BYD Seal U dmi comfort rental

I have a Seal U as my new company car, and am currently 4 weeks and 2000 miles in. I too cannot charge at home, but the P11D implications are seriously good. The car is set by default to maintain 20% battery, which will show as 0 electric range, as this allows it to still use HEV mode effectively. The best settings I've found are to leave it in HEV and Normal with regen on high. Normal mode ensures things like proper throttle responce and the climate control works properly. With my 70 mile daily commute from rural North Hertfordshire to Watford via motorway, A & B roads and in town, with no charging, my accumulated average (second reading after the 'last 50 miles' mpg) is hovering around 50mpg. I use ACC/ICC all the time, with the distance setting on 3, especially sitting in traffic queues and mostly run the climate at Low - 19C on fan speed 2 or 3. I hope this helps. Autos & Vehicles

Hi, thanks for the response and very helpful indeed. I was swaying towards HEV and normal although assumed on long motorway journeys it would reclaim the battery a little better. The return journey for 2 hours took the battery from 37 to 52% and then as we entered the city and reduced to 20mph it drew 5% back. Was expecting higher combined mpg on it as the only other hybrid I’ve driven was the older ioniq by Hyundai. I used it mostly in eco and although not a plug in I did a round trip of just under 500 miles mostly motorway and managed 71mpg The ACC/ICC takes a little getting used to. It didn’t always react when I was holding the wheel and drifted across the cats eyes a couple of times. Also takes a little getting used to the front range as I had it on the shortest sand it caught me out quite a few times as I approached traffic and changed lanes. With the regen high as I approached and indicated to pull out the car backed off by 10 mph and then took a few seconds to speed up. Not ideal going into lane 3. Thanks again Just realised you also have the ioniq, what’s comparison mpg/range like?

Change the ACC distance to 3 and see how that feels. No1 is far too close in my opinion, I just leave mine in 3. My Ioniq was about the same as my Seal on mpg, I did 127,000 miles in 5 1/2 years at around 50mpg, life's too short to hypermile and when I was going to work appointments travelling at the speed limit (if safe to do so) was the norm. I the longer term, as I get used to the Seal. I expect the average to settle at 45mpg+ if work don't fix their charger, as I will never charge it otherwise, what's the point? >45mpg in a comfortable brick is good enough for me.

Will try that adjustment on the return journey. Does catch me out when cars pull out into the lane and the car backs off hard. Had a really weird car park experience which I’m going to pop in new thread. Am currently averaging 49.5mpg