for fun.”
the inconvenient truth is that buying a BYD means you wanted to get in the EV game but that’s all you could afford because everything else is too expensive – it’s just the reality of the world.
whether people want to admit it or not, Chinese brands are not “first choice” brands…you think i didn’t want BMW i / Mercedes EQ / Ioniq 5 / EV6 / Tesla? all so expensive cannot afford.
everyone waiting for jepunis to get in the game to sell mass market EV but they so slow. when H or T start selling EVs at the price of BYDs – you think China still has chance? based on brand favourability right now, i don’t think so.
EV at 180k
to install charger at home-how much?
charging how much?
charger how many klowatss??
journalists are not reporting this….!!!
from the beginning development EV ni is memang for upper income group. bukannya malaysia jea…america and europe all mature markets with a lot more EV tapi semua upper income group. skrg dealer diorg tak dapat jual sbb yg mampu beli semua dah beli dah – most of the population stick to kereta biasa je lah.
yg xde duit sekadar tengok je..continue to drive ICE je la…memang xde chance. Dolphin RM100K – kalau duduk condo yg ada charging bay still kena share ramai-ramai, mahal lagi tu kWh rate tu.
europe pon banyak orang duduk apartment/flat…kereta parking kat tepi jalan je mana boleh charge?
xpelah – at least some can afford tukar EV, kurang sikit ekzos and noise pollution, baik jugak untuk semua. rasanye abang grab ikut belakang EV lagi best vs. kereta2 yg berasap hitam tu.
call me a badge snob, at least i’m not a hypocrite. the people here saying how BYD is the better bet are just keyboard warriors who can’t remotely afford one.
All the BYD fanboys…if you had to take out RM220K of your own money right now. would you really buy a Seal (or any Chinese brand) over a Model 3? Please la, badge appeal is a real thing – you tell people you drive a Seal (you’re probably cringing a bit inside yourself) vs telling someone you bought a Model 3; the feeling is different.
Pom pang Pom pang tin kosong mcm yes nak beli tapi loan bezza or saga pun tak lepas
if you tell me BYDnambawan over Tesla at the same price and you wear Nikes/Adidas/Puma or any other brand besides Li Ning or Anta then your comment is invalid.
it looks like BYD is paying people to downvote any comment in huge numbers that disses BYD over here.
you’d think it sounds ridiculous but i worked in a Chinese-backed eWallet company before and you’d be surprised what else they’d be willing to do.
well, china’s solution to many things is just shoving money at it…bad reviews? let’s pay a bunch of micro seeders to give fake positive comments.
remember Vivo’s launch campaign into Malaysia with all those cliché fake Malaysian names giving good testimonials? like they found the most generic local names possible and gave really google-translate sounding reviews.
BYD Seal ni antara produk BYD yang paling terbaik dan dicalonkan dalam top 6 Euro Car of the Year 2023. kalau nak laris kena jual 15%-25% bawah Tesla dalam RM155-RM160 ribu cantik lah.
Tu la kannnn
All the BYD salespeople came in to mass downvote all the early comments… Paul Tan editorial please do something about this.
Same thing happen whenever there’s an article on progee. Dorang punya salesmen xde sales lapang sgt masuk PT pulun dislike x ingat mak bapak
Yeah? Toyota has announce their interest to joint with BYD to produce ev car so if you like a Byd with a Toyota badge then it’s definitely coming
What ev u drive bro? The germans? The american?
No… the chinese (park belakang kedai jauh2)
I wish to know more about BYD Dolphins,what’s your opinion? TQ
Lebih baik beli the new Alza. Murah dan lagi convienient. Tak payah teruk2 nak charge berjam2. Isi jer minyak bole bawak sampai perlis. Lagipon lepas register dekat PADU bole dapat minyak murah. So apa ada hal. Beli kereta mahal2 mati tinggal jugak…
sked later i buy this x5 phev owner ask me why i buy china car huhuhu