Check with your local Mycar whether they can still service BYDs. For the Atto3, the annual minor service was $250 from memory and the major service which included some coolant and transmission fluids was around $500 from memory.
I'm pretty sure they dumped them when BYD themselves saw the shit-show the third party importers were creating.
If she's someone who wants FSD, it might save you smash repair, fines and insurance costs in the long run... I mean she's pretty much telling you she texts and drives as it is.
Ummm.... I'd probably try and talk her out of it. It's not even certain whether the technology is legal in Victoria yet and in other states it's only to be used while the driver "has full supervision and control." So if it wigs out and rear ends someone while the driver's on a TikTok marathon they could still be liable.
10k down the drain for the first few years at least, that's how far off it is from being something where you don't need to supervise.
1 set if it's Michelin's. 2-3 for anything else.
LFP will last longer and be more resilient. Also check what the advice is for Tesla's NMC battery for charge state - ie dont charge to full all the time? Can result in the practical range of LPF not beuing that bad as they dont mind being smashed full all the time.
I'm knee deep in battery cooling designs and about to run a cfd model to test for myself - yep, I'm that level of engineer autist.
LFP batteries will last better, but trade off some power density. As mentioned, they don't care about being fully charged. The blade battery system is also less likely to suffer thermal runaway in an accident.
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Model Y rwd appears to be in the newer LFP catl stuff. I looked at the awd and that appears to be the old setup was told the NCM. Google fu tells me usa model ys is pot luck between the batteries (what a joke) and eu got the byd blade whereas we get the lfp - this is all very confusing. Supply chain must be a big huge mess.
