BYD Seagull
Shares rank 26 of 40 electric cars by recommenders
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.
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.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Very low price for an EV
“The lighweight and low cost price of the baby Seagull (smallest BYD), is very similar to Baby Austin”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “BYD's cheapest electric cars to have Lidar self-driving tech” “The Chinese BYD Seagull is a real car for $10,000 which is quite large to boot.”
Comment from 12 Oct 2026 in “Citroen revives the 2CV for an electric age” “It's not great car, but reasonable cheap small basic car”
Comment from 5 Oct 2026 in “Sales of sub-€25,000 electric car models set to rise sevenfold” Small, basic, affordable car
“The lighweight and low cost price of the baby Seagull (smallest BYD), is very similar to Baby Austin”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “BYD's cheapest electric cars to have Lidar self-driving tech” “It's not great car, but reasonable cheap small basic car”
Comment from 5 Oct 2026 in “Sales of sub-€25,000 electric car models set to rise sevenfold” Family buys and recommends it
“I agree with every word about the BYD, in fact I just recently helped a family member buy one.”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “BYD's cheapest electric cars to have Lidar self-driving tech” “My in law has a BYD Seagull, fail to see how it lags compared to similarly priced cars.”
Comment from 28 Jun 2026 in “Can China build its own ASML?”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Not a great car
“It's not great car, but reasonable cheap small basic car”
Comment from 5 Oct 2026 in “Sales of sub-€25,000 electric car models set to rise sevenfold”
Other electric cars people recommend
The four most recommended other electric cars, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tesla vehicles | 209 | 411 | 34% | 13 | 6 yrs24 owners | — |
| BYD electric cars | 157 | 53 | 75% | 12 | 1 yr3 owners | Approved |
| Ferrari Luce | 140 | 319 | 31% | 7 | — | — |
| Tesla Model 3 | 128 | 115 | 53% | 13 | 6 yrs32 owners | — |
| BYD SeagullThis page | 6 | 1 | 86% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“You'd only buy a Seagull because you can't afford something better”
“The Chinese BYD Seagull is a real car for $10,000 which is quite large to boot.”
“It's not great car, but reasonable cheap small basic car”
“My in law has a BYD Seagull, fail to see how it lags compared to similarly priced cars.”
“which has a 30kWh battery pack. That alone significantly reduces the new EV environmental impact”
“The lighweight and low cost price of the baby Seagull (smallest BYD), is very similar to Baby Austin”
“I agree with every word about the BYD, in fact I just recently helped a family member buy one.”
“It's a game changing car and it really deserve the place in EV car world Hall of Fame”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.