For the harsh winter in the north, it has always been less friendly to pure electric models. The hard injuries of fast power loss and low endurance have always been a headache for traditional car companies and new car-making brands. As our environment becomes more and more biased towards the new energy era, these problems are bound to need to be solved. And BYD has brought us a new species, although it has a cute name, but can it solve the problem of display? Whether it is a mobility tool or an electric artifact, today we will feel the first model dolphin from the BYD e platform 3.0 to see if it can give us a good solution.
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"Marine Aesthetics" design concept
The family's latest "marine aesthetic" design concept makes its appearance really distinctive, and like its name, it has a sense of marine life, and the Dolphin is also the first model of the BYD family's new e-platform 3.0. In addition to the very avant-garde design, the platform has a core component integration, standardized design, the advantage is that the precision parts assembly process is more integrated, so that the interior space has been further improved.
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Interior: Avant-garde minimalist design
The interior layout is the same as most new energy models, all of which adopt a minimalist design concept, the layout of functional modules is very reasonable, and another major feature is that the physical button design makes the car more regular, and has the avant-garde sense of technology that new energy models should have.
The configuration is also rich enough, the suspension LCD instrument, 12.8-inch central control touch screen is particularly eye-catching, and equipped with the latest Family Dilink3.0 intelligent networked car system, in addition to the conventional functions, it also supports voice commands, DiPilot driver assistance system, mobile phone Interconnection, remote control, mobile phone NFC car key and VTOL discharge and other very mainstream functions at present, and the practicality is still very high.
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Light enough to open
BYD Dolphin Powertrain is available in two power versions, with maximum motors of 70kW and 130kW and maximum torques of 180N·m and 290N·m, respectively. In terms of battery capacity, in addition to the entry-level model of 30.7kWh, the other three models are 44.9kWh. In terms of mileage, the mileage of the Knight Edition of the top model we tested was 401KM, the free version and the fashion version were 405KM, and the Vitality version was 301KM. Quick charge 30 minutes to reach 80% of the power.
Even if the kinetic energy recovery system switches to the strongest gear, there is no very stiff drag feeling, the braking force feedback is very linear, avoiding the phenomenon of the driver feeling uncomfortable, and its biggest role is not only to give the braking force, the kinetic energy recovery effect is still very obvious, if it is a driver with endurance anxiety, when the remaining endurance is insufficient, it can still greatly increase the cruising range.
Sound insulation and noise reduction performance is decent, when driving at low speed, almost no motor current sound is perceived, and wind noise and tire noise can be well suppressed, and when driving at high speed, current sound and wind noise will enter the car slightly, but there is no interference to the driver and occupants at all, and the overall NVH sound insulation and noise reduction level belongs to the middle and upper reaches of this level of models.
For electric vehicles, because the battery structure is placed on the chassis, the center of gravity is relatively lower, and it will be more calm when it is opened, although the dolphin belongs to a small car, but it creates a very solid chassis texture, the overall filter performance is very crisp, whether it is undulating road, bumpy road suspension for the impact of the road surface can be effectively resolved, and when there is continuous high-frequency vibration, the rear suspension compression release efficiency will be relatively slow, and the suspension will have a little rebound and hard feeling, However, the overall filter performance is completely acceptable.
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Winter low temperature endurance can reach 300km
As for the performance of energy consumption, the test drive we opened was 405km fashion version, the test drive was 350km in total, first of all, the endurance met the daily commuting without problems, and secondly, our test drive was smooth throughout the road, and the average speed was maintained at 32km. The average power consumption is only 10.9kWh, after running the full distance, the vehicle meter shows that the remaining mileage is 0km, because the temperature is not too low, the whole process does not open the air conditioning warm air system, but on the whole, than the model calibration mileage of 405km more consumption of 55 kilometers, if the temperature is too low to open the warm air, the power consumption will also be relatively improved a lot, for the endurance will still have a further shrinkage.
On the other hand, in the case of 100% of the power in the initial section, the whole speed is maintained at 60-80km/h, the power drop is relatively stable, but when the power reaches 30%, the motor protection mechanism starts, the power is reduced, and after continuing to maintain a uniform speed, the power drop will be relatively fast, when we actually drive, the power is 84 kilometers when the power is 20%, but the last 84 kilometers of the meter mileage We only opened about 30 kilometers to basically reach the air power state.
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Edit the summary
For the winter pure electric endurance, bydir dolphin performance can only be regarded as decent, although with the advantages of BYD e platform 3.0, so that it has a lower wind resistance coefficient, more efficient motor power and heat pump system blessing so that it can get more durable endurance, but the comprehensive fashion version of the price of nearly 110,000 yuan, this price compared to the competitive model still has a certain amount of room for exploration, if you are a Di powder, do not consider the price, then it is still a good means of transportation, But if you have a limited budget, you may wish to wait for the offer to make a choice, then the price will be better.