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BYD Sealion 7 and snowy roads

Opposite-Ad4335 | 2026-01-11 20:03 | 33 views

Good day! Could you share your experience with how the BYD Sealion 7 handles snowy roads? I’m specifically interested in the AWD version. I know the BYD Sealion 7 features the iTAC system. Even though BYD hasn’t released much official info on it, ChatGPT suggests it’s quite impressive and performs better than standard traction control systems.

Comments (11)
Serswed 2026-01-11 20:08

Probably best thing on BYD cars is snow mode and generaly how it handle snowy roads.

Negative-Community-7 2026-01-11 20:25

For me it works very good in the Snow Mode.

New_Positive_8383 2026-01-11 20:27

The seal performs really well in the snow

Trixter78 2026-01-11 21:06

Very smooth, handles Like on rails.

One_Blacksmith650 2026-01-11 21:48

Felt super safe and had really fine control over the car in snow mode with the Tang.

va-va-voom-14 2026-01-11 22:11

SL7 AWD in the UK, mine was fine when we recently had snow. Snow mode worked great.

mlhbv 2026-01-12 00:37

Netherlands here. We have a few weeks of heavy snow here. The car is just fantastic. Real life example: I waited for a Kia ev9 to leave at a charger. Heavily snowed place with ice and frozen bumps. The Kia could not get away. Spinning wheels. No motion at all. Some bystanders and me helped with pushing and we got it moving after several attempts. So I hesitated a little to take that sane spot with my SL7 awd but gave it a shot…. As if driving on asphalt…! No problem at all. In and out. No wheelspin, no slipping, no difficulties. Just easy parking. I do have winter tyres and used the ‘snow’ setting.

WinterBarnacles 2026-01-12 04:25

I've got a Seal not a Sealion but it's awesome on snow. Feels really stable. The traction control is awesome, I played around accelerating on ice/snow in snow mode (with the traction control on) trying to make it spin the wheels and I couldn't. It accelerates on ice but with a slight delay in how it picks up speed, it feels like driving an ICE car on a normal road.

Gorlim1981 2026-01-12 04:52

Just had the chance to test snowmode on my seal u (not 4x4)....excellent acting on snow... Impressive 💪💪💪

SantiGutierrez1970 2026-01-15 19:12

AWD + iTAC + winter tyres = unbeatable on snow

Mindless-Band-5743 2026-01-17 06:43

Thanks for the question. Canadian here interested in BYD now that it looks like we can get them. We got 30 cm the other day and it was scary driving.

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