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Oh hi, car software updates. Long time no see.
Not right now though, eh? I'm trying to run some errands.
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Range anxiety? Yeah, nah.
This was mostly intentional. It is recommended, every now and then, to run the battery down to under 10% and then charge to 100% in one go. This gives the battery management system an opportunity to recalibrate its state of charge measurements, ensuring it will give accurate percent remaining readings.
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If you read the first sentence of that and are thinking, "hang on, do BYD Seals come with a dashcam or not?" the answer is they do come with one. In China.
To avoid potential privacy concerns BYD leave out the dashcam camera module when assembling export Seals, but the missing modules are readily available from AliExpress, etc., for about $100. I just had to buy one, pop open the windscreen electronics housing, click the camera into place, plug in the cable that was already there, and stick a microSD card in the slot below the centre console.
The video isn't great, it only records from a single camera, and only when the car is turned on (no "sentry mode" here), but it's cheaper and less faff than getting a 3rd party dashcam wired up.
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I finally remembered that our Seal has the OEM dashcam installed, so there would be video of our wallaby encounters between Tenterfield and Glen Innes during our drive back to Sydney from Brisbane. They hadn't been overwritten yet so I was able to grab the relevant bits.
The video quality is pretty rubbish but it's better than nothing, and the data overlay is neat.
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Home again. Our road trip from Sydney to Brisbane totalled 2616.9 km over 17 days. I noticed that the media were running their "long queues at EV chargers" stories again over the Easter long weekend so I'll just note that during our entire trip we had to wait for a charger a total of once, for 15 minutes. Most of the times I charged the car ours was the only car charging.
Today's drive from Glen Innes to Sydney went smoothly. We drove to Armidale where we charged and had an early lunch (including, for me, a massive coffee), then drove Thunderbolt's Way through Gloucester to Raymond Terrace where we topped up the car again and had dinner. After that it was just a boring drive down the Pacific Motorway to Sydney.
Minor rant again about the stupid Tesla chargers. Tesla took government subsidies to build these chargers and in exchange had to open them to non-Tesla cars, but they still insisted on placing the chargers between parking bays. The cables are just long enough to stretch across to the other side of the bay for cars that have their charging port on the other side but the main problem is that Tesla makes no effort to make it clear which charger is supposed to be used from which bay. No signage, no markings on the ground, you're just supposed to know. Consequently a lot of drivers of non-Tesla cars who either don't know or don't care just plug in whichever charger is nearest to their car's charging port, and if they use the wrong side then they effectively occupy two spaces. I saw two cars doing this today.
Tesla should put the chargers in the middle of the bay so the cable can easily reach either side and it's obvious which charger goes with which bay, but failing that they could at least put up some signs.
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So far so good. Charged at our favourite AmpCharge before leaving Brisbane, topped up at the awkward wrong-side chargers in Tenterfield, and made it to our motel in Glen Innes in time to go get a chicken parmi at the Railway Tavern.
In hindsight it would have been good to leave Brisbane about an hour earlier so that we'd have arrived in Glen Innes well before sunset. As it was we ended up driving the last half an hour or so during dusk and had several close encounters with wallabies between Tenterfield and Glen Innes. Nothing requiring full on emergency braking fortunately, but at one point we did have to quickly stop due to a group of 3 wallabies just standing in the middle of the road in front of us.
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The drive back to Sydney begins tomorrow. About 1000 km with an overnight stop in a motel in Glen Innes.
We could potentially save about 25 minutes by going back via Gloucester instead of Tamworth. There's some nice scenic bits that way, but more demanding driving and fewer good places to take a break. I'll see how I feel on the day.
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These chargers at Ampol North Lakes are a good design. Long cables with hinged support arms, which means that despite the charger being positioned between the two parking bays you can use either side, park either way around, and still reach your charging port regardless of which of the four corners of your car it's located on.
They're 160 kW chargers which is no longer cutting edge, but our car can only handle a max of 150 kW anyway so that's a non-issue for me.
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The journey to Brisbane was completed in accordance with the plan. Charged in Tamworth while having breakfast and in Tenterfield while having lunch, and made a couple of other quick stops for driver swaps and toilet breaks.
Tenterfield was the only time we had to wait for a charger, fortunately just for 15 minutes. Tesla's lopsided charger designs are awkward for non-Teslas that have their charging ports on the correct side of the car, but fortunately the cable was just long enough to reach across.
Tesla cars were very much in the minority at these chargers while we were there, a reflection of the fact that there are no other good ones nearby. There are NMRA chargers in Tenterfield and Glen Innes, and a Chargefox in Stanthorpe, but they are all single chargers with max charging rates of only 50 kW for the NRMA chargers and 75 kW for the Chargefox. By contrast the 4 Tesla chargers in Tenterfield are nominally capable of up to 250 kW if your car is too.
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Today's plan: charge in Tamworth before we leave, charge again at the halfway point in Tenterfield, then push on to Brisbane. It's 620 km, which will take an estimated 8 1/2 hours including just over an hour of charging time. We'll have breakfast and lunch during our charging stops so it's not just wasted time.
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Road trip underway! We're taking our BYD Seal from Sydney to Brisbane via the New England Highway, with an overnight stop in a motel in Tamworth.
One recharge at Cameron Park on the way which we probably could have skipped, but since we wanted to stop to grab a quick bite to eat for dinner anyway I did take the opportunity to top up.
That's just under 400 km driven, tomorrow we'll do the remaining 700 km.
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Finally the sun has come out while the car is at home so I can top up for (almost) free using our solar power.
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Back at the BYD service centre in Mascot to get the clock spring replaced (under warranty).
When I arrived my car joined a herd of blue Seals, all checking in. Quite a coincidence since the Seal is not BYD's best selling car, and blue is the least common colour. In fact they even dropped blue from the list of paint options available in Australia with the 2025 refresh of the Seal. You can only buy a monochrome one now.
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Well, the routine service is done, but they haven't fixed the electrical faults.
The clock spring is buggered, which means no electrical connection to the stuff in the steering wheel. Driver's airbag won't work, cruise control can't be used, steering wheel buttons for camera display, media playback, calls, etc. won't work.
BYD service centres don't stock spare parts for warranty repairs. They have to diagnose the fault first, ask BYD for permission to order the required bits, wait for approval, then order the parts, wait for them to come in, then schedule the work to install them.
Such is the customer "service" model of modern automakers, obsessed with supply chain efficiency. We'll see how long this takes, but it's probably going to be several weeks.
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10/10, no notes.
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SoyaCincau Awards 2025: Best EVs and CPOs of the Year #bydatto2 #bydseal #bydseal6 #cars #chargepointoperator #cpo #dchandal #denzad9 #electricvehicles #electricvehiclesmalaysia #ev #featured #gentari #protonemas5 #protonemas7 #soyacincauawards #soyacincauawards2025 #teslamodel3longrangerwd #teslamodely #tnbelectron #transport #xpengx9 #zeekr009 #zeekr7x
https://soyacincau.com/2026/01/02/soyacincau-awards-2025-best-ev-cpo/
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BOMBA: Two parked EVs involved in recent house fire were not charging #bomba #bombadamansaea #bydseal #ev #evfire #news #xpengg6
https://soyacincau.com/2025/12/27/bomba-two-evs-involved-in-recent-house-fire-were-not-charging/
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BYD offers free EV Charging on 1st January 2026 at selected showrooms #byd #bydatto2 #bydatto3 #bydm6 #bydmalaysia #bydseal #bydseal6 #bydsealion7 #ev #evcharger #freecharging #news
https://soyacincau.com/2025/12/26/byd-cars-malaysia-free-ev-charging-1-january-2026/
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BOMBA investigating fire involving two EVs parked at home #bomba #bombadamansara #bydseal #ev #evfires #featured #news #xpengg6
https://soyacincau.com/2025/12/19/bomba-investigate-ev-fire-damansara-home-car-porch/
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RE: https://aus.social/@spacelizard/111593468170505537
Oh, seems that we've had our car for two years now. I still think it's great, and certainly have no regrets about going electric.
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Grab Malaysia offers rebates of up to RM25,000 on BYD electric vehicles #byd #bydatto2 #bydatto3ultra #bydm6 #bydmalaysia #bydseal #bydseal6ev #bydsealion7 #bydsimemotors #cars #electricvehicles #electricvehiclesmalaysia #ev #grab #grabev #grabmalaysia #news
https://soyacincau.com/2025/10/08/grab-malaysia-byd-ev-rebates-rm-25k/
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Malaysia’s EV registrations nearly doubled YoY in August 2025, now 4.4% of TIV #byd #bydatto2 #bydatto3 #bydm6 #bydseal #bydsealion7 #electricvehicle #ev #evregistrations #jpj #leapmotorc10 #mercedesbenzeqe #news #proton #protonemas7 #tesla #teslamodel3 #teslamodely
https://soyacincau.com/2025/09/11/malaysia-jpj-ev-registration-august-2025/
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BYD Qin L EV coming soon to Malaysia: Will it be renamed to Seal 6? #byd #bydmalaysia #bydqinlev #bydseal #bydseal6 #bydseal6ev #bydsimedarbymotors #bydsimemotors #cars #electricvehicles #electricvehiclesmalaysia #ev #news
https://soyacincau.com/2025/09/11/byd-qin-l-ev-malaysia-coming-soon-seal-6-ev/
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2025 BYD Seal launched in Malaysia: Dynamic variant dropped, Premium from RM172k #byd #bydmalaysia #bydseal #bydsealdynamic #bydsealmalaysia #bydsimedarbybeyondauto #cars #electricvehicles #electricvehiclesmalaysia #ev #featured #news #simedarbybeyondauto #simedarbymotors #simedarbymotorsmalaysia #transport
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Still the best looking electric sedan available in Australia, IMO.
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2025 BYD Seal launching in Malaysia this Friday, 22 August #2025bydseal #byd #bydmalaysia #bydseal #bydsealdynamic #bydsealmalaysia #cars #electricvehicles #electricvehiclesmalaysia #ev #featured #news #simedarbymotorsmalaysia #transport
https://soyacincau.com/2025/08/20/2025-byd-seal-launching-in-malaysia-this-friday-22-august/
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Updated 2025 BYD Seal teased for Malaysia: New wheels, DiSus-C adaptive suspension, electric sunshade #byd #bydmalaysia #bydseal #bydsealdynamic #bydsealmalaysia #bydsimedarbybeyondauto #cars #electricvehicles #electricvehiclesmalaysia #ev #featured #news #simedarbybeyondauto #simedarbymotors #simedarbymotorsmalaysia #transport
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Yes, car. Whatever you say, car.
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Deal: BJAK 8.8 Offers RM500,000 Prizes for Signing Up for a Free Insurance Quote #autoinsurance #bjak #bjakroadtax #byd #bydseal #carinsurance #carinsurancerenewal #giveaway #misc #sponsored
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The software updates for our car continue to be rather unusual by software update standards.
1. They're infrequent.
2. They come with a changelog more informative than "bug fixes and performance improvements"
3. They each noticeably improve the user experience.There were a couple of updates pushed out in early 2024 that tweaked the active safety systems to eliminate false positives and other annoyances, added multi-finger touchscreen features for AC control, etc. This is the first over the air update in about a year, and it brings a lot of UI improvements. And Zoom, for some reason.
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Back home for 24 hours and it was time to pull the cover off the car. When it went under the cover the battery was showing as 44% charged, after 6 weeks it said 43%. There was a bit of a stale smell in the cabin, but that disappeared after a few minutes with the windows down.
Driving our car again does confirm that overall I do prefer it over the Mercedes EQE 350+ rental car that we had in the UK. The Merc was a nice car but being a base model from a premium brand meant it was missing a lot of quality of life features that came as standard with our BYD, such as the 360° camera system, HUD, and adaptive cruise control. I also missed the open feel that comes with our car's glass roof, and the absence of a frunk in the Merc was odd and unhelpful. Personally I think our Seal is a more stylish looking design, too. The one thing I will miss from the Merc is the speed limiter function. I really liked that in our old Hyundai i30 too, and I wish our Seal had it.
#ElectricCar #EV #ElectricHireCar #EVhire #EVrental #BYD #BYDseal #Mercedes #MercedesEQE
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https://www.evshift.com/281335/chinas-tesla-killer-byd-is-taking-over-the-electric-car-market/ China’s Tesla Killer: BYD Is TAKING OVER the Electric Car Market #BYD #BYDBeatsTesla #BydSeal #car #CarNews #carwow #chargedrive #CheapChinaCar #china #Chinas #ELECTRIC #ElectricCar #ElectricCars #ElectricVehicle #ElectricVehicles #EV #Killer #Market #NewCarLaunch #ScottyKilmer #Tesla #TeslaCybertruck #TeslaModel2 #TeslaModel3 #TeslaRoadster #USA