BYD Seagull / Dolphin Mini - The Affordable EV We've All Been Waiting For

A review of the BYD Seagull / Dolphin Mini, the best affordable EV on Earth.

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All the hype in 2023 has been about the BYD Seagull, or Dolphin Mini depending on where you live, and whether it will be the car to bring affordable, no compromises, small electric motoring to the masses. As it turns out, it absolutely should do. An incredibly joyful car, packed full of character and grown-up car features, and so affordable you might just be able to find the cash down the back of your sofa. This tiny little car is going to be HUGE and could just be the best Chinese car of all.

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[drakeplus]

Cheap and good car is what we need. Forget what our leaders are telling us about the Chinese cars. We loved it and we can afford it. Thank you BYD!

[richardmcdonald]

This size of EV is currently what is missing from manufactures offerings. Bring it to the UK for £15-18k and it would be a huge hit.

[PanTheHermit]

I would buy that in a heartbeat, perfect for nipping around the city, BYD has a few models in Australia now, so fingers crossed. great video. Thank you

[ubiratamuniz]

The Seagull is expected to be the first sub-100k BRL (about USD 20k) EV in Brazil, and very likely will be manufactured in the new BYD plant in the state of Bahia (formerly the Ford plant). BYD already have batteries/solar panels and bus factories in Brazil.

Can´t wait for it to get here.

[petersimms]

Shame the British tax payer is funding Jaguar £500 million to build £150, 000 cars for the wealthy instead of a car like this ! For the people 😢

[no_clot_shot]

BYD is definatelly one of the bestselling few EVs seen on Thai roads. Haven't seen this model here yet though. Neta is the most popular budget EV here so far. Eventhough it doesn't look a full size car. Nice video as always. 👍

[harrybartlett]

Great car for the price, sad bit is dealers in the UK will probably inflate the price too high.

[catmandoodoo]

If that was on offer here in the U.K. for £10k I’d honestly be ordering two. We’ve been waiting for a car like this to replace our family hack and my commuting car.

[princeobasi]

This car is honestly impressive. Shocking! Great review, keep up the good work.

[MetrH]

This car is coming to Brazil very soon and I'm excited to see how it will shake things up in our domestic car market (which is filled with expensive and underequipped cars from legacy automakers).

[Sam_BS_Electric]

This has overtaken Tesla model Y in China, won't be long until this is the worlds best selling EV, just a matter of time for BYD to keep ramping up.

[iScoopyPal]

Great review. The engineering team is doing an excellent job. Only China can offer such value in a car. This price range is affordable. A few years ago, a Toyota Camry cost about $8000.00 out of the factory, but by the time the consumer paid for the car, it was about $22000 in the US. The middleman layer is really killing it. The next challenge is to disrupt the buying process such as direct orders from the factory. China will have enough volume and can do it.

[petersimms]

Perfect economy car! Looks better than any legacy small car ! 😊😊😊

[humblehouse]

Thanks for an unbiased, professional and balanced review that is useful and informative.

[Tekkenmover]

I love that little thing, it reminds me of the Hyundai I10 from 2016, love that Hyundai, . And damn I have been wanting another car like it, but the small cars barely sells at the moment. But a electric small city car or a second car for a family, that thing is impressive, specially with a real range from 300 km.

[Henryzword]

I hope this comes to the uk at a reasonable price. I would snap it up in a heartbeat

[brucekennedy]

Looks fantastic. Kinda like an electric Aygo. It’s just hard to get excited here in the UK when we see the price double or more by the time it gets here.

[NingJZhuo]

They want the price more affordable, but lady Von don't allow it.

[colddiesel]

Import duties and VAT will kill it in Europe.

[snich]

Very comprehensive review - thanks! Apparently the front end of the BYD Dolphin had to be reengineered for export, presumably to meet international crash standards (the export cars have a slightly longer nose). Hopefully the Seagull was engineered for export from the ground up.