New Tesla Model Y v BYD Sealion: Ultimate review!

Summary

In this ultimate showdown between the Tesla Model Y and the BYD Sea Lion, the video explores the two electric SUV's exteriors, features, and performance. While the Tesla demonstrated a clear edge in drag race tests with a 12.4-second finish in the quarter-mile compared to BYD's 12.8 seconds, both cars were matched closely in 0-60 mph times. Interior critiques highlighted Tesla's updated minimalist design, yet some frustrations with electronic controls remain. Meanwhile, the BYD offers a slightly more user-friendly and plush interior, emphasizing comfort and practicality. Though the Tesla boasts superior infotainment navigation benefits, the BYD's inclusion of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto versus Tesla's proprietary system was noted. Overall, while Tesla had an upper hand in various performance metrics and practical tests, the BYD shone with its interior comfort and price competitiveness.

Highlights

• The Tesla Model Y edges out the BYD Sea Lion in a quarter-mile drag race with a time of 12.4 seconds compared to 12.8 for the BYD 🚀.
• Minimalist interior design in the Tesla Model Y focuses on touchscreens and voice control, lacking physical buttons which may ruffle some car users 🌌.
• BYD Sea Lion offers a comfortable and more intuitive cabin experience with traditional controls and quality materials 💺.
• Tesla's navigation system stands out by calculating exact charging needs and stops, simplifying long journeys across multiple chargers 🔋.
• Price-wise, the BYD is slightly more expensive than the starting Tesla, challenging assumptions about Chinese vehicle pricing 💸.

Key Takeaways

• Tesla Model Y shines in performance with faster drag race times compared to BYD, completing the quarter-mile in 12.4 seconds 🎉.
• Interior of the BYD Sea Lion offers comfort and user-friendly features, making it stand out, especially with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay integration 🚗.
• The minimalist Tesla interior has improved materials, but electronic control adjustments are cumbersome 😅.
• Tesla's navigation system is superior with real-time charging station analysis, yet lacks popular smartphone integration 📱.
• Overall, the BYD wins in terms of comfort and interior quality, despite Tesla's lead in performance and technological navigation 📊.

Overview

The ultimate showdown between the Tesla Model Y and the BYD Sea Lion dives deep into their comparative features and performance. While on the surface, Tesla's sleek redesign of its headlights and bumpers brings the Model Y a fresh look inspired by the Cybertuck, the BYD Sea Lion channels a sporty, aggressive aesthetic reminiscent of anime character vehicular design. In terms of the drag race, the Tesla's performance advantage is unmissable, slightly edging past the BYD across various speed metrics.

Internally, Tesla continues with its minimalist, tech-savvy design approach offering a refined material quality yet maintaining a reliance on digital interfaces for car operation. This could be tricky for those unacquainted with its system. Meanwhile, the BYD sees a more conventional, luxury-inspired design with high-quality materials and easy-to-use controls, appealing to those valuing immediate accessibility and comfort. Both cars demonstrate unique strengths in interface quality, with Tesla offering sophisticated in-car technology albeit without smartphone compatibility options like CarPlay or Android Auto.

Considering practicality, Tesla's navigation integrates charging logistics to an impressive standard, yet the BYD makes up for this with its superior comfort and slightly more spacious interior. Despite Tesla's advantage with its established supercharging network, the BYD offers a warmer, more cushioned travel experience—an essential factor for many car buyers. Ultimately, while Tesla maintains a technological edge, especially in navigation, the BYD offers a compelling case with its blend of luxury and function.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 01:30: Introduction and Price Comparison The introduction sets up a comparison between the Tesla Model Y and the BYD Sea Lion, highlighting a series of evaluations including exterior and interior reviews, technological comparisons, a series of tests, and a drag race to determine which car comes out on top, representing 'America or China'.
• 01:30 - 03:30: Exterior Design This chapter explores the exterior design of two car models: the Tesla Model Y and the BYD. It opens by challenging the stereotype that buying Chinese products means buying cheap. The narrator compares the pricing of both cars, starting with the base and then the top-spec versions, and points out that the BYD is slightly more expensive than the Tesla Model Y. The chapter sets the stage for a detailed look into which car has the more appealing design.
• 03:30 - 07:30: Interior Design and Comfort In this chapter titled 'Interior Design and Comfort,' the focus is on the design changes made to a car, highlighting the premium feel manufacturers aim to achieve during a facelift. The transcript describes how, unlike the usual practice of only redesigning non-metal parts like lights and bumpers, Tesla has implemented more substantial changes, including redesigning the metal components like the bonnet and wings. This redesign accommodates a new Cybert truck inspired light bar at the front, serving as the daytime running lights, with the rear headlights positioned underneath. The lower bumper is also newly designed. There is a humorous note on how the design seems to have trapped an insect, indicating a possible flaw.
• 07:30 - 14:30: Performance and Technological Features The chapter discusses the impact of Tesla vehicles on the environment, exemplified by a humorous anecdote about a bumblebee seemingly affected by a Tesla car. It highlights recent design updates to Tesla vehicles, focusing particularly on the wheels and rear section. The 20-inch optional wheels available on the long-range models are described, alongside changes to the boot, which showcase Tesla's ongoing design evolution.
• 14:30 - 20:00: Back Seat Comfort and Boot Space The chapter discusses design changes in a car, focusing on back seat comfort and boot space. It begins by mentioning aesthetic updates, such as the illumination of the Tesla logo, new rear bumper, and diffuser. There is a comparison to previous car models, specifically the transition between Porsche's 991 and 992 generations, emphasizing that some design choices, like the lowered number plate, are not well received. Despite these elements, the overall redesign is deemed successful. The chapter ends with a mention of a new BYD car, suggesting a comparison or discussion to follow, although details about it are not included in the transcript.
• 20:00 - 25:30: Driving Experience and Final Verdict This chapter discusses the aesthetics and design elements of a car, comparing it to anime characters and other vehicles like the Ferrari SF90 and Toyota Yaris Cross. The discussion includes the sporty and aggressive appearance, the wheel design, and the overall look which is inspired by inflating a saloon car, similar to Tesla's approach with the Model Y.

New Tesla Model Y v BYD Sealion: Ultimate review! Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 Which is the best? The new Tesla Model Y or the new BYD Sea Lion? To compare them, I'm going to show you around their exteriors. Don't actually Yes, the sheep don't like it either. Check out their interiors. Genius. Compare their technology. Put them through a series of tests. This is like car twister, isn't it? And of course, I'm going to drag race them. Ooh, close off the line. So, which will come out on top? America or China? I'm Watson and you're watching
• 00:30 - 01:00 Carw Wow. This video is going to be tariff ick. You might think that buying Chinese means buying cheap, but is that really the case? You see, the Tesla Model Y starts from £45,000 whereas the BYD starts from £47,000. If you want the topsp spec version of the Model Y that's available at the moment, that's £52,000. Whereas this range topping version of the BYD is £59,000. So, the BYD is slightly more expensive, but which one looks the most
• 01:00 - 01:30 premium? Now, normally when a manufacturer facelifts a car, they'll just do the lights and the bumpers, just the plasticky bit. They don't tend to touch the metal bits, but Tesla has. It's redesigned the bonnet, redesigned the wings in order to be able to fit this Cybert truck inspired light bar across the front. That's actually a daytime running lights, and your rear headlights are underneath here. Of course, the whole lower bumper is all new as well. Wait a minute. What's that? Looks like it's trapped some insect. Maybe this design isn't good for insects. Let's just open this bonnet and
• 01:30 - 02:00 see what insect it is. Oh, look. It's a big old bumblebee. It's kind of moving a bit. Or maybe it's just the wind. Oh, it is. It's his little fear just twitching. Killed by a Tesla. Another reason for people to hate Tesla right now. Down the side. Main change. New World Designs. These are the 20-in optional ones that you can get on the long range, but they start at 19. The rest of the body at the side is the same. So, it still looks like a inflated Model 3. But once again, at the back, Tesla's done some major changes. New boot with the new kind of
• 02:00 - 02:30 spoilery bit here. I like this design where you got the Tesla logo there. And at night, this actually just beam some light on there to illuminate. It looks really cool. Also, the lower bump and diffuser. That's all new as well. And they've moved the number plate from there to there. Feel like Porsche did when they went from the 991 generation 911 to the 992. And I don't actually, yes, the sheep don't like it either. I don't like the lower number plate. It just doesn't look so good. Overall though, the rest of the redesign, it works really well. But what about the all new BYD? This car has a real kind of
• 02:30 - 03:00 face to it, doesn't it? It's like some kind of anime character, all like glary and angry and stuff. There's loads of vents going on to make it look sporty and aggressive. And the light design is similar to that on Ferrari SF90. Now BY took the approach that Tesla used to take with a Model Y. Basically taking their saloon car, in this case the seal, and inflating it for this, the Sea Lion. You do have these kind of weird shaped wheel arches with a bit too much space here and here. And this cladding round reminds me of the wheel arches on a Toyota Yaris Cross. Wheel sizes. Well, these are 20s, but like with a Tesla,
• 03:00 - 03:30 the starting size is 19 in. Moving down the sides, we got some creases and bits and pieces. And then at the back, it's quite an attractive rear end. Full length light bar here. little boot lip spoiler. Bit too much plastic going on down here, but it's a reasonable looking car. Overall, the C line looks sleeker than the Model Y, especially from the side. Mainly because Tesla hasn't done anything to change the Model Y's eggshaped silhouette, but there's something else I wish Tesla had also addressed. I don't know if it's just me and I'm some kind of idiot. Yeah, it
• 03:30 - 04:00 probably is that. But I just don't get on with these door handles. I'm never sure how to like open them. And sometimes as well, they like if you've opened it like this, unless you shut it like that, they tend to like bounce open again. Look, maybe I'm just doing it all wrong. I mean, you shouldn't have to do it two-handed, right? Is there a better way of doing it? A few moments later. I've just looked online and found out how you're supposed to do it. So, you do this. But that's like two steps. Why don't I just go there for the handle and
• 04:00 - 04:30 pull it? Why do I have to go there and there? Then it begs the question of why have that bit then? What's that bit for? Is that just to like trick me? Now, I was a bit worried these were going to be like Mercedes door handles. I just don't get on with them at all. They're weird to operate and they feel horrible to use as well. But with these, you just press that, they pop out, and then they just act like a nice, easy to use door handle. Much better. And none of that nonsense like with a Tesla also. Blime me, that that's some heft. Look, let's try the
• 04:30 - 05:00 Tesla. That's not as satisfying. And as someone with quite a few cars that have these frameless windows which have to drop before you open the door, I can tell you that when it's icy and the car's all frozen up, you can't get in because the ice doesn't let the window drop. Looks cool, but actually isn't a great idea. But how will these SUVs compare in a/4 mile drag race? The BYD has dual motors, all-wheel drive, 530 horsepower, and 690 new m of torque. It weighs just over 2.4 tons. The Tesla also has dual motors and all-wheel drive. It produces 57 horsepower, 494
• 05:00 - 05:30 Newton meters of torque, and weighs in at just under two tons. Three, two, one. Ooh, close off the line. This eased ahead and then the Tesla just gapped it.
• 05:30 - 06:00 So then what exactly happened? Well, the Tesla won. It completed the standing/4 mile in 12.4 seconds. The BYD took 12.8 seconds. However, these cars naught to 60 mph times were actually incredibly close. The Tesla accelerated from naugh to 60 in 4.33 seconds while the BYD took 4.35 seconds. So, it's only at higher
• 06:00 - 06:30 speeds where the Tesla ees out an advantage. And with this in mind, how will the two cars compare in a rolling race over the half mile? Let's get up to 30. 3 2 1 go. Pickup on this is really good. Initial pickup is And then I mean look at
• 06:30 - 07:00 that. The Tesla is dropping this car. So that's a clean sweep for the Tesla. But is a dual motor longrange car the best all round Model Y it you can buy? If you want to know what I think is the best version of the Tesla Model Y, I've actually configured one through CarWow. If you want to check out what it is, click on the pop out banner appearing in the top rightand corner of the screen or scan the QR code on screen now using your mobile phone. But let's put performance to one side for a
• 07:00 - 07:30 moment. Can the Chinese car even things up when I compare their cabins? The interior is really nice. There's quite a lot going on, but it's not overly fussy. I like this lay effect here with the central panel. You got lead on the dash. You got some swooping effects here on the doors. It all feels quite expensive. The door handles are rather interesting. So, they're quite high up. I'd rather they were down there, but you know how you normally open the door and you hear like a click. These are pretty much silent. You hardly feel it at all. These seats are really nice and comfy and the leather on them is lovely. You also get
• 07:30 - 08:00 iceix here in the front. You can get a vegan interior if you want it. Steering wheel feels good. And oh yes, look at this. You can adjust the steering wheel manually. You got stalks for your windscreen wipers. your lights, your indicators, and everything like that. You've got a digital driver's display, which can show a lot of information, including, of course, your speed right in front of you. Plus, a heads-up display as well, so your speed is projected onto the road. You got a little gear lever knob in there, bit like on a Porsche 911, actually. And you got some shortcuts here for the
• 08:00 - 08:30 ventilation system, so you can quickly turn it off and on and like blast up the windscreen as well without having to go into the infotainment system there, because the finer controls obviously are through this main screen here. If you prefer to watch your content more YouTube short style than long form video, then you can go vertical. Storage is good as well. Big storage area here. Look, I illustrated my hands. The hand test. Two cup holders there with what does I don't know what this does. What does this do? What's all that about? Ah, genius. Look at that. So, if you got a
• 08:30 - 09:00 really big cup of coffee, I like that. Then you got your wireless charging there. And I like the fact, look, you have got a 50 watt charging. wireless and it's cooled so it won't overheat your phone. There's more charging down here with your 12vt sockets and your USBC's. Oh yes, look at that beautifully large vanity mirror. The glove box is big and load of felt so it feels plush. Uh the door bins are a big size, but down here, this is where things get to feel a little bit cheaper, but it's, you know, you're not going to be touching down there that often. And overall, I'm
• 09:00 - 09:30 quite impressed with this car's cabin. It's nice. As part of the facelift, Tesla has also tweaked the new Model Y interior. So, how does it feel? It's definitely better than before in terms of the feel of the materials. This like Alcantara stuff on the dash. The way you've got this big hoop with the ambient lighting. An improvement. Still much of it is the same in terms of the fact it's a minimalist design. So, pretty much everything has to either be done through the screen or through voice commands. And it is annoying. Like, if I want to move the door mirrors, I've got
• 09:30 - 10:00 to go in here and then I've got to do where is it? Where is it? Where is it? That. And then I've got to do that. And now I use this on here to move the door mirror. Now I know all the Tesla fanboys are going to be going, "But Matt, you know, I set the car up and I set it to my profile and then it knows what I want and it's always in the right position, but sometimes when you're maneuvering, you need to just mess around with the door mirror. Don't you see the curb or something?" And that is a faf. It's also a faf not being able to control your windscreen wipers through a stalk on here. At least they've given one stalk back compared to the Model S. Look, we have this for the indicator. But yeah,
• 10:00 - 10:30 there's no drive select here. You have to do it on the screen by swiping up or down. Don't like that either. I'm having a bit of a rant now, aren't I? Really? There's lots of it. That isn't great. And the fact I've got a digital driver's display, so I have to look across there up there to see my speed. Where is it? Too many things going on on here. God, go away. Be fine if there's a heads-up display. Why haven't we got a heads-up display? Storage is good in here, though. Lots under there. Once again, the hand test. I like the fact that the cup holders are hidden until you need them. They're not clever in the way they
• 10:30 - 11:00 don't go deeper like on the BYD. There is more storage under here as well. a big storage area and you got your wireless charging there. Unlike the BYD though, it's only 15 W, not 50. And it's not cooled. And I've noticed my phone getting hot while charging on it. I want to adjust the steering wheel. Oh no, I forgot. I've got to go to the screen again. Uh where where is it? Steering up and down again with this. There we go. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Yeah, I know. Once again, yes, you do this before you drive off, but sometimes you just want to fine-tune things when you're driving, don't you? Rest of the storage. Sorry, I
• 11:00 - 11:30 got sidetracked. Right, glove box. Oh, no. Yes. Once again, got to go through the screen. This really is turning into a rand screen. Where's the glove box there? Glove box. Glove box open. Why aren't you opening? Has it got some kind of remote lock on it? Is it broken? There's some security feature. This is a press car. I bet there's a security feature. I can hear something happening. Can you hear that? Anyway, let's move on to the door bins. They're big, lined with felt. And this is different and an improvement over the
• 11:30 - 12:00 BYD. So the soft touch feel extends all the way down here. Just show you the door switches. So you don't have a handle like in the BYD. You press the button and it's electrically operated, but there is a fail safe mechanism to open it there in case the batter is out of power. Look. Oh, pull it up that way. Just like in the BYD, you have a fulllength glass roof. However, the one in the Tesla doesn't have a blind, which is a bit annoying. Last thing to show you, we don't have ice is fix on the front passenger seat. Seats are generally quite nice and comfy, though I prefer the ones in the BYD. And then run into mirror. very similar design to the
• 12:00 - 12:30 actual cover for it as the BYD, but it's not quite as big. So far, this is a really close run race, but we'll find out which car eventually comes out on top at the end of the video. If you're thinking about changing your car to one of these or any car for that matter, you can do the whole process through CarWow. You can sell your current car through Car Wow by uploading photos and have dealers all across the country bid on it. You can also buy your next car, be a new car, a used car, or you can lease a car through CarWow as well. If you want to check that out now, just click on the pop out banner appearing in the top
• 12:30 - 13:00 right hand corner of the screen or scan the QR code on screen. Now, there's also a link in the description of the video. One area where Tesla usually leads the field is technology. So, how does the updated Model Y's infotainment system measure up? Well, the display itself is brilliant. The colors are bright, the graphics are sharp, and it responds quickly. However, there aren't any physical buttons at all, just like in the old Model Y. This makes it harder to adjust some of the car's more specific settings when you're driving, such as tweaking the temperature of the new ventilated seats. That's not all. You still don't get Apple CarPlay nor
• 13:00 - 13:30 Android Auto. You have to use Tesla system. And this is a shame because they come on almost every other new car. Tesla's tried to make up for this with various games and streaming apps. But these feel more like gimmicks than useful features. You might play around with them while you wait for your car to charge, but most of us will go on our phone and just doom scroll on social media. I'd happily give them all up if Tesla would just fit up a hitsup display. Unfortunately, the BYD screen doesn't feel as slick as in the Tesla. It isn't as sharp and it doesn't respond as quickly, but at least you get some physical buttons to access the climate
• 13:30 - 14:00 control settings while you're driving. Yeah, I know the Tesla has voice commands, but who really uses voice commands? Anyhow, what we all use is Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and they come as standard on the BYD, but the menus aren't as intuitive, so switching between your phone's apps and the screen's other features can be a little bit confusing. However, it's not all bad. I like using the portrait screen to show satellite navigation directions because you can see a lot more of your route at once. Speaking of which, I've asked both cars to program a route from my location to Abedine in Scotland. Yes,
• 14:00 - 14:30 I know this is probably something most EV owners will never do, but it's interesting. You see, this 500 mile drive requires both cars to stop to recharge. So, how do their satnavs compare? The BYD calculates a route quickly and shows plenty of available charges along the way. However, you have to decide for yourself which stops to make and how long to charge for. The Tesla, however, shows the quickest available charging points, and it calculates exactly how long you need to spend charging at each, so you get an accurate arrival time. It's brilliant, and all electric cars should have this.
• 14:30 - 15:00 A clear win for Tesla. Then, Tesla's trunk card has always been the fact that you got the supercharger network, and if you didn't own a Tesla, you couldn't use it in the past, but now you can. They're open to everybody. However, there is still a benefit of owning a Tesla because you get cheaper electricity rates. Now, let's find out which car is the best in the back seats. The quality from the front extends all the way into the back here. Once again, lined door pockets. The seats are comfortable and you know, you can actually really stretch out underneath the seat in front. There's plenty of knee room. I like the fact that you get these
• 15:00 - 15:30 airplane style folders on the seatbacks. They just feel premium. And like with the old Model Y, you can alter the angle of the back rest here in the rear, which makes it more comfortable than before. And there's a screen here like with like apps and stuff on YouTube that the rear seat passengers can watch. And you've got some USBC ports there as well. Oh, what's under here? Let's just do it quickly. That's your cup holders. And please let there be through loading. Where's the bloody button? Where is it? A there through loading. This definitely
• 15:30 - 16:00 feels more comfortable. It's just the shape of the seats, the fine leather as well. It's just Oh, and the back rest is more reclined. So nice. Few complaints though. You can't quite stretch out underneath the seat in front cuz they're not as raised up as in the Tesla. But knee room's still good. Head room is really good. And it's nice back here, but you don't have that cool little infotainment screen like you do in the Tesla. In fact, this whole pod thing feels a bit cheap. What's this in here? Oh, that's really cheap. USBC's. Yeah, you do have heated seats. You have pockets on the seat backs rather than those folders, but they are quite
• 16:00 - 16:30 practical. And there's these smaller pockets here. Space for mobile phones and stuff. Once again, like in the front though, the door bins, while big, you got scratchy plastics on them. How about through loading? Do we have any? No, there's no through loading, but the armrest does have some storage and hidden cup holders as well, so you're not putting your wrist into a cup holder when you're using the armrest. H I think overall I prefer the back seat in this car. And it's a similar story if you need to carry three adults in the back because the BYD has slightly more shoulder room and more space for
• 16:30 - 17:00 everyone's legs. If you're wondering what I think is the best version of the BYD sill, I've actually configured one through car. To find out which car it is and the saving, click on the pop out banner ping in the top rightand corner of the screen or scan the QR code on screen. Now, next up, which of these cars has the biggest boot? Well, Tesla claims the Model Y has 854 L of boot space. BYD claims the Cineon has just 520 L. Are these manufacturers actually measuring their boots in the same way? Well, let's find out with a realworld practicality test. Well, sort of. So,
• 17:00 - 17:30 let me prep them for you. I'm going to remove the low cover from this. It'll all make sense in a moment. Ah, right. It's quite easy to do. Wonder if it will fit under the false floor while we're at it. Will it Will it fit? That's a win. But we want this out. We want to go maximum capacity. Now, let's prep the Tesla. Oh, it's down there, isn't it? Where is it? Where is it? Oh, no. It's there. Okay. So, take foldy. Oh. Oh. Oh, it's kind of attaches
• 17:30 - 18:00 magnetically. I like that. Will it fit under here? That's a yes. Good. Anyway, I got to take it all out. Now that they're empty, I'm going to see how many fulls size men I can fit in each of these boots. So, so what I'm going to do is load largest first. That's the best way to do things when you're packing a car. So, sorry, no offense, Tommy. You've got to get in. I've done my backing, otherwise I'd get in. Actually, Keen, I think we need you, mate. Oh, yeah. You
• 18:00 - 18:30 can fit in that gap. Sorry, Nick. I love that position. It's very evocative. Now, do your best. I think we need another small one like Keyn. Hang on. This could be Oh, if if you can if we can shut this. This is going to be impressive. Right. Watch your head. Oh, sorry. Ke, watch your foot, Nick. We might do it. It's not bad, is it? That How was that? Uncomfortable. Okay, I
• 18:30 - 19:00 think we'd do the same strategy actually. Where? Oh, hello. A bonus feature, right? Do you know what we can do? There's no room for anyone else in there, was there? So, Oh, no. No. Let's be brave on this one. Go on, Tommy. You go first. Okay, Nick. No. Jack, if we can do this, Jack, you you are you're the true test. Look at that position.
• 19:00 - 19:30 This is all good ammunition of HR. By the way, guys, um Nick, finally, if you can get in there, that space there. I think we've got a win for the Tesla. Oh, this is This is like car twister, isn't it? Hang on. Sit on my knee. Sorry, Jack. It is going to work though. This is Hang on. There we go. Do you know what? I just snapped. I think this knee is going to be problematic, Nick. It's all right. I'll shimmy. Should we try it? You ready? No. Here we go. I'll get it
• 19:30 - 20:00 open as quick as I can. Does it? Come on. Let's bugger off. Sorry. What's all this grunting? Don't ask. I don't know what I was going to do there holding you by the ear. Oh god. Okay, so it's a clear win for the Tesla. Another win for the Tesla is that you can fold the back seats electrically. It's much more annoying in the BYD
• 20:00 - 20:30 because the reclining seats have a ratchet system, so you have to lean in to push them down. But how easy is it to carry some luggage in the front boot? So, we're going to start off with the BYD and try and squeeze our largest payload in there. So, go on, Tommy. His nickname is actually the tank. Why is your nickname the tank? Uh, cuz my email address is Tommy tank. Can you get your hips in there? You can't just like sort of Can you get in there at all? Not really. Okay, jump out a second. This is key. Can you get into the Tesla? Tell me which one's the
• 20:30 - 21:00 worst. If you can get your hips in. Oh, you're in. Yeah. It's basically like a bathtub. It's actually hurt my back, right? Okay. So, it's a win for the Tesla in both respects. Front and back boot. Okay. So, you're probably not going to be filling up your car with men. Well, we hope not. So, let's talk about filling them with electricity instead. The Cine 7 comes with an 82.5 kWh battery in comfort and design trim. Top specification, excellence cars have a larger 91.3 kWh battery pack. The entry-le Model Y comes
• 21:00 - 21:30 with a 62.5 kWh battery. Longrange versions have a larger 75 kWh battery. These are the most powerful DC chargers you'll be able to use to charge each car. And here is how long each car will take to charge from 10 to 80%. And finally, this is how far each manufacturer claims you'll be able to drive on a full charge, but real world range is often very different from what the manufacturers claim. This Model Y has done 379 mi since it was new, and over that period, it has averaged 271 W
• 21:30 - 22:00 hours per mile. I'm going to have to do a different calculation, but anyway, it works out to an equivalent of 3.7 miles per kowatt hour. And when you multiply that by the car's 75 kWh battery capacity, you get a real world range of 278 mi on a full charge. That's about 86 mi less than the Tesla claims. Oh dear. The Sea Lion has done 1,371 mi in total. And over that period, it has averaged 40.2 kW hours per 100 m. That works out to 2.5 m per kowatt hour,
• 22:00 - 22:30 which really isn't very good. However, I'm not the first person to borrow this. has been through many journalist hands and they've probably been thrashing it and hence the um poor efficiency over the hour. You might be thinking, "Wait a minute, Matt. Um what about the journalist driving the Tesla Model Y?" We're the first to drive that car. It's just been driven by Tesla employees and they've probably not been thrashing it about like journalists do. That's a lot of numbers to wrap your head around. But which of these cars are you going to enjoy driving the most? The Cine is a fairly easy, gentle car to drive. It's
• 22:30 - 23:00 got a soft setup to it. That means that over bumps it's reasonably comfortable. though sometimes you do get a clunk from the suspension and when you're going quicker over uneven surfaces, it does sort of like float about and feel a bit disconnected. In fact, there's a sort of disconnected feeling to most of the controls like the steering wheel, the brakes which are kind of nothing grabbing. And the handling, the way it kind of wallows and leans a bit and bends and floats. I mean, it's not terrible. It's fine. And in some ways, if you like to chuck a car about a bit and get it like moving around and sliding, it will do that. But I think
• 23:00 - 23:30 most people don't want it. They want a bit more precision. The car suddenly just like drifting out. But you can hear the tires going. Yeah. But it's all right. I don't mind it. But there is definitely What What's that all about? Why is it Why is it just done that? What's What I think I upset it by losing a bit of grip and sliding about generally. It's good enough, but it's certainly not great. And one thing that I'm really not sure about is this. So,
• 23:30 - 24:00 what I'm going to do is run up at 70 mph here. And there's a bit of wind noise there. It's not terrible, but the wind is behind me. But if I turn the other way, you'll notice this with the wind in my face. Can you hear that? It's going to be interesting to compare that noise to the Tesla in a moment. Overall, then to drive, this is good enough. It's just not great. So, what does the new Model Y feel like to drive? Right. Let's start off by comparing the noise at 70 mph with the headwind here in the Tesla. So you can still hear the blowing sound
• 24:00 - 24:30 from that headwind, but it's not as loud as in the BYD. Also, the suspension does feel firmer, but the damping is better. So, it's just more composed. The car just feels a bit more solid on the road. The old Tesla Model Y was a bit too bouncy. It was like firm, but unfair. This is more firm, but fair. I have to say Tesla has definitely improved the way the Model Y drives. It's still got that responsive, sporty feeling in terms of the steering, and it's definitely more responsive than the Sea Lion. And you notice it's got a bit more punch out the corners as well. You feel more in
• 24:30 - 25:00 control of this car. You really do. And the brakes are more progressive as well. They've got a better feel to them. Just feels more nimble and agile and lighter. I mean, that's one of the benefits of having a smaller battery dynamically. I mean, I don't need to talk for much longer. This is the superior car. So then, what's my final verdict? Well, it's actually very, very close. Tesla Model Y, it's much improved. The look is way better than before. The interior feels higher quality. It's got good efficiency and it's pretty decent to drive. Sea Lion, I quite like the look of it. It feels more high class inside.
• 25:00 - 25:30 I love the leather interior. It's spacious. It's comfortable and it drives pretty n. And that's why it wins this test. Also, it's good to not be a complete nutter.