Look what we have now right here – the BYD Atto 2 has been noticed in Thailand in right-hand-drive type, simply months after it was confirmed for export markets such because the UK. The automotive was revealed in China in February 2024 because the Yuan Up, and simply as its two names recommend, this electrical B-segment SUV will slot under the Atto 3 (referred to as the Yuan Plus in China) within the carmaker’s lineup.
Photos that appeared on the Automobile Information Replace Fb web page present the Atto 2 carrying very mild camouflage, definitely not sufficient to cover the automotive’s sharp, upright design. Of extra significance is the inside, the place the steering wheel is now on the fitting aspect, albeit with the BYD badge nonetheless taped up (the Chinese language-market automotive has the character Yuan).
The remainder of the inside shot may be very darkish, however one can nearly make out the 12.8-inch infotainment touchscreen and eight.8-inch digital instrument show. Nonetheless, the centre console seems to have been ripped up and the crystal gear selector “pebble” is nowhere to be seen right here. Maybe right-hook markets will get the column-mounted shift stalk already utilized by automobiles fitted with BYD’s God’s Eye autonomous driving system in China.
Globally, the Atto 2 is powered by a single entrance motor producing 177 PS (130 kW) and 290 Nm of torque, getting it from zero to 100 km/h in 7.9 seconds on its method to a prime pace of 160 km/h. A forty five.12 kWh Blade lithium iron phosphate battery offers a spread of simply 312 km on the WLTP cycle, whereas DC quick charging capped at solely 65 kW tops up the battery from 10 to 80% in 37 minutes. An 11 kW AC wallbox charger, in the meantime, offers a full cost in 5.5 hours.
The sighting of the Atto 2 in China raises the opportunity of it being dropped at Malaysia. It should, nevertheless, hit a snag within the type of tax exemptions coming to an finish this 12 months, which means that even when it does get right here this 12 months, it would get pleasure from just some months of being tax-free at most, earlier than costs shoot up in 2026. The corporate has but to make public any plans for native meeting, though its ties to Sime Motors right here signifies that a CKD operation on the latter’s Inokom plant in Kulim, Kedah might be tooled up in brief order.
The Atto 2 was spied subsequent to the Qin L EV, a brand new electrical sedan that’s separate from the Qin L DM-i plug-in hybrid. That automotive, nevertheless, has but to even go on sale in China, and this camouflaged prototype is a left-hand-drive unit; as such, even whether it is earmarked for the Southeast Asian area, it would solely in all probability arrive a lot later.
GALLERY: BYD Atto 2
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