BYD Sealion 7

[Tankee531]

Flash charging will remain a gimmick for some time until there are sufficient mass of flash chargers around the island (and Malaysia). 

Unless you are so lucky to be near a flash charger in your routine routes.  

[steveting99]

On 7/22/2026 at 7:14 PM, Tankee531 said:

Flash charging will remain a gimmick for some time until there are sufficient mass of flash chargers around the island (and Malaysia). 

Unless you are so lucky to be near a flash charger in your routine routes.  

Think fleet operators, buses, commercial vehicles, taxi uncles and PHVers would disagree with you on this. 

The ability to re-charge from 10% to 70% in five minutes means it's just as good as going to a petrol station. More time on the road to earn revenue and less time off the road makes economic sense. 

Even some private ride owners can see ultra fast charging that's just as fast as filling up at a petrol station as a worth while feature. Ultra fast charging is going to be the future of BEVs, particularly for those who do not have a landed property and home charge. 

There are around 109k taxi uncles and PHVers on the roads of Singapore as at May 2026. That's a little over 1 on 6 rides on the roads today.

Edited Friday at 12:43 AM by steveting99
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[parkson]

He’s referring the actual implementation of flash chargers. It sounds great but there’s little indication BYD is going to implement it in SEA markets, nor do they have any incentive to do so. Car sales is all they care about.

It does seem like a gimmick for owners here in SEA for the near future.

[steveting99]

On 7/24/2026 at 9:53 AM, parkson said:

He’s referring the actual implementation of flash chargers. It sounds great but there’s little indication BYD is going to implement it in SEA markets, nor do they have any incentive to do so. Car sales is all they care about.

It does seem like a gimmick for owners here in SEA for the near future.

BYD plans to roll out 1,000 flash chargers across the Asia - Pacific region according to CN EV Post article here: https://cnevpost.com/2026/07/15/byd-overhauls-overseas-brand-structure/. Overseas sales is what's holding up BYD and they need to roll out key differentiating features that's going to make them stand out from the rest of the crowd. Blade Battery 2.0 and flash charging are those key differentiating features. 

For the Asia Pacific region, BYD's basic plan is to install the 1,500kW flash chargers in the Denza show rooms first. Then expand out to other BYD show rooms second. Finally to the outside areas. This makes marketing sense as priority goes to the high end Denza models that's going to have the next generation of the Blade batteries that will take advantage of the flash charging capabilities. I.e. Denza Z9GT and D9. It will draw the early adopters who are interested and curious on what the fuss is all about and drive sales.

Right Hand Drive (RHD) markets of Oz and Kiwi land are following this strategy based on Electrive article here: https://www.electrive.com/2026/05/04/byd-to-establish-flash-charging-stations-in-australia-and-new-zealand/

Flash chargers across the causeway is happening this year according to Soyachincau article here: https://soyacincau.com/2026/06/25/byd-malaysia-deploy-fast-charge-1500kw-ev-charging-stations-denza-showrooms/

Would expect Singapore to follow suite in 2026. 

 

Edited Friday at 03:33 AM by steveting99
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[Lethalstrike]

On 4/22/2026 at 8:28 AM, Tkseah said:

To me it is not really a good thing that BYD does all these in-house.  It's like using in-house sound system instead of using established brands like Sony etc.. In-house may be decent, but may not be as well tuned as those by industry specialists.  Maybe that's why we read of feedback that handling and suspension may not be as good as some competitors.

Give double-wishbone front and multi-link rear, all aluminium suspension got what use what the tuning has no finesse to it? 

I rode in a stock SL7 which I find is tuned too soft for my preference, and it has that strange double rebound over humps which does induce a little bit of car sickness. For a SUV which isn't exactly a lightweight, they really need to spend more development time to fine tune the ride/handling aspects of it properly. Throwing in more screens, fridges and massage seats are good selling points, but ultimately they must not forgot they are in the business of building cars. 

[Ake109]

On 7/24/2026 at 11:43 AM, Lethalstrike said:

Give double-wishbone front and multi-link rear, all aluminium suspension got what use what the tuning has no finesse to it? 

I rode in a stock SL7 which I find is tuned too soft for my preference, and it has that strange double rebound over humps which does induce a little bit of car sickness. For a SUV which isn't exactly a lightweight, they really need to spend more development time to fine tune the ride/handling aspects of it properly. Throwing in more screens, fridges and massage seats are good selling points, but ultimately they must not forgot they are in the business of building cars. 

Yes. Thats why I coilover by half year mark.

I think a good steel torsion beam also can beat the damn stock crap if do properly.

Smlj 100k engineers. Cannot hire a dozen from Ohlins or Lotus meh.

 

Edited Friday at 08:11 AM by Ake109

[Ake109]

On 4/22/2026 at 8:28 AM, Tkseah said:

To me it is not really a good thing that BYD does all these in-house.  It's like using in-house sound system instead of using established brands like Sony etc.. In-house may be decent, but may not be as well tuned as those by industry specialists.  Maybe that's why we read of feedback that handling and suspension may not be as good as some competitors.

Probably the A team busy making sure Yangwang doesnt flip at 500kph and team E did the Sealion....

[Koster]

On 7/24/2026 at 4:05 PM, Ake109 said:

Yes. Thats why I coilover by half year mark.

I think a good steel torsion beam also can beat the damn stock crap if do properly.

Smlj 100k engineers. Cannot hire a dozen from Ohlins or Lotus meh.

 

Maybe china market prefers soft suspension 

[Mkl22]

On 7/24/2026 at 4:05 PM, Ake109 said:

Yes. Thats why I coilover by half year mark.

I think a good steel torsion beam also can beat the damn stock crap if do properly.

Smlj 100k engineers. Cannot hire a dozen from Ohlins or Lotus meh.

 

Tiong kok kia do not have a long history of building vehicles and their pursuit of perfection isn’t there. Will take a long time