My BYD Atto 3: 1100 km done so far and initial ownership review

I received one of the cars from the old batch, the car with the full "Build Your Dreams" logo on the hatch, silver dragon scale C-pillar, and in-built dashcam.

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Hello Everyone!

I received my BYD Atto 3 Ski White on September 10th, 2024. I have driven about 1100 km so far, and it has been an exciting and quite luxurious drive.

A lot has been discussed about the car in general, I shall just stick to new information to update the thread.

I received one of the cars from the old batch, the car with the full "Build Your Dreams" logo on the hatch, silver dragon scale C-pillar, and in-built dashcam. They call this the superior version too.

From the VIN of the car, they do not mention the Month of Manufacture, only the Year. On the temporary registration document, they had mentioned the Month of Manufacture as August and the Year of Manufacture as 2024.

I continued driving the car on the stock Atlas Batman Tyres, and the ride isn't too bad. I found the ride comfortable, and the grip levels decent. Time will tell about tyre life and other parameters and will update the thread accordingly.

They have advised us to use the car in ECO mode for the first 2000 km and then switch up. I found myself switching between modes for brisk overtakes, especially on single-way carriageways. Played around with the Level of Regen too; at the standard level, the regen only displays up to-7kw', while at the high level, it goes up to '-36kw'.

On a drive in the ghat sections, I traveled about 100 km and used the battery from 100% to 65%. On the return leg of the journey, initially, I used from 65% to 60%, but after that, the regen allowed me to take the charge level back to 65%. I completed the round trip of 200 km with about 49% charge left.

Regarding charging, I received both the 7.2 single-phase kW charger and the 3.3 kW portable charger. The installation team for BYD India is handled by Relux India, and they are as slow as the slow charger. BYD India needs to learn a thing or two from MG Motors in this aspect, wherein after booking the vehicle in MG, they immediately send out a team to survey your home and inform you in advance of the necessary changes needed to install the fast charger. For BYD, after delivery of the vehicle, they come for survey/installation. The team came for a survey a week after I got delivery, and that too, after I had mentioned the same to BYD India during their feedback call. I have not yet gotten the charger installed (tentative installation is this week), as the survey team forgot to get the included 10 meters of cable for the charger. (Will upload a photo after installation of the charger.)

Also, regarding the portable 3.3 kW charger, it is quite slow to charge and charges at the rate of 1.7-1.9 kWh. I did a quick Google search on the issue and saw that worldwide BYD has stopped shipping with a 16A portable charger and they now ship with an 8A portable charger. It takes about 30 hours for a full charge. I use my other car in the downtime between charges as of now.

I found the cabin of the car rather too hot on a hot sunny day, even with the AC at MAX low and full blower speed, despite the car coming with 70% VLT glasses from the factory. I went ahead and got sunfilm installed on all windows and the front and rear windshields. Installed Garware Artic Cool. Also installed sunfilm on the sunroof. The cabin is noticeably cooler now and it takes about 2-3 minutes to fully cool the cabin on a hot day.

A photo after getting the sun films installed.

On the topic of AC, on a particular day, I was waiting for someone for a meeting. Ended up waiting for about 3 hours, all while sitting in the car with AC and the infotainment screen on. I used about 1% charge!

Some cool yet interesting features I discovered, not sure whether it was mentioned before.

- The door pad and speaker lights light up in red when there is a vehicle approaching your blind spot.

- You can use a 3-finger gesture on the touchscreen to quickly adjust

- One can change their wallpaper as per their preference, as with a host of other options on the infotainment screen.

That's the important updates that I wish to share. Will update the thread as per any interesting discoveries/events. Would be happy to answer any queries.

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