BI
The Seal has built-in 4G connectivity and is clever enough to tell you the speed limit on the screen behind the steering wheel and the heads-up display.
But another clever touch I quickly found incredibly annoying was the insistence on bleeping whenever I exceeded the speed limit by a mere two miles an hour. London now has a 20 mph limit, meaning the car was delivering its four-stage scolding over and over.
I eventually delved into the settings to turn the function off, but of course it turned itself on again after a certain period had elapsed. I can understand why, but it really did detract from the Seal's many pleasures.
The thing I liked the most about it was the insane acceleration. This is also true of other EVs like Tesla, but it's the first time I've been able to channel my inner boy racer and leave everything else in the rear-view mirror by zooming away when traffic lights turn green. It's hard to convey just how quickly this car can hit 62 miles (100 kilometers) an hour — officially its 3.8 seconds.
Being a good law-abiding BI writer I didn't exceed the freeway limit of 70 miles an hour (well, not by too much anyway), but 100 — or more — would've been no problem whatsoever. The all-wheel-drive Seal sticks to the road like a Ferrari (yes, I have driven one — twice in fact), and BYD boasts that the battery is integrated into the body for improved rigidity. I believe them.