2023 BYD Atto 3 electric car review: Extended Range | Is the MG ZS EV rival fit for family duties?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 มิ.ย. 2024
- The 2023 BYD Atto 3 has quickly become a common sight on Australian roads, with buyers flocking to the new mid-size SUV, partly on the basis of its relatively affordable pricing for an electric car. But is there more to this EV than just its 'cheap' upfront cost?
Well, family buyers will be hoping for more than just that. After all, in this segment, they expect genuine practicality and safety credentials, too. And on paper, the Atto 3 delivers them. But how do they translate in reality?
In this expert review, CarsGuide Contributing Journalist Emily Agar and her family of three spend a week with the MG ZS EV rival's Extended Range flagship to see if it has what it takes to properly tackle day-to-day life.
#BYD #Atto3 #Review
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Timecodes:
00:00 Intro
00:28 Pricing and features
01:13 Design
02:34 Practicality
05:05 Under the bonnet
06:03 Driving
07:41 Efficiency
08:18 Safety
08:55 Ownership
09:46 Verdict
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Thanks to our viewers who rightly pointed out that the low-speed whirring sound mentioned at 6:50 is actually the pedestrian warning system. It's a noisy one!
No, it's incredibly noisy compared to others. Even with the music on low, the sound overcomes whatever is playing through the crappiest speakers fitted to a vehicle.
@@asum307 You must have missed something somewhere. Perhaps yours has a dud speaker, suggest you get it fixed under warranty.
The audio system in my Atto3 is far superior to that in my last of the line model VF Holden which when I bought it had what I thought to be (at the time) a pretty good sound system.
@@jimgraham6722 The system lacks bass, and clarity. The audio head unit, and lack of an amplifier fails to provide the speakers with the required power to turn it up. Put on anything with any sort of base and turn it up to 3/4, you'll see it switch from side to side of the car as the power draw is too much.
I had numerous VFS from the standard SV6, up to the series 2 SSV Redline with the Bose sound system, none of them were anywhere near as bad as this.
As a fact, our 2017 Toyota Camry rental with a stock 6 speaker was better.
The fact the BYD doesn't even have speakers in front of the driver speakers volumes, that's where you want sound to come from, not just behind you.
Many of our vehicles have had very high end sound systems, even some using Kevlar and diamonds, that cost more than 10 - 15% of the cost of this BYD, on the road.
I didn't expect anything great from it, but it's not got any positives for the Audio.
Thankfully this car is a filler car until our actual one can be delivered, hopefully only another week or so. Wouldn't recommend.
Yeah that is the idea
@@jimgraham6722 true, the speakers were way better than the one I have in my latest BMW 3 series (without harman kardon)
My grandkids love the Atto 3 interior, like a disco - very cool grandpa.
The whirring sound between 1kmh and 28kmh is the pedestrian warning system, designed to alert pedestrians. It is an extremely good idea. I am sure over the fullness of time it will save many many lives.
Most of the comments here about highway driving are nonsense. I regularly drive mine between Sydney and Canberra, and Canberra and the coast. It performs very well on the highway (including Clyde Mountain) with absolutely no problem at all. However at highway speeds it gets about 10% less range than a comparable specced Tesla Model 3. In my view this difference is mainly down to aerodynamics, the Model3 is much lower to the road and has a very slippery design.
😂😂😂
Lost me at ‘low speed motor noise’ which is actually the pedestrian warning system
I hope you revisit your review and make the necessary updates so not to mislead your viewers, especially about the whirring sound at low speed.
BYD has the safest battery technology in the world. They invented Blade Battery which has been stabbed, overcharged by almost 300%, put under extreme heat and still didn't explode or burst into flames. Looks like they didn't have any expert reviewers around so they had to call her in to fill the spot at the last minute.
She didn't even know about the low speed "whirring" sound from the engine which is a safety feature that is suppose to alert pedestrians and more importantly, animals such as family cats that would be sleeping near the cars. Someone needs to do a proper review of the car.
Zeekr's Golden Battery incoming. BYD, CATL and Geelys definitely are starting to spoil us. ✌🏻
This is a poor quality review (see the written version or better yet don't), basing the quality of a cars stereo on phone conversations, critiquing the low speed whirring sound, not balancing out range discussions based on city/country driving; all EV's have reduced range on the highway, especially one of an SUV design so not a feature of this EV but all EV's.
Advising that the car is slow compared to other EV's; 0-100kmh in 7.3 seconds would be normal or better than many single motor variants from other manufacturers. Finally the comment of the car being unstable at 110kmh due to strong winds, is just bizarre.
I own two BYD Atto 3s and I can't believe how low you have scored it. Sorry you didn't like it but we find ours comfortable, practical and very cheap to run. We have no problems doing road trips in our Atto 3s. The whirring sound at low speeds is the pedestrian warning system.
The seats are like rocks, ones with virtually zero adjustability. Did you come from a tin can before?
@@asum307 They have a lot of adjustability and are actually very comfortable compared to anything I have had before. These include Morris, Citroen, Subaru, Mercedes, Toyota, Mitsubishi Suzuki, Tesla and quite a few Holden's. Prior to the Atto I think the VF Holden had been the most comfortable in terms of seating. However Holden's had a problem with their seat frames. I am on my third driver's seat.
Agree, in my experience with the one I purchased, these are actually excellent value vehicles. Spacious, quiet, powerful and excellent ride. They also have a huge range of accessories that in.most vehicles you pay a lot more for. We have had ours for eight months now and couldn't be happier, it's a great drive and fantastic value.
I'll give you the Tesla though, because those seats were horrendous in our Y. One of the main reasons we offloaded it! That and the ridiculous overnight power draw of 10%. I'll give the byd that, it averages about 0.5% overnight, so much better than Tesla in that regard.
@@asum307 You need to read the manual, it's not rocket science.
The overnight power draw you encountered with Tesla is because you left sentry mode on. Sentry mode is only needed if you are concerned with damage or theft where you leave your vehicle.
Turn the Tesla's sentry mode off and overnight power draw is reduced to a very low level.
You can adjust the screen brightness and can see it all the time.
This review isn't accurate, it's very negative and doesn't reflect the car that is being reviewed. I wish people who did these reviews had a bit more experience with cars and would spend a bit more time on the research. I own an atto 3 and its disappointing to see a review like this.
Sorry must totally disagree with your vehicle city suitability only claim, not sure what your agenda is but personally I’ve done over 12000 km in my vehicle since new.
It’s easily managed the Bruce goat track / highway from Cairns to Brisbane a couple of times, spent time on gravel and rural dirt roads.
The drivers lane keeping assist and active cruise systems brilliant on a long haul and the quiet cabin and reduction of road noise significantly reduces driving fatigue on a big trip.
Cars got a great sound system.it’s done trailer towing, easily conquered torrential tropical downpours and is easily the quietest, smoothest and most comfortable long distance highway driving vehicle I’ve ever owned, plus still not a rattle or a squeak to be found.
Still running standard tyres so far no issues, I’ve found my car will consistently do 320 km to 350 km per charge highway cycle however I usually stop around 250 km for a quick charge 25 to 30 mins a coffee and a pee. My vehicle consumes 15 to 17 KWH per 100km all weather, wind rain and cruising at posted limits so it’s more than fine for out and about the city I can assure you.
Best of all even when paying for DC fast charging on long road trips “fuel” costs me just under $ 30 dollars per 1000 km traveled. One charge top up a week for free off the roof easily covers city commuting it’s possible to get 420 km per charge @ average 13 kWh per 100 km.
Roof racks, tow bar and space saver spare wheel all available too if you care to do your research.
Can u pls do a review vdo, i will be ur first subscribe, thanks in advance🙏🙏
An inadequate level of basic EV knowledge from this presenter which is a real shame. The pedestrian warning system is required to keep everyone safe. I have never had range anxiety driving my Atto 3, it is actually quite efficient and gets 420km (which is it’s WLTP range) around town and 300-350km on the highway from a full battery. I love taking it on the open road and have done plenty of road trips without any issues. If your presenters don’t understand EVs and have range anxiety whenever they step in one, then of course they are going to trash their open road ability.
6.5 rating for a car that outsold Model 3 last month is rather odd.
The comment about open road driving is interesting. People at "Chasing Cars" tested a bunch of small SUVs and rated ATTO 3 second best overall and first in terms of drive quality.
And since when did 7.3 secs to 60 stopped being zippy?
Worth noting that Android Auto is wireless, screen brightness can be adjusted so no problem with viewing, motor noise is infact pedestrian warning sound, BYD themselves advertise 420 km WLTP range for the car.
Unfortunately BYD has copied not so good decisions from Tesla e.g. screen temperature controls, fixed headrests and seat material as pointed.
The review seems rushed which is surprising given the car has been around in the country for a while.
Great review and the most important detail about this review which no one actually speaks about, is the servicing because the ev industry is so new that people really don't know how and where to service their cars and how much it costs
01:48 - ...that's how I imagined as a child the seat in the X-Wing would look like.
In what way is the Australian market saturated with EVs?
All brands available
But they are not@@Klentung8989
Definitely started seeing a lot of these in a relatively short space of time.
I started to find ozt how many car conpanies China has at the beginning of 2020...still am getting surprised today by new ones. The Chinese are awesone. How did our media and politicians manage to gaslight us for so long about China?
Even Tesla use BYD's Blade batteries.
00:10 "Our market has been slowly saturated with EVs". Really? How?
HUH you mean Tesla Frogs
Thanks for the review. I am giving BYD a miss this time round.
Nic ev.
Wow 6.5 is one of the lowest scores I have seen from you Emily. Thanks for the honest review of the positives and the negatives.
This comment section is wild 😂😂😂
you almost feel annoyed by this car
It's a a lot of money for a small car!
the battery looks impossible to repair but not buying byd.
Tell us the real truth about crash testing EV Vehicles
No animal died in the making of this vehicle, which is a very good attribute.
May be she dont know how to drive more efficiently. My friend is doing 420 on average and even on highway they managed to get 370
What's the Agenda here 🤔!
BYD did not pay for this review
considering EV charging infrastructure in Australia, we are not ready for EV. We better off to stay with Hybrid for now. faw awe a
Most Australian families have more than one car. The average Australian car is driven about 37km a day, most Australians live in the cities where EVs excel. More than 3 million households have rooftop solar.
@@GDM22 unless you own your standing home. inner city do not have infrastructure for EV or even the outer city
@@leedaq7767 EVs you need to be charging at home if you can do that outer city is no issue unless you do a fair proportion of long drives. 3m houses with solar panels shows a greater uptake is possible and even makes sense.
Are they actually safe
Time bomb on wheels
The Euro NCAP score is higher than nearly all ICE vehicles on the road, ICE vehicles catch on fire more often than EV's. Also this is car has the safest version of EV batteries, lithium ferrous phosphate in a blade format.
@@GDM22 explain how EV just catch a light brand new
Not even off the ship.
@@wayneyoung146 Secondly, pretty sure the disparaging comment was made in relation to the Atto 3, not German made EV's with Lithium Ion batteries.
Do you realise how many ICE cars catch fire a year?
All im hearing is but but and but
A very bad review sorry
Looks like a circus inside and looks cheap !
EV cars are looked at always the wrong ways. No one that does any analysis of them seems to want or bothers to learn the effects of battery bleed out. A gas engine for all their drawbacks they don't use energy when parked. If you car uses energy to "charge" then you don't drive the car and yet the energy used to charge it is lost how is that efficient. A gas engine is vastly more efficient when parked and shut off. It doesn't die just from sitting there without a power supply connected to it all the time.
How do you get to this theory? My car can sit for a few days over a weekend if I choose not to go anywhere and it has the same range figure when I get back in. If the car has extra features like app access & pre conditioning then this is a given, also petrol cars have the same features that access power from a 12v battery too, the Difference being that an ev can top it’s 12v up in these situations where an OCE vehicle can’t just top up its 12v whilst sitting.
Strange claim my EV uses no more power when switched off than my ICE car so I don't know where you get that from.
All modern cars have phantom drain associated with anti theft and keyless entry. In ICE cars without charging, this will flatten the battery after a few months. EVs have much larger batteries so can be left many months if not years.
I know how dare I inform people of the reality that all batteries suffer power loss regards of wether you use them. An EV loses on average 1% a day regardless of wether or not you drive it. It also requires vastly more copper products, cobalt, products, and lithium all of which are quite equivalent to fossil fuels on the toxic dangers they pose. Not only that they do it faster. Lithium technology isn't new. It wasn't new when EVs were first built. It also isn't now.
Lithium uses 500,000 gallons of water per ton- fresh water- which is polluted in the process. How far do you think 1 ton of Lithium goes? Do you think it's forever ♻️? How much fresh water do you think is on earth? I bet you don't know the answer to any of these questions without looking them up and I bet you didn't bother to learn those things before purchasing an EV.
Poisoning and/or draining water supplies isn't a positive alternative to fossil fuels. It's just an additional way to destroy the environment. If that's not enough to pop your smug bubble there's also the fact that EV have lower industry standards, less regulation, and virtually no long term understanding. No thx.
@@TH-camCensorsEverything Which model EV do you own? I recommend you trade it for one that uses lithium iron phosphate batteries, no cobalt and fire proof to boot.
My Atto3 weighs 1700Kg, my ICE V6 weighs 1680 with half a tank, so they have similar amounts of material in them. On average there is very little difference between the amount of material in an ICE vs that in a BEV
@@jimgraham6722>> uses lithium iron phosphate batteries, no cobalt and fire proof to boot.
I would only buy a Tesla they are the longest in the market. Seems like a lot of technology that will break
Actually in our family we have traded all the ICE (2*Honda and one Suzuki) but kept the Holden VF Commodore. Being one of the last cars built in Australia we won't sell the VF. The two EVs are a TM3 we have had for eighteen months and a BYD Atto3 for eight months. Both are great cars and in many ways comparable but I have to say my favourite is the Atto. It is a great comfortable ride, spacious, better fit and finish, much smoother ride and less road noise. I wouldn't hesitate to buy another one.
Tesla only has 2 years on BYD. Just because we don't know the Brad here does not mean it isn't well experienced. It would not surprise me if BYD has made more BEV vehicles than Tesla overall when considering their market share in China and a significant number of commercial vehicles (Taxi and Busses).
They have had some challanges in adapting the car for international markets but it is a very quality car.
why would i pay $51,000 for chinese brand. i would rather pay $60,000 for tesla
Tesla also Chinese, made in Shanghai.
Is this a Samsung phone on wheels? If it blows up in the garage by combusting it's batteries, will the house insurance cover the damages? What happens after 10 years of ownership, do you pay $20k for new batteries? I have to replace my Samsung phone's battery every 2 years and to be safe I leave it outside my house in the garden when I sleep. (It is water proof at least). I think owners will have to park the car on the street just in case it explodes. Is this the most idiotic post you have ever read on TH-cam? Yes, yes it is.
Haha 🤡
Yes. It uses exactly the same battery as your Samsung phone.....Clown.
If you even want to compare a liquid managed/cooled battery with you phone battery.... If you get 700 cycles out of this like your phone battery it would still be 250 000km.
Suggest you trade the Samsung for a Nokia, far cheaper and no battery problems at all.
I don't know what model of Samsung phones you buy, I buy the S Ultra series, use for two years and pass to my son who uses for another two years. Have done this for about 5 generations, they all still had decent battery life at the end.
Are all EV VEHICLES going to be banned from passenger ferries
Huge risk for safety in a fire
are all ICE vehicles going to be banned seeing they catch fire more often
@@rickgill8791
In a serious accident with a EV vehicle
How do you know if the vehicle is alive
How do you know if dangerous gases are escaping from the vehicle
@@wayneyoung146 No problems, EV batteries are automatically isolated in a prang by the same system that fires the airbags. My nephew totalled his Model Y, the airbags fired and he walked unhurt. The vehicle didn't burn or do anything else untoward. It was simply towed away with the other vehicles involved (it was a low speed head on at about 60kmh).