Chinese electric vehicle (EV) firm Build Your Dreams has rolled out an updated version of its electric SUV, the BYD Atto 3, overseas. As part of a model year update, the Atto 3 – which is the company’s highest-selling battery electric vehicle in several markets, including in India – has received a handful of cosmetic changes inside and out, along with an upgraded infotainment system and a few new features.
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Badge on the boot lid shortened to ‘BYD’; note gloss black D-pillar insert.
While the design and most styling cues have been left untouched, the 2024 Atto 3’s exterior colour palette now includes a ‘Cosmos Black’ shade. Along with that, the chrome window surrounds have been replaced with gloss black trim, as has the silver D-pillar insert, which is also now finished in gloss black. The SUV gets a new design for its 18-inch alloys, and the ‘Build Your Dreams’ logo on the boot lid has been shortened to just ‘BYD’.
Larger central touchscreen borrowed from the Seal sedan; dark blue-and-black colour scheme is new.
The biggest change with the 2024 BYD Atto 3 comes on the inside, as it now features a larger, 15.6-inch rotating touchscreen (12.8-inch previously) borrowed from the recently-launched BYD Seal sedan. There’s also a new interior colour scheme, combining dark blue with black. Also added is an ‘intelligent start’ system, which will let the driver start the car by pressing the brake pedal.
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The Atto 3, which is priced at Rs 33.99 lakh (ex-showroom), helped BYD rise to the top of India’s midsize EV sector in 2023, and pip established German and Korean carmakers to first place in the Rs 30 lakh - 70 lakh price bracket. With only two models in its India lineup, the e6 MPV and Atto 3 SUV, BYD shipped 2,038 vehicles in CY2023 – an over five-fold increase in its annual sales compared to 2022 – as per registration data on the VAHAN portal. Expect these updates to make their way to the Atto 3 on sale in India in the coming months.
