BYD has achieved a significant milestone for the Australian market with the cargo of the ten,000th Atto 3 electrical SUV.
The information comes solely a day after the corporate showcased 750 new Atto 3s in Victoria simply days after it was revealed that the Victorian authorities had slammed shut the subsidy scheme.
One other 2,000 have now been allotted to the state to assist extra drivers to make the change to an EV just like the Atto 3.
In 2023, 4,664 BYD Atto 3 have been bought in Australia, and that development has continued into 2023, with the Might determine reaching 1,448 gross sales, in accordance with knowledge from FCAI.
As of the tip of Might, 6,777 Atto 3s had been bought for the reason that first deliveries started in July final yr. The brand new shipments talked about above take the full to greater than 10,000.
With the Atto 3 presenting good worth and being essentially the most inexpensive ground-up EV in 2022, it has gained fairly a following.
A lot of The Pushed’s readers proudly personal and drive an Atto 3 and a few have been doing lengthy journeys, together with Sarah White, aka Atto Gal, who took her BYD Atto 3 from Perth to Sydney and again.
In 2022, the availability of the automobile had been tight, as was the case with most EV manufacturers. With situations bettering and manufacturing ramping up, the wait occasions to get behind the wheel of an Atto 3 have come proper down.
On the time of writing this text, an Atto 3 is offered inside a few weeks.
The BYD Atto 3 comes with two variants. One is the Customary variant with a 50.1 kWh Blade battery pack that may ship as much as 400 km of vary.
An extended-range Prolonged model can also be on provide that comes outfitted with a bigger 60.4 kWh battery pack with a 480 km of vary.
Aside from Tesla, only a few corporations within the nation have managed to get the traction BYD has since asserting and launching the Atto 3 in early 2022.
Australia has historically been a tough marketplace for automobile corporations to launch merchandise that prospects love. Many have come and gone within the ICE age, reminiscent of Opel who in recent times tried to launch right here however by no means gained traction.
For BYD, the journey into the Australian market hasn’t been simple however constructing over 10,000 EVs for native drivers in simply over 12 months, it’s proven different world EV manufacturers that it may be accomplished.
Australians need inexpensive EVs and with the BYD Dolphin launch solely across the nook, 1000’s extra EVs can be heading in direction of our shores within the coming months.
Riz is the founding father of carloop primarily based in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV knowledge, perception experiences and tendencies. He’s a mechanical engineer who spent the primary 7 years of his profession constructing transport infrastructure earlier than beginning carloop. He has a ardour for vehicles, notably EVs and desires to assist cut back transport emissions in Australia. He at present drives a pink Tesla Mannequin 3.