As we had suspected in the course of the weekend, BYD Malaysia has launched a second teaser for the facelifted Atto 3 that basically confirms that we’ll be receiving the massively revamped Evo model. This differs from the facelift being offered in Hong Kong, which pairs the revised exterior and inside with an unchanged motor and battery and solely a gentle improve in charging velocity.
The corporate listed a zero-to-100 km/h time of 5.5 seconds, which is what the brand new rear-wheel-drive variant accomplishes. The sooner acceleration comes courtesy of a rear motor making 313 PS (230 kW) and 380 Nm of torque – an enormous 109 PS (80 kW) and 70 Nm greater than earlier than – and is sort of two entire seconds faster than the front-wheel-drive mannequin.
The dearth of point out of an much more highly effective dual-motor all-wheel-drive variant, which produces 449 PS (330 kW) and 560 Nm and completes the century dash in simply 3.9 seconds, suggests it received’t be coming right here. In any case, the improved efficiency is paired with a bigger 74.8 kWh Blade LFP battery (up from 60.48 kWh) and a commensurate improve in WLTP-rated vary to 510 km (+90 km) for the RWD mannequin.
Much more spectacular is the change to an 800-volt electrical structure, which means that DC quick charging capability additionally leaps from a measly 88 kW to a way more respectable 220 kW. This cuts the charging time from 10 to 80% by almost half to simply 25 minutes (down from 40 minutes) regardless of the larger battery.
Different far-reaching modifications embody a brand new five-link (beforehand 4) rear suspension setup, which is extra compact and frees up 50 litres of boot house – now 490 litres, expandable to 1,360 litres with the rear seats folded – although the motor is now on the rear. The latter has additionally resulted in a brand new 101 litre entrance boot.
The remainder of the modifications are principally widespread with the HK model and embody sportier entrance and rear bumpers with body-coloured “tusks”, cascading triangular graphics for the taillights and sleeker black D-pillar trims. On prime of this, the Evo positive aspects a turbine-style design and a gray end for the 18-inch alloy wheels, in addition to a rear as a substitute of a entrance charging port and the ditching of the “BYD Design” entrance fender appliqués.
Inside, there’s a much less rippled dashboard, an Atto 2-style steering wheel with a brand new column-mounted gear selector, a non-rotating 15.6-inch infotainment touchscreen, a a lot bigger 8.8-inch instrument show (up from simply 5 inches) and a redesigned centre console with twin smartphone holders. The Evo additionally positive aspects built-in Google companies like Google Maps, Google Assistant, YouTube and the Play Retailer.
The Atto 3 Evo can be launched on Friday, June 5, with pricing anticipated to be fairly a bit larger than earlier than given the elevated efficiency and mechanical sophistication – it’s sooner, has extra vary and fees extra rapidly than a Sealion 7, for example. The automotive can even virtually actually arrive in CBU fully-imported type (now that BYD’s CKD native meeting plans are in limbo), which means it is going to incur import and excise duties exacted on CBU EVs beginning this yr.
Nonetheless, because the vehicles arrive earlier than the ministry of funding, commerce and business’s (MITI) new CBU EV coverage takes impact on July 1, the Atto 3 will dodge the revised guidelines that successfully imply a minimal value of RM300,000 – at the least for the preliminary models. Are you excited for the Evo? Tell us within the feedback.
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