BYD Atto 3 Electric

Actual range 350km or lesser on average.

No God eye upgrade.

Steering rack issue less than 6mths, with no ready stock for replacement(takes about 2 months or more to wait).

Some might get draftshaft issues as well.

Some reported BSD alarms from less than 1 year owners.

Car horn is damn hard to press on and once press, it's damn loud that type.

New owner to EV.

My previous car KIA cerato K3. Definitely a huge change. Never regret!

What i likes.

-Super spacious seats and front and back boot.

-Handling i feel is good. It's not as bad as people mention. Maybe it's the safely feature activated thus causing the issue.

-I think the suspension is good compare to my previous ride. So bouncy. Man go slow then.

-Music surround its good when you blast them !

-Try to dislike the 15.6" Screen. Damn guys like big right.

-Exteriors is also good the door is design to trap mud and dust so it won't get in trust me very useful when travel across Singapore often.

-Auto start aircon and unlock feature using apps.

-Crazy wide sun shade and sun roof

-360 camera view.

-Clear front dash camera

What I dislikes.

-No spare tyres, which gave you extra space right.

-interior a little funky but sleek. Kinda like aircraft pilot or spaceship.

-Some bugs with the spotify. Trying to goggles seem it's common to have playlist missing song. Have to use android auto instead.

-They don't supply the small items. You will have to source those items from Taobao or shopee.

Apologise, if my review wasn't what you looking for but it's what and how I felt. Compare to my previous car.

Been driving this car for 9 months with no issues.

Value for money. Max cost from 0-100% is less than $45 in Singapore. Couple of times using this car, we test its mileage to the extreme 'Zero Percent' feeling. It's enough mileage to cover for 5 days with it's average distance covered 350-400km per full charge.

Save us from a couple of major accidents with it's safety features. The only dissatisfaction is the Atlas tyre given as it's not that long lasting. If never do tyre rotation at 10k, both front tyre flower thread is almost worn out to. Change whole set to my preferred CP7.

The furthest we went is to Perak for glamping and no issue on charging. Although you need to plan much intensively where to charge your car. Most popular RnR on AH2 now have a charger or two especially 2H of 2024.

The only dissatisfaction is that High Insurance. Even with 50% NCD is $1400+. Instant torque like 2-liter turbo car. Then using a CAT A for Atto3, I do not mine the charge of $700+ which is equivalent to 1.6 liter hybrid but the extra surcharge tax by the Government of $700+ which add up to $1502~ road tax. Its asterisk something about fuel tax we would use for the year thus need to be tax.

Save on petrol but pay high on road tax n insurance.

If u dont drive much like a PHV then need to consider carefully.

Looking for an Electric family car at the time of writing. Went to test drive the Atto3 Cat A version over the weekend especially after seeing many of them on the roads and their attractive ad pricing.

The exterior of the car is alright I guess, not eye catching or special maybe it being a common sight on roads. Found it ridiculous to charge extra for the "Carbon edge" Package.

The interior of the car feels confusing and the buttons feel misplaced with driver controls being mixed up with climate controls making it feel more like an appliance than a car. The guitar strings and dumbbell aircon vents are a cute touch but the rotating screen feels like a gimmick to me-Dont see when one would ever use it in potrait. The seats of the car lack foundation and any structure making it lumpy and uncomfortable for long journeys. The instrument cluster makes the car feel cheap as well and I'm driving a small hatchback rather than an SUV. The cluster in the Seal felt so much better.

The tech of the car is not bad however, with the voice controls and 360 camera.

The drive on the car however is alright. To me, All Cat A Ev SUVs drive roughly the same in terms of power and handling, tried E-C4x, E-2008, Ioniq 5 and Y Plus so far. However, the suspension of the Atto3 is neither soft nor still making it sit in an uncomfortable in between so its firm but there is still strong body roll and soft yet with some ride harshness.

I was very interested in the ATTO 3 as a replacement car but a short test drive would not suffice. Furthermore, the review on YT seems mixed. Many complained about the bouncy ride, poor handling etc.

I rented from Hertz JB in Jun 2024 for a period of 6 days. Drove to Genting and back. Charged up 3 times. Total amount spent RM180. I used only the KwH payment stations. Other stations you need to pay by time.

Tried to charge at a SHELL station but they told me I need to purchase a credit of RM200 to use the charger. WTF !

The ATTO is a nice car to drive...Very comfortable at low speed, kampong roads, city but up on the highway, it is very floaty, bouncy....So much so it give me a headache. The warning devices inside is also irritating. Could not figure out how to resolve this but when driving without cruise control/lane assist, the warning "Emergency Lane Departure Triggered" Would appear each time....Buzzing, tinking, etc. Really pissed off with this. So I have to drive with both cruise control/LD even in city so as to avoid this.

They said that the instrument panel is small. I HAVE TO AGREE ! This coupled with green icons against a light blue background, you could hardly see what the car is trying to tell you. Setting the cruise control speed, I have to really stare at the instrument to see the speed set.

I think the seat is too hard for me. I prefer my Golf seats. The absence of a rain wiper sensor is pathetic. The is no audible warning when locking the doors.

I cancel the booking . Besides high road tax, insurance also higher and electricity charging rates are higher than household. Moreover, Ikea Tampines , Our Tampines Hub and Changi Airport no longer offer free charging!

The road tax is more than double of our Toyota Yaris hybrid , the fuel savings per year is not eventful. In fact we are paying more on electricity charging rates because we only pump petrol once a month so the maths just don't work out.

Blame this on LTA Additional Flat Rate road tax on EV cars which you must pay $700 extra per year on top of the standard road tax!

What I hated:

- My MotorEast SA functions on two brain cells and zero accountability. Screwed up my car's colour due to miscommunication on his side, and at delivery he tried pulling a fast one â€" to "Accept" The scratches and paint-correct at my own cost outside.

- No wireless Apple CarPlay.

- No ventilated seats (which is fine at this price point)

- If you're on CarPlay, you'd need >2 steps to adjust the aircon.

- Easily forced into a body roll at corners, which is unexpected since a heavy battery should provide a lower centre of gravity.

What I loved:

- Safety features are great, forces you to be a safe driver.

- 360 cameras have high clarity and are intuitive.

- Continental tyres for 2024 versions.

- 15.6" Large screen for 2024 versions.

- Panoramic sunroof (surprising at this price point)

- Dark interior for those who think the white muscle fibres is overwhelming.

- High torque, pickup is godlike. Happy to sacrifice power to fit into Cat A though. Perfect for city driving.

- Flat floor for rear passengers (given for pure EV platforms), lots of legroom.

- Taobao has all sorts of accessories, even spare parts.

I like this car, except it scores badly in areas i value a lot as a driver.

Pros

- Smooth drive

- Quick

- Efficient

- Quiet drive

Cons

- Boring exterior

- Boring Interior Styling

- Boring drive

- Road noise at high speed

- Speed limit

I owned a Toyota Puris C before. This car is way much better in all aspects. We already have a charging station in our parking lots and making charging very convenient.

The ride and build quality is very impressive, so is the long list of features. It has full safety features and a NCAP 5 star rating. If you cover the logo, the experience is similar to driving a much more expensive car. Part of it has to do with the car being an EV where the silent instant torque is a sheer delight. The other part is what the manufacturer decides to provide for the driver. Even the back door panels are padded, I didn't have this in my previous top of the range car.

Car charging will not be as convenient as pumping petrol. So this may not be suitable for everybody. The car is comfort driven, people looking for sportiness may need to look elsewhere.

For the overall value of the car, considering the high COE cost. The vehicle is packed with safety features (inbuilt dash cam) and cool, rotatable head unit (that can be used for split apps)

The vehicle also uses the blade battery, that is industry leading in terms of safety.

Highly recommended.

Was driving Audi A6 the past 10 years, the change to EV - after 8 months of driving Atto3 is irreversible. Instant torque, smooth quiet drive, with all the electronic wizardry. The front struts suspension may not be as good, Ditto the lack of automatic Rain sensor or the kick boot open function, all round tap locks etc. The whole package makes up for the deficiency above. Wish there would be software refinements and may be incremental updates to this package in the future.

I decided to hold my review for 3 months after I own this car, and here I am providing my review now.

As an owner to this car, I have lots of opportunities to see heads turning when either I drove cross or parking.

I also received numerous complements at Coffee Shop, residential area and office car park.

Other than the Atlas Batman tyres which I changed the entire set after 3 encounters of car swinging when I drove over patches of water during raining days, I really has nothing to complain about.

Learning more about LFP batteries after owning the car gave me a lot more assurance that I am thankful I did not choose a Lithium Ion battery type of cars.

The drive is always comfortable, no hard landing driving over humps, instant response and quick pick up with great handling assured me to be able to maneuver through city jam swiftly.

Family is happy, Spotify is there to entertain everyone in the car, and with the BYD APP, it enables the car to be remotely managed, such as turning on the aircon remotely, so that it is a lot cooler hen we stepped in to the car, even when it is parked under the hot sun, in the open car park.

Charging is just as swiftly as anyone could imagine, with the BYD APP on hand, I will be able to tell the SOC%, so as to plan my time and be able to pick up the car when it is just fully charged at 100%.

100%? Yes, not 80%, is 100%, thanks to LFP batteries which allows us the ATTO 3 owners to be able to fully utilize the battery capacity instead of 80%.

The 360 degree cameras helped de-stressing tight parallel parking, there is no longer needing to worry about the car being scratched because of tight space where we are not able to accurately judge on sufficient clearance to park.

These are the benefits that I ripe, besides the running costs (fuel, maintenance, etc.), besides being earth friendlier, besides helping the government to achieving a greener Singapore and zero CO2 emission at the set target date, I truly feeling happy owning and driving this car.

Best Family EV you can buy below $200K. Comfortable and refined than most other EV. Drove it for 2 weeks and didn't miss any of my previous rides and could be the best vehicle driven. Test drive it yourself. The apps make available on byd in the future would be like a android tablet on wheels.