Car Review: India with the launch of the electric Atto 3 SUV Features And Price

BYD Auto has just showcased its second offering for the Indian market. It's a five-peter electric vehicle that is powered by a 60-kilowatt-hour battery pack, and it offers an Ari-certified driving range of 521 kilometers. So Hin has all the details.

Now, BYD has been slowly but quietly building its presence in the Indian market and the six-electric MPV is a competent one that has received quite a good response from buyers.

But it's this SUV, the bid ATO. Three, that will truly put the spotlight on this electric car brand. Now, the bid ATO three should compete.

And the Hyundai Kona, although in terms of dimensions, it's significantly larger. It's longer, wider, and taller than both SUVs. And sort of enhancing that is this new sort of design theme from the Dragon 30 design philosophy that they call it. And it's much more expressive than what. We've seen from the E six.

Headlamp design, this full-width light bar. And these sort of ridges in the bumper, which are kind of functional. They do help with the aerodynamic efficiency of the auto scene, which is quite an impressive zero two.

This quite muscular theme continues to the side, where you have this bulging bodywork and some clearly defined shapes. Charge port two is conveniently placed on the fender. The Clear motif is again an eye-catching one, working with a sharply tapering glass area. The rear is distinctive with the full-width, sharply cut Led light bar. The boot is a large one but misses out on a spare wheel with the placement of the battery. 

Are like something we've never, ever seen before in a car. It's very organic, it's very sort of humanoid, and it's designed with these curves and ridges, and it's very different from what you would expect in a mainstream SUV of any kind. But having said that, the level of quality and faith is actually reasonable, at least from this very quick impression. Most of the surfaces are soft to the touch here, but of course, there's an endless array of quirks and features. Of course, the cards also are very well equipped, but just in terms of design. For example, these vents, function like this. They open and close like this. In this large 12.8-inch touch screen, you can rotate it from your steering wheel, such as in this way. For example, these door handles, in the way they open and close, the doors themselves feel substantial, and feel well built, so that's not an issue. For example, these holders are for the cups, which you can sort of play music, so the Atrocity will definitely be a conversation starter when you sort of pick people up in it for the first time.

Aside from ventilated seats, the ATO Three gets the most creature comforts you'd like in a car. There's a large panoramic sunroof, dual-zone climate control, even an NFC card key and a C and 95 air filter, as well as ambient lighting. Also unique is a vehicle-to-load function that supports up to three 3 gear levers. Two is a quirky aircraft style one with a bright starter switch. The seats feel large and supportive, and the footwear is large too. The same sense continues at the rear with great leg and knee room as well as nicely contoured seats.

The battery pack is about 65-kilowatt hours, which gives it a 420 km of WLTP range, which increases to 541 when you look at the ARII figure.

It has up to 80 DP fast charging, which will get the battery back to 80% charge in about 50 minutes. And you also get a seven kilowatt AC charger bundled in with this, which.

Will charge the Atom Three is about. Nine and a half to 10 hours. Another big highlight is safety. There's a full suite of level two adapt functions in the ATO Three, seven airbags, and a 360-degree camera. The ATO Three has just received a five-star Euro uncap rating as well.

Now, bookings for the BYD Auto Three have already opened. Deliveries of the first 500 cars begin in January 2023, and you can reserve one of them for a 15,000 RP deposit. Prices haven't been announced just yet, but we expect that to come maybe before deliveries start.