'China's Tesla' now in SA - it can power your home: We have pricing for electric BYD Atto 3 | Life

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If you've never heard of BYD, they are the world's leading manufacturer of electric vehicles. The Chinese automaker has just launched its first EV in South Africa and the Atto 3 is quite competitively priced. | News24Motoring

These include a large 12.8" touchscreen infotainment system that can swivel to portrait orientation if you so wish, a 5.0-inch instrument cluster, wireless charging pad, eight-speaker sound system, multifunction steering wheel, keyless entry, keyless start and electrically adjustable front seats.

The motive power comes in the form of what BYD claims to be the world's first mass-produced 8-in-1 electric powertrain, which integrates eight key components: an onboard charger, drive motor, transmission and various control units. With 152kW of power and 310Nm of torque on tap, and helped by a low 0.29 drag coefficient, 0 to 100km/h acceleration time is claimed to be 7.3 seconds.Claimed range is 420km for the 60.4kWh model and 320km for the 50.1kWh model.

 

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