The BYD Atto 3 is now obtainable to order within the UK with buyer deliveries ranging from 15 March 2023. The primary BYD ‘Pioneer’ shops will open imminently and are located alongside the backbone of UK together with Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, and Milton Keynes. BYD’s Atto 3 has scored a 5-Star Score in Euro NCAP Security Assessments. Costs begin from £36,490. Right here is the pricing of the fashions on supply.
BYD Atto 3 UK PRICING
- Energetic *£36,490
- Consolation *£36,990
- Design *£38,990
*excludes first registration payment
BYD Atto 3
BYD says the Atto 3 is a spacious C-Section SUV, combining fashionable aesthetics with distinctive intelligence and effectivity derived from pioneering electrical car expertise and good connectivity. It has been designed by Wolfgang Egger with the European buyer in thoughts, offering a “trendy fun-inspired selection,” full with very excessive ranges of normal tools. The Atto 3 is supplied with the 60.48 kWh BYD Blade Battery with a 260-mile vary (WLTP mixed) and DC Charging (SOC 30-80%) in simply 29 minutes.
Michael Shu, Normal Supervisor and Managing Director, BYD Europe and Worldwide Cooperation Division, says: “BYD’s passenger automobile enterprise has developed quickly. We’ve got made some preparations for the British market and introduced a brand new product matrix, together with our first automobile – the BYD Atto 3. At current, BYD has served a complete of three.5 million automobile house owners. We hope to deliver these experiences to the UK, which we recognise as one of many prime European markets. With the benefits of BYD’s core expertise, value and manufacturing capability, mixed with the localised sources of native vendor teams, we are going to deliver diversified selections to customers and supply nice customer support.”
BYD says: “The Atto 3 is the primary SUV to be constructed on BYD’s next-generation e-Platform 3.0 for the final word in security, system effectivity, built-in car intelligence, efficiency. It additionally creates bigger cabin house. BYD’s new era e-Platform 3.0 is on the forefront of EV innovation, and includes the world’s first mass-produced extremely built-in 8-in-1 electrical powertrain connecting all electrical management items and administration methods. Such seamless deep integration delivers general system effectivity of 89%. It additionally comes with a high-efficiency warmth pump. BYD additionally says the Atto 3 has the trade’s first direct cooling and heating system for energy batteries, growing thermal effectivity by as much as 20% within the winter, the progressive system leverages the residual warmth from environment. With clever thermal administration, effectivity is achieved in a variety of temperatures with wonderful low temperature driving vary.”
It’s actually good to see that the Atto 3 is now obtainable within the UK. This offers the UK market one other cool new EV to think about. SAIC is already making an impression within the UK with its MG4, 5, and ZS EV fashions. SAIC can also be lively within the business car house with its SAIC Maxus electrical van vary. I’m actually trying ahead to seeing the BYD Atto 3 within the UK market.
The Atto 3 has been nicely acquired in Australia and New Zealand. In Australia, the BYD Atto had a formidable displaying promoting 2,113 items final yr regardless of solely arriving in Australia late final yr. In New Zealand, the Atto 3 is the highest promoting EV to date in 2023. In Europe, the Atto 3 has already received a number of awards, together with being voted the Household Automobile of The 12 months 2023 by the VAB.
Pictures courtesy of BYD
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