BYD's cheapest electric vehicles. Orders open Monday 13th January for March delivery, confirmed by most major car news websites. Competitive cars for the price.
Range for these models is the same as the current base models. 340km Dolphin and 345km Atto 3. Very competitive options for urban drivers.
How long will legacy car makers continue to rely on loyalty before having to put prices down instead of increasing prices every year?
wait do they have the karaoke function now? i'm ashamed to say this may or may not make or break the purchase if I'm to keep the wife happy
the local support and servicing
Is it a requirement to service your atto in order to maintain warranty?
I think servicing EV is a scam
it's not, no, but you need specific skills and tools to do it and eagers - again as the local byd distributers - are not really working well with others from what I have heard
Karaoke? You should've mentioned this earlier. I'll take 5 of 'em please.
Interesting. This is what steers me from any of the Chinese car companies currently. I don't seem to see a single one of them that are cemented locally with a head office and managing recalls and post sales support and issues. I feel like this might be one of the elements they save costs on, that probably allows them to undercut the market as so.
I was hoping that BYD would be one that ends up establishing themselves completely here, but I don't think that will happen until this Chinese car company battle ends, there is no doubt going to be a lot of them that also lose the battle.
All of these EV's (not just BYD) depreciate like a rock - I'd never buy a new one for that reason. Have nothing aginst ev's but your burning money.
It’s always better value buying used. Unfortunately current used EVs have old technology. You will probably have to wait another 5 years to get the better ones
All of these
EV'scars (not just BYD) depreciate like a rock - I'd never buy a new one for that reason. Have nothing aginstev'scars but your burning money.
fixed it for you
is it 9k better than the mg3?
Yes, MG3 is nothing but a box on wheels and an engine that high revs in day to day driving.
its not an engine and it does not rev, im talking about the ev
MG3 is not an EV, it is either with a petrol engine or a hybrid. You're not confused with MG4, are you?
@Roe Jogan: The comparable BYD EV with MG4 is the Dolphin, not the Atto 3, so Dolphin Essential at $29,900 will be cheaper than the cheapest MG4 Excite 51. I have no idea what you were talking about when you said "is it 9k better than the mg3(4)"? The cheapest MG4 Excite 51 is $34,990 driveaway now, so you better get your fact correct before you post again.
@edfoo: obviously i was talking about the 31k drive away deal not current pricing, my facts are correct that was the ATL for mg4
@Roe Jogan: That $31K deal has ended when this is posted, and the $29,900 Dolphin is cheaper, not $9K more expensive. So where did you get that $9K more expensive from? My goodness you are digging yourself a deeper hole.
@edfoo: relax its not that serious, you sound like your fun at parties, fact checking everyone with your thick ass glasses on, thinking your better than everyone.. I was talking about the 31k mg4 deal, I know its no longer around, the atto is 9k more than that deal, did you really needed a breakdown with diagram for that to realize what im talking about?
@Roe Jogan: Read my previous post, Atto 3 is an SUV not the same the small hatch like MG4 and Dolphin. Get your fact right rather than keep posting rubbish. I am going to stop replying to you now, it makes me feel more retarded like you if I keep continuing.
@edfoo: you sound like you haven't been laid in months.. who cares literally lmao i said what i said, if something was wrong too bad, deal with it.
BYD's are way overpriced IMO. Atto 3 has a horrid interior and already looks quite dated. @ $40k, I'd be going a second hand Tesla or even an MG4.
Would love the BYD Seal 06GT, but no doubt will be also too much in AUS compared to the Chinese price.
yeah that's the car I'm waiting for to but byd seem to be seeing how far they can push pricing…
i hope some of their competitors coming over adds some downward pressure.
the amount of brown nosing for an RRP "deal" is a little concerning
mods - surely there is an army of fake accounts here?
We are always worried about phone chargers creating fire hazard..
Have heard many stories that the car batteries are safe and not to be worried.. however, I am not convinced yet.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/warning-over-common-ev-mistake-aft…
Over the weekend, rising EV maker BYD, was reportedly forced to recall nearly 100,000 of its vehicles in China over fire risk, according to a statement on China's State Administration for Market Regulation. The brand has been rising in popularity in Australia in recent months.
This is how stupid this misinformation is… Stop getting your news from Yahoo and their ilk. That article is nothing but pure, unadulterated anti-EV bullshit at it's best… Did you even read the article or did you just type "EV fire" and pick the first link that Google served up??
That "EV fire" they are reporting on was NOT an EV fire NOR was it a battery fire. This was caused by using a cheap EV charger that was plugged into a travel adaptor of all things… this wasnt an EV fire based on battery issues, but because the owner was a (fropanity) idiot. (alternative link to story)
Now onto your bullshit example of a "recall"… this was NOT a battery issue. It was not related to the EV drive system now the traction battery. It was related to an issue in the steering column control module… (again, alternative link to story)
Stop eating this FUD. Stop regurgitating it like it is facts when it is blatantly misleading and erroneous. And stop leaving out the important facts surrounding these bullshit stories.
JFC…
That "EV fire" they are reporting on was NOT an EV fire NOR was it a battery fire
I never said it was a battery fire. it is simply the risks of charging in your garage while you sleep.
PS: no need to be aggressive and call bullshit.. I was only sharing the article not my personal opinion.
I never said it was a battery fire.
You also didn't say it "wasnt" a battery fire. You made a reference to the battery and battery safety. You then posted an article with an erronous title and misleading photo and made a comment about your concerns over "battery safety", not "EV charger saftey".
You then went on to regurgitate some bullshit recall from BYD that is unrelated to the traction battery fires without posting the "context" of these "BYD fires". Again, you FAILED to reiterate the actual cause of these fires and that it had nothing to do with traction battery safety and made it look like "battery safety" was the issue.
You are "bullshitting" by omission. Ergo, you are spreading the FUD by spreading misinformation by obfuscation.
Do better.
it is simply the risks of charging in your garage while you sleep.
What ?
There is no risk of charging in your garage whilst you sleep.
The people who had the fire, tried to do this through a travel adaptor.
Rubbish, this is a standard feature in all other EVs and symptomatic of poorly made electric cars.
gak… This is just another "media grab" by BYD to get that "cheapest EV in Aus" title again. It's going to be about $5 cheaper than the GWM Ora (like they did when they "undercut" the MG by $100.) You can add about $2,000 to this price to get the actual ORC of this vehicle. (Will be closer to $31,990 inc ORC).
It is a gutted edition of the already gutted edition of the woefully underpowered 70kW Dolphin with the tiny 45kWh battery. The same with the Atto 3, it is a gutted version of the short range…
The only things I like, which I was available on the "extended range" was the ability to delete the "panoramic roof"… this is 90% of the issue with heat getting into the cars in summer. If they had these variants available in their "extended range" variants, I would trade mine in tomorrow just to get rid of that (fropanity) glass roof.
It's still a hell of a deal though if you live in the city and have access to readily available charging, but outside the city in regional areas, I think it is going to lose some of it's appeal. In the city though, it is kind of making it harder to justify a Hybrid Corolla/RAV 4 for city driving at this price point though…
At least with normal Atto3 there’s a sunshade, which I like.
No luck for the teslas, seals, or xpeng g6 which are always glass roof, even if they say it’s well tinted and the AC can compensate for the extra heat.
This is the only thing that has stopped me getting a Seal is that damn panoramic roof. There is no sunshade in the Seal. And DAMN they get hot inside. I sat in one on about September that was on the lot, in white, and then, at that time of year it was unbearably hot just sitting on the dealers lot.
Just need to war a hat inside. that's what my friend does; in summer. HAHAHA.
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Interesting! ……. Im ex local car manufacturing, when I joined many years ago I was stunned to find the price a car manufacturer charges is little to do with the actual cost of production!.
The basic mantra is charge whatever you think you can get away with, possibly with some reference to other similar vehicles on the market the only restraining factor.
Also, the further you go up the food chain the more you will be hit for, the base vehicle can have a relative low price to get buyers in and up sell them to a high series with good profit returns.
So, now we have the EV sector suffering stronger competition from more brands, bingo! offer the base vehicles at an attractive price but encourage buyers to purchase up the food chain to gain large profits - nothing has changed with the advent of EV's. Just review closely the availability of parts - cost and shipping times. I strongly suspect in 5 years there will be only BYD, MG and Tesla, and a few hangers on with deep pockets, we will see!!
Great price. So this would be able $32,000 drive away price.
Would that make it cheaper than three cheapest hybrid? Ignoring MG, Cherry and other Chinese brands
Even cheaper in some states, $31297 in QLD driveaway
"How long will legacy car makers continue to rely on loyalty before having to put prices down instead of increasing prices every year?"
Until people stop paying. Capitalism.
I wonder when this will start as they haven't updated their website with Essential models.
There was a note on top of the website for the essential models and they removed it this morning.
Available now. $32134 and $42434. Under $32k in some states.
![[Pre Order] BYD Dolphin Essential $29,990, Atto 3 Essential $39,990 + On-Road Costs @ BYD](https://files.ozbargain.com.au/n/03/888203.jpg?h=2137d65a)
atto owner here, I've had one since late 2022 when they landed. the cars are excellent, a joy to drive and fantastic value for mone, even more so at this price point
the local support and servicing and general approach to the software is not so great
they are still struggling to provide decent levels of support but they continue to bring out new models that I don't think they are themselves ready for. the whole mycar network approach has gone nowhere fast despite eagers, who own the local byd distributor, owning mycar as well. the software on the atto (at least) hasn't had any useful features added in quite some time (karaoke, wtf), and in fact they've removed features due to bugs (automatic rear view mirror) that have no clear paths towards resolution, and features they have said they would be adding also have no timeline (using your phone's nfc)
I am currently in line to buy a shark but the communications around this are horrendous. I am finding that reddit is more reliable than the dealer here. this was very much the same with the atto, which doesn't create a lot of confidence
so while I recommend them as a car, I warn people about post-sales because this continues to severely let them down