With 201 hp and a spread of 261 miles, what do you need to learn about China’s in style BYD Atto 3 EV?
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by Sam D. Smith
October 4, 2023 at 16:45
BYD is at present the world’s largest producer of “New Power Automobiles,” a time period that includes EVs, plug-in hybrids, and gas cell EVs — principally something that makes use of electrical energy as its major driving force.
And, whereas the Chinese language model has undoubtedly been helped by a home coverage that incentivizes the adoption of EVs, the relative newcomers have been making inroads into Europe, Australia, and Southeast Asia. Their autos persistently seem on the high of gross sales charts. Twenty-six p.c of all EVs offered in Southeast Asia within the second quarter of 2023 have been BYD fashions.
And it’s the BYD Atto 3 that has been proving to be the best-selling automobile of that crop. The Atto 3 is an all-electric EV that’s based mostly on the e-Platform 3.0. It was first launched in 2021 in China because the Yuan Plus however has been making waves in abroad markets as an inexpensive possibility within the electrical C-SUV (compact) class.
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We’ve come to Malaysia to check the Atto 3, which for the native market is obtainable in each normal and extended-range battery configurations. The usual vary variant includes a 49.92 kWh battery which claims to be able to 410 km (255 miles) on the conservative NEDC cycle. The prolonged vary is the model that we’ve acquired our fingers on and is the mannequin that can be supplied to European shoppers. It boasts a 60.48 kWh battery and a spread of 480 km (298 miles) or 420 km (261 miles) on the WLTP cycle.
On both mannequin, the battery powers a single front-mounted electrical motor producing 201 hp (150 kW / 204 PS). Zero to 62 mph (0-100 km/h) is dispatched in 7.3 seconds, and the Atto 3 has a five-star Euro NCAP security score.
So what would you prefer to know concerning the 2023 BYD Atto 3? Tell us your questions within the remark part under.
