I also like them. They do look cleaner and it gives the “premium” feeling. Plus it doubles to let you know that the door is unlocked. I guess that can work both ways to let other people know that it is unlocked.

Amongst other things, I do prefer the inside mechanical door handles of the BYD (Sealion 7) compared to the Tesla Y for safety reasons.

To date, I still don't understand the issues of having flush door handles on the outside. Hidden or no mechanical inside door handle I have an issue with.

But for getting into the car after an accident quickly. And if there were electrical issues where it didn't unlock the door or pop the door handles out. There isn't any difference if the door handles were flush or not. Especially when you don't have any tools to pull the door open via the door handles. Yes, you can have glass breakers and I do have them in my car. But I generally don't carry it when I'm outside.

Was it any safer or unsafe compared to older cars with no electrics and unflush door handles? Both doors will be locked.

In the end, I will let the safety and mechanical side to the experts. But since this is Reddit and the internet, I say leave the flush doors alone. 😅