The French site Frandroid scores the Sealion 7 6/10 after a 1,600 km test, under the headline that it does not recommend the car “for the moment”. The criticisms are worth reading here because two of them are software, not metal.
Affected#
Sealion 7 owners and buyers in Europe. This is one outlet’s editorial verdict, not a technical bulletin — nothing about your car changed.
Confirmed#
What the review credits: presentation, cabin space, long-distance comfort, and a generous equipment list.
What it holds against the car:
- Winter consumption too high
- Erratic charging sessions
- A limited route planner — noted as “soon to be improved”
- An average boot
The specifications on the same page, for reference: 91.3 kWh Cell-to-Body pack on the 3.0 evo platform, up to 502 km WLTP, 800 V charging with a 230 kW peak and 10–80% in 25 minutes, 0–100 km/h in 4.5 s, 215 km/h. Listed from €46,990, with partner offers on the page quoted lower.
Unconfirmed#
- “Soon to be improved.” No OTA release we have documented names a route-planner improvement. Our OTA section tracks the bulletins as BYD’s importer publishes them; nothing to date matches this claim.
- Whether the charging behaviour is a fault or a characteristic. “Erratic” is one tester’s experience across one car and one climate. We have not measured charging sessions ourselves, and a single review is a lead, not evidence.
- Which head-unit version was tested. The review does not state one, so none of this can be attributed to a specific software build.
The planner criticism is the reason Sealion 7 Pilot exists — our own app, and a disclosure you should weigh when reading us on this subject.