BYD | Dedicated Discussion | Owners / FanClub Thread

[pwuser167550015690]

Are they're slipping in their original timeline? First it was Sazgar who had to delay their plant extension and now Mega seems to be behind schedule.

[ifadey]

Mid 2026 was the original timeline which this news says as well. But I think 2027 is more realistic year for starting the factory.

[hassannabeel27]

Personally I never understood HEV or PHEV

I think PHEV really makes a lot of sense for those who can only afford a single car. If daily driving is within PHEV range (50km for MG), school trips, grocery and other small trips are all covered by EV range for daily usage. For longer journeys, can use same car for highways/motorways as people usually have higher budget when going on vacations etc.

[j_aquil]

[ifadey]

[mgalaxy3]

Launched for 2 crore …

Failure at launch!

Prime example of what and how NOT to launch a car.

[ifadey]

Agreed

[sohaibshaddy1]

BYD is completely out of place. World wide, they are known for price competitiveness and delivering a decent model. Here, it is completey opposite.

[mgalaxy3]

Wait till @ArslanNawaz comes here and starts praising how great this vehicle is no matter the price and that Chinese absolutely rule the world and that Toyota has no right to earn any profit.

[darthvader]

They did a couple of off-road tests for this car in Australia and it performed absolutely horribly.

[ifadey]

Yeah, I saw those videos. It was not able to climb despite with huge torque and power. Some YouTubers from Australia says the software is poorly programmed. The traction control blocks the power on steep hills in off-road conditions.

Whatever the reason is, it's not a good off-roader. Cool for paved roads with good fuel economy, show off and as a status symbol.

It would have been much better if they had launched Seagull to compete with Cultus and Picanto. The taxes on EVs under 50 kWh is very less, hence it could be priced competitively. Launching any PHEV until the factory gets ready is not a good idea. This will give bad rap to Mega in terms of pricing.

[pwuser167550015690]

The problem is there is no proper power and torque distribution because of their DMO AWD setup. The driveshaft is not connected to the rear wheels so all the rear wheel power comes from the rear motor which apparently isn't powerful enough despite being almost 200 hp.

GWM has a much better PHEV setup with their Hi4-T* system which just has a single motor in the transmission and connects the rear wheels with a driveshaft so it can offer three proper differential locks.

Downside vs the BYD Shark is that in the Hi4-T setup, the battery is in the trunk space so limited capacity at the back.

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*They also have a new Hi4-Z system that also uses dual motors and places the battery in the floor like the BYD Shark. I have only seen it used in the 2025 Tank 500 PHEV so far and haven't seen any reviews about it's offroad performance like CarExpert did for the BYD Shark and GWM Canon Alpha. GWM does use much more powerful motors in their Hi4-Z system compared to BYD though so it might have just enough power at the rear despite being disconnected from the engine.

[pwuser167550015690]

Though looking at that price from BYD, I get the feeling that the GWM Canon Alpha is going to be close to PKR 30,000,000 then if not higher.

[darthvader]

These companies were supposed to free us from the shackles of Toyota, Honda and Suzuki. The only thing they've done is make all 3 of them better value cars.

[sohaibshaddy1]

that actually feels so true now especially BYD is run by a completely greedy group. Idk who is doing their market research.
They are competing let's say against Hilux, DMax, JAC in this category. Hilux being the king, will hardly feel any impact with such an expensive truck, zero to none aftersales, no spare parts, poor performance at higher range but with only upside of cosmetic features.

[pwuser150504674948]

while looks are subjective but this Shark 6 looks hideous.

I dont why Chinese are so obsessed with putting their big ugly brand names, especially at the front. Also if you see the fonts they have no styling. For e.g in Haval H6 the fonts of the monograms looks cheap.
These small things matter a lot.

[darthvader]

Typography, whether it's physical monograms or in software, has always been hideous in China. That being said Haval is one of the better ones in this regard.

[mgalaxy3]

Idk how they announced this price with a straight face.

The person announcing must be thinking I’m going to get lots of gaaliyan.. but gotta do it as I’m getting paid for it.

They had a golden chance to make a fine market for themselves especially after launching Atto 3 at an OK price. It had a decent reception.

They ruined everything. Made a joke out of BYD.

[sohaibshaddy1]

They are selling an electric car without an electric charger for 3.5lacs while all others are offering 7kW free even those who are selling PHEVs. Pakistan will be the only country where BYD will fail

[mgalaxy3]

Initially they were doing this clever tricky stuff of limited time offer free 7kw charger.

Now they are charging for it?

That’s absurd. Why sell sell EVs if you can’t give a half decent charger for it.