BYD Atto 3 will get 5-star ANCAP security score in Australia

Are EVs secure? There’s no cause to doubt their crashworthiness as electrical vehicles endure the identical security exams as their inside combustion engined counterparts. The BYD Atto 3 has now acquired the utmost 5 stars within the Australasian New Automotive Evaluation Program (ANCAP).

The Atto 3 was launched Down Underneath in July 2022 and the ANCAP security score applies to each Commonplace Vary and Prolonged Vary variants. ANCAP required some modifications although – Australian-supplied vehicles constructed from Could 2022 acquired brand-initiated updates to the centre rear seating place to show the top-tether youngster restraint anchorage and the removing of the entrance passenger seat airbag disabling change.

Twin entrance, aspect chest-protecting and aspect head-protecting (curtain) airbags are customary. A centre airbag which gives added safety to entrance seat occupants in aspect affect crashes can also be customary, and so are AEB, lane assist system with lane hold help, lane departure warning and emergency lane conserving, and velocity signal recognition.

The Atto 3 scored 91% (34.68 out of 38 factors) within the Grownup Occupant Safety take a look at, 84% (41.62 out of 49 factors) within the Little one Occupant Safety take a look at, 69% (37.54 out of 54 factors) within the Susceptible Street Consumer Safety class and 80% (12.89 out of 16 factors) within the Security Help division.

The Atto 3, also referred to as the Yuan Plus in its residence market, is a crossover that contains a front-mounted electrical motor rated at 204 PS/310 Nm. Two in-house Blade EV batteries can be found – a 49.92 kWh unit providing 345 km of vary (WLTP, 410 km NEDC), and a 60.48 kWh unit rated for 420 km (WLTP, 480 km NEDC). Each battery choices will likely be accessible in Malaysia when it’s launched right here subsequent month.

The electrical crossover helps AC charging (Sort 2) as much as 7 kW in addition to DC quick charging (CCS2); the latter at a max charge of both 70 kW or 80 kW based on battery capability – the upper enter permits for a 0-80% state of cost to be reached in 45 minutes.

As talked about, the BYD Atto 3 will likely be one of many two fashions for the EV model’s Malaysian launch subsequent month, together with the e6 MPV. The Dolphin and Seal EVs are being focused for This fall 2023 by distributor BYD SD Motors Malaysia.

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