There’s a new version of the BYD Atto 3 in Europe called the BYD Atto 3 Evo, based on the China-market facelift. The biggest change? It’s now rear-wheel drive (RWD), with a 313 PS/380 Nm rear motor (112 PS and 70 Nm more than the FWD one), although there’s also a two-motor all-wheel drive (AWD) variant with 449 PS and 560 Nm of torque.
The change to RWD has brought a new five-link suspension (previously four), unlocked 50 more litres of boot space (now 490 litres, expandable to 1,360 litres) and allowed the inclusion of a 101-litre frunk.
The battery has also grown from 60.48 kWh (420 km WLTP) to 74.8 kWh, yielding 510 km of WLTP range for the RWD and 470 km for the AWD. The 0-100 km/h times are 5.5 seconds for the RWD and a blistering 3.9 seconds for the AWD. That’s a lot faster than our FWD Atto 3 Ultra, which does it in 7.3 seconds.
The other big change is a switch from 400V to 800V. This boosts its max charging rate from 88 to 220 kW and cuts its 10-80% charging time from 40 minutes to just 25. There’s also 3 kW vehicle-to-load (V2L).
Exterior wise, there are redesigned bumpers, a new tailgate spoiler with split brake lamps à la Haval H6 HEV, and new 18-inch alloys. Inside, you’ll still see the ‘guitar strings’, unique inside door handles and 15.6-inch rotatable touch-screen.
However, the gear selector has been moved to the steering column (so the wireless charger can now be positioned lengthways instead of sideways like before), there’s a new steering wheel and a rectangular 8.8-inch digital instrument panel (our pre-facelift car’s is trapezoidal-shaped), as per the facelift in China.
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