# BYD Seagull

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/byd-seagull/

5 people recommended BYD Seagull in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 4 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** A cheap, small electric car that owners find adequate for basic driving; critics say it is not a great car and is bought mainly for lack of money.

Summary written by Claude from 8 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Very low price for an EV (3 comments in the sample): "The lighweight and low cost price of the baby Seagull (smallest BYD), is very similar to Baby Austin" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46583664)) "The Chinese BYD Seagull is a real car for $10,000 which is quite large to boot." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50055720)) "It's not great car, but reasonable cheap small basic car" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49962964))
- Family buys and recommends it (2 comments in the sample): "I agree with every word about the BYD, in fact I just recently helped a family member buy one." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46582362)) "My in law has a BYD Seagull, fail to see how it lags compared to similarly priced cars." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48705927))

## Other electric cars people recommend

- [Tesla vehicles](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tesla-vehicles/): 142 recommend, 49 mixed, 384 criticize
- [BYD electric cars](https://hackerapproved.com/p/byd/): 124 recommend, 27 mixed, 50 criticize
- [Tesla Model 3](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tesla-model-3/): 88 recommend, 27 mixed, 103 criticize
- [Ferrari Luce](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ferrari-luce/): 53 recommend, 73 mixed, 303 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.byd.com/us)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "BYD Seagull", https://hackerapproved.com/p/byd-seagull/ (5 recommend, 1 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.