Video Summary
Here is the summary of the YouTube video:- BYD (Build Your Dreams) is making efforts to gain a foothold in the European EV market.
- The BYD Dolphin is a small electric hatchback that has been in the China market for about a year, with changes to accommodate extra safety tech for European regulations.
- It has different bumpers at the front and rear to help achieve as good a safety rating as possible when crash-tested.
- The BYD Atto 3, which is another car made by BYD, has already achieved the maximum five-star safety rating.
- It has either 16- or 17-inch alloys.
- It is similar in size to the Peugeot e-208 and MG4, and the MG4 will be its chief rival.
- The starting price for the BYD Dolphin is said to be around £30,000 in Europe. If translated, it would be under £30,000 in the UK. This would make the car one of the cheapest new electric cars that you can buy.
- The interior is vegan leather and is standard.
- It has a touchscreen infotainment system that can rotate.
- There are physical controls to adjust the air conditioning and wired Apple CarPlay. Android Auto will be added via an over-the-air update.
- There is lots of adjustment in the wheel and the seat, making it easy to get a natural driving position, and the pedal alignment feels quite natural, too.
- It is good and spacious when it comes to legroom and has a flat floor; it is just that the head room is fairly limited because the model shown here is fitted with a sunroof. If you were six feet tall or more, you might feel cramped, so there are other small electric cars that may feel more open and spacious if that's the case.
- It gets a good-sized boot to be able to have both a height adjustable boot floor as standard, too.
- The Dolphin gets a 201-horsepower electric motor, driving the front wheels.
- The electric vehicle can do 0–62 miles per hour in 7 seconds and 100 miles per hour top speed.
- Has an official range of 265 miles.
- V2L (vehicle to load) is standard and makes the vehicle a three-pin plug, allowing users to charge the laptop or boil the kettle.
- BYD is serious about market entry into Europe.
