In August this year, bydir's small electric car Dolphin on the market, seeing this name, many people thought of another brand Euler, BYD seems to have found inspiration from Euler's way of naming animals, but in addition to the name of the sea creatures, there is also the price of the new car. As a Chinese brand, although BYD has a good performance in the field of new energy, this small electric vehicle priced at 9.38-12.18 million yuan has made many people call "too expensive" and "not optimistic". However, now that a few months have passed, the sales of BYD Dolphins are gradually rising, reaching more than 8,000 units in November, so is this car worth the price? Let's go and see it together.
In appearance, BYD Dolphin adopts the "marine aesthetics" design, with the iconic closed front face of new energy vehicles, a U-shaped grille in the middle is bydir brand logo, and the two sides are diamond-shaped headlights connected to it, combined into a larger U-shaped silhouette, the entire front of the car line is softer, looks too rounded and full, less fashionable, but also slightly stingy. On the side of the body, BYD Dolphin is designed to be short and "compact", and the suspended roof is matched with a waist line through the head and tail, and the sense of layering and fashion are good. In the rear part of the car, the current popular through-type taillights are not absent, and below is a multi-layered vent design, which echoes the front face.
Entering the car, the line design of BYD Dolphin is also relatively soft, the addition of marine elements and various curve designs are more popular with female consumers, a through-type wavy chrome trim strip, both ends are wave-like air conditioning outlets, and in the middle is a suspended central control screen, the whole collocation is quite harmonious. It is worth noting that the central control screen below the use of "roller" type of Chinese control keys, the starting point and creativity is good, but the use of some unaccustomed, in addition, the 5-inch dashboard is somewhat small, the look and feel is slightly worse.
In terms of configuration, the whole series is equipped with rear parking radar, keyless start, keyless entry of the driver's seat, leather steering wheel, imitation leather sports style seat, satellite navigation system, Bluetooth connection, Internet of Vehicles, LED high and near beam lights, etc., to meet the daily use of no problem. The four versions of THE BYD Dolphin have three body lengths, length, width and height are 4070mm (4125mm, 4150mm) / 1770mm / 1570mm, wheelbase 2700mm, although the appearance looks short, but the wheelbase performance ensures a good interior space.
In the power part, BYD Dolphin is equipped with AC permanent magnet synchronous motors, of which the high-performance Knight Edition has a maximum power of 130kW and a peak torque of 290N·m; the other three versions have a maximum power of 70kW and a peak torque of 180N·m, and the gap is a bit large. In terms of battery life, neDC cruising range of 301km, 401km and 405km are available.
In general, in terms of the performance of BYD dolphin in all aspects, it is forgivable to say that it is expensive, the appearance value, everyone's aesthetic is different, this car does not have an absolute advantage, the space and configuration are not bad, and the most critical endurance part of the pure electric vehicle, compared to the competitor Euler good cat, etc., BYD dolphin does not seem to have any advantages, the overall cost performance looks general, of course, how the reputation still needs to be verified by the market.