For 30 years, BYD has been driving innovation and redefining the future of electric mobility. To celebrate this milestone we're giving back to our customers with an electrifying anniversary offer.
From 13 - 15 March, purchase a new or demo BYD model and receive:
1 year of FREE public DC charging on Chargefox*.*available on models delivered before May 31 2025, excluding SEALION 7.
and that's exactly why it's excluded. They don't need an incentive to push SL7 sales; Elon has already done that for them.
Shark is selling through the roof and its included though
Free DC charging is not particularly compelling on a PHEV.
Not exactly going to cost them much offering free DC charging on a hybrid with a 100km range battery…
When are you going to stop wanking to his image?
@1st-Amendment: God I'm suffering 2nd hand embarrassment just reading this imagine being the one who wrote it
Says the guy who goes around scoping Oz bargain for opportunities to say something about freedom and trump.
Can you actually test drive one yet though? Or just buy sight unseen
Yeah for a few weeks now at Parramatta. Looks like there’s enough demand that they haven’t felt the need to update the website to say it’s available now for test drive lol
DC Charging is capped at 330kWh limit within the 1 year subscription term
Worth what $200 at most?
Hardly a deal..
I have driven my car, did about 1k in a month and a half - that's already 150 kWh. Might last about 3 or 4 months of charging then. Definitely not a reason to jump into the deal, unless you were buying a BYD anyway. Except they can always choose to deliver the car the day after the offer. and then you don't get the offer.
I have a seal, it's awesome. It takes about ~120kWh Sydney to Gold Coast. Around town in Sydney, a 70kWh charge would cost ~$45 and give 450-500km range.
Are you asking for the distance from Sydney to Gold Coast? He said it took 120kWh of charge.
@1st-Amendment: I think they said around town to denote city driving as opposed to highway driving for 'mileage' purposes.
Chargefox (which operates most of the regional charging stations in SA) stations are the same rate regardless of metro or regional.
stations are the same rate regardless of metro or regional.
Well this is the problem with public charging, you never really know.
I looked into it to do a calculation of expected costs and couldn't find any reliable info anywhere. Every charging company has different ways of doing it, different apps, different time of day charging, different rates depending if you are a member or not etc. The user experience is overly complicated
Even looking at the Plugshare app which was recommended as the best source for this, even there many users report chargers not working or no longer available or the don't list the fees. It's a terrible experience for an industry trying to get everyone to buy into it.
I looked at a seal on car sales, dash cluster looks quite chinese to me like a dodgy android head unit you’d buy 10 years ago haha
How do you find it overall? I really don’t want a Tesla but imo from pictures the BYD UI looks so sub par
it works fine… go test drive one photo's don't do it.
what does 'looking chinese' even mean? does it have slanted eyes? it's literally a screen that all EVs have nowadays
@May4th: To me it means thin times new roman font and super basic. What I meant to say was many years back I bought a couple of car head units on eBay or AliExpress
They had terrible looking UI which was nearly embarrassing, with spelling mistakes etc.
I know this wouldn’t have spelling mistakes but this looks similar
The UI does look a bit dated, but its very easy to read and use when driving. Its not full of huge lists and small text. There has been some software updates which have improved the useability of the UI, but the theme and style is certainly not like the minimalist look that you find on Tesla or Polestar. I own a Seal and it was a bit of a turn off, but once you drive one and use one daily, its not even an issue.
Purely cost based comparison, corolla hybrid full tank costs $60 and gives 900+ km range. Are you saying seal, being an EV could be more expensive? All the more reason to stay with corolla.
Well a Seal is a full size sedan for one so not really comparable to a Corolla, more like Camry.
And yes a Corolla Hybrid would be cheaper if you're charging DC and going on a lot of freeways etc.
But if you can charge at home EV is cheaper.
@dasher86: Thanks for that. Even a Camry Hybrid would make more sense cost wise if you charge DC. I love electric cars and longing for one, but still can't justify as I'm very much cost and longevity focused (Toyota has never given me any trouble for last 15 years, nil repair cost, minimal servicing and reliability at its best, icing on the cake is the resale value as I've never had any trouble selling the car - sometimes at profit). I am just too worried whether I'll regret my decision financially if I buy an EV. It's either enjoy EV and forget about financial aspects or enjoy savings and forget about EV fun 😊 (for an Ozbargainer, it's hard to ignore savings you know…!)
Could also be the cap of the charging speed, just that they have expressed it as KWh rather than KW (typo). 330 KW sounds like the maximum output rather than total limit for the year.
kW reflects the rate of electricity you use, and kWh indicates the amount of electricity - According to google.
Don't even think there are charge fox chargers that do 330kw speeds anyway
They go upto 350kw, that's why its plausible they have a cap of 330kw.
Even for moderate use, you'd reach the cap in about 5 recharges, just thinking it's too small.
It wouldn't make sense with the tag line either, which says a year on us, unless they only expect people to drive a few thousand kms.
@Pcoder: Yep you are right my bad misread your comment too, never seen any ultra charges in my state by charge fox but they are out there.
Who knows it would be a odd thing to limit
There are 4 art RAC in West Perth.
I like your optimism but highly doubt that. It'd be odd to restrict charging speeds to a very specific 330kW, especially when Chargefox only goes up to 350kW anyway. Not to mention this is an electric car company, who of all people would be accurate in differentiating between kWh and kW.
Even if only worth $200… it’s free, can’t see why getting a neg on a freebie
Due to the misleading nature of calling it "a year free charges" vs 330kwh of free charging. It's a bait and switch type of headline that doesn't match most people's yearly usage and therefore somewhat dishonest. That's why people are negging.
and rightly so
they are intentionally misleading people, it's despicable
negs completely warranted
Wow, that is so misleading. It is like selling an ICE car saying free fuel for a year and the small print saying maximum fill up 6 times…
I think it's the speed, not the actual usage.
are you interested in bridge real estate?
The Chinese brands should start building some chargers so they can sell their new battery EVs with 10mins charge time.
Bans. EU and US don't approve.
Your shirts, pants, undies may made in China…
But they are not Chinese brands hence approved.
The Chinese brands should start building some chargers
Not cost effective. The public charging business model is terrible hence why there's hardly any of them, and this will continue to be a problem.
Most public charging is too cheap and too slow. So it competes too much with home charging.
Public charging should be able rapid charging only, and cost 3 to 4 times as much.
Most public charging is too cheap and too slow.
You mean too expensive and too slow? The one charger I found near me that advertises prices is 75c/kWh which is nuts.
Public charging should be able rapid charging only, and cost 3 to 4 times as much.
And this is the problem, in order to get a charging infrastructure that is quick and convenient like existing fossil fuels it will ending costing way more. So why bother?
it's so dishonest
advertising this as a "years free charging" is just despicable
does/did tesla advertise the 5k bonus as a years free charging?
No. But 5000km is also dishonest. because its only 750kW
330kWh BYD "Year free charging" compared to 750kW no time limit charging is a BIG DIFFERENCE. Both bad but ones way worse
750kw isn't likely to mean anything to a prospective buyer, where as 5000km is relatable
honestly, i can't see how tesla is being dishonest - unless of course 5000km of conservative driving isn't likely with 750kWh?
Not a good deal.
Can't support the CCP unfortunately.
Wait, I've forgotten the current theme.
Trump is a POS and the Chinese government is a POS.
What’s so hard to understand?
How did Taiwan supported by US lose to CCP back then? I thought CCP was very poor and behind at the time.
How did Taiwan supported by US lose to CCP back then?
Lose what?
I thought CCP was very poor and behind at the time.
They were.
Quick history lesson:
Prior to the commie revolution, China was called Republic of China (RoC) which included Taiwan. When the Commies defeated the Mainland ROC in 1940's, Taiwan maintained itself as the unconquered ROC not under CCP control. China never had a functioning navy at that time hence why they couldn't get to Taiwan to invade.
So ROC is original China, which Taiwan still identifies as, and PRC is CCP China.
Fast forward to 1979 and Jimmy 'worst President ever' Carter did the most dog act ever formally recognising Taiwan as part of PRC. This green lit the CCP to declare free and democratic Taiwanese people as serfs to the CCP. This is one of the many reasons Carter is so not well liked in the US ( that and trashing the economy and abandoning US hostages in Iran - oh wait that sounds familiar).
Jimmy 'worst President ever' Carter did the most dog act ever formally recognising Taiwan as part of PRC
No he didn’t. He recognised the PRC as the rulers of China and unrecognised the ROC. Carter signed the Taiwan Relations Act later that year on the relationship with Taiwan.
The ROC can’t be recognised by the US because they claim to still run all of China. The situation is specifically worded as a compromise to both Taiwan and China.
The US has never recognised that Taiwan is part of China. They acknowledged that is China’s position though.
This green lit the CCP to declare free and democratic Taiwanese people as serfs to the CCP
lol, maybe go google who was leading Taiwan at the time.
@bcYield: Relationship: It's Complicated
At which point? During the Chinese civil war which mostly overlapped the great depression and WWII? The US was busy at the time. Post WW2? The Kuomintang (the government that lost the Chinese civil war and fled to Taiwan) didn't have much of an army to support, it would have been the US invading China. And considering how well Korea and Vietnam went over the next few decades, I highly doubt the US would have won a war against China very easily, as Russia would have done a lot more than just send weapons. It would have kicked off WW3 pretty quickly.
The US has been supporting them militarily for decades, but only in terms of defence. An attack on the Chinese mainland would have been impossible.
Also "PRC (Taiwan)" doesn't exist. Do you mean ROC (Taiwan)?
Did US support PRC (Taiwan) militarily?
Support what?
They should have won if so.
Won what?
PRC said they taking over Taiwan and Jimmy carter agreed. You don't need a war when you agree on things
No he didn’t. He recognised the PRC as the rulers of China and unrecognised the ROC.
Oh dear. Time to roll out a quote from the man himself:
"The Government of the United States of America acknowledges the Chinese position that there is but one China and Taiwan is part of China"
-Jimmy Carter 1978
The US has never recognised that Taiwan is part of China. They acknowledged that is China’s position though.
The mental gymnastics on display here is amazing. I give you a perfect 10…
Here's another quote just so you're sure:
"The United States of America recognizes the Government of the People’s Republic of China as the sole legal Government of China."
-Jimmy Carter 1978
I know this place is littered with CCP bots, but you have to try harder than that.
@1st-Amendment: And here's the full quote
The United States of America recognizes the Government of the People’s Republic of China as the sole legal Government of China. Within this context, the people of the United States will maintain cultural, commercial, and other unofficial relations with the people of Taiwan.
The US specifically chose the word "acknowledged" instead of "recognised". The Chinese pushed for the US to use the word recognised at the time.
It's not mental gymnastics, it's history. Go learn some of it instead of just cropping down quotes. It turns out diplomacy is difficult and needs to be taken within context.
How about you respond to the rest of my post too, instead of chipping out the bits you feel you can spin to your narrative?
Carter signed the Taiwan Relations Act later that year on the relationship with Taiwan.
The ROC can’t be recognised by the US because they claim to still run all of China. The situation is specifically worded as a compromise to both Taiwan and China.
I'm not going to continue to play your game of dumbing it down as far as possible. If you want to argue the point, argue the whole point in the context of the diplomacy at the time against the full speech made. Otherwise, you can just continue reveling in your ignorance.
I know this place is littered with CCP bots, but you have to try harder than that.
Bots are getting pretty sophisticated these days, it seems. Besides, I'm a CCP bot because I'm defending a US president now? How do you feel about what happened during the Reagan years where they completely abandoned the premise of a sovereign Taiwan and promised to reduce arm sales with the intent of basically handing it to China?
At least it’s not Elons Swasticar hurrr durrr /s
the blue haired nazis are very upset with you
Seems that many believe paying for charging for my new BYD instead of getting it for free for a little while is a better deal. Alright champs
Seems that many believe paying for charging for my new BYD instead of getting it for free for a little while is a better deal.
Or, maybe by quantifying the size of the deal in cash terms will help inform potential buyers to determine whether you're better of taking a small benefit now, or a likely larger in a month when the prices get cut yet again.
It's a brave person that gambles with depreciation of EV's in this market. Knowledge is power:
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/search/node/byd
It's pretty simple. If someone is buying one during the timeframe regardless what is better? Getting the free charging capped at 330kWh or paying for it instead. I know what I'd choose……..
If someone is buying one during the timeframe regardless what is better?
If as someone above already said, that this deal is worth $200 but then next month BYD cut prices $2000, you're better off waiting for that deal aren't you?
It's pretty simple. If someone is buying one during the timeframe regardless what is better? Getting the free charging capped at 330kWh or paying for it instead. I know what I'd choose……..
If you buying one to uber, it would be wise to jump on this deal. The savings over a year would be worth it
Uber will use this up within a week
they are clearly misrepresenting this promo
they aren't offering a years free charging
they are giving you a $200 discount on a 40k car
big (profanity) deal
It's not going to keep me up at night.
like when an abused partner stays in the relationship
I free charge to your electric washing machine. LMAO
Crap - just placed an order on a seal…
Buy another and forego the deposit?
Getting mine through a novated lease so it's a bit of extra work dealing with the company. I've sent them (byd automotive) an email to see if they can include my order (or if it is included if I pay for it in that date range).
Its not going to save you much, not even $200 i wouldn't cancel an order over it :)
@freeb1e4me: I'm meaning this deal, has a value of under $200, not worth trying to place a new order just to get this free charging deal etc.
@freeb1e4me: It'll be $200 or about 1500-1900km worth of electricity. Not ground breaking really. It's like throwing a free granny charger. Those deals that include a 7kw charger would be better since you can sell them for more than $200
@adrian2093: Charge fox chargers in my area are either free 7kw shopping mall ones or 50kw ones not near anything so you'd just sit in the car or have a petrol station snack
Going interstate you mainly use tesla/bp/eevie.
Being on a novated lease aswell things can get pretty annoying when you have to make changes, I wouldn't loose sleep if you can't get this.
Out of interest, which novated lease company are you using and what interest rate did you negotiate?
Max 7kw AC charging ……… that in itself should be a deal breaker
Excludes the Sealion 7, this would have been great for it.