1 year ownership update | 15,000km | BYD ATTO 3

It's been a year with the BYD Atto 3 so here is a quick update on everything I have learnt

0:00 Introduction
0:33 Door
1:12 Forward Collision Avoidance Braking
1:55 Taillights
2:06 Interior
3:05 Software
4:45 Camera
5:23 Gimmicks

[jaalittle]

Great review. As a 1 year 22, 000km owner of an Atto3 I pretty much agree with all your comments, though I’ve only experienced phantom braking a couple of times. I’d also say that the high beam is just not good enough. As a country NSW owner in kangaroo country a good high beam is essential and we had to install a light bar after only a few months. Overall we love the car and have done a heap of long range trips with no complaints for driving or charging. We now look forward to replacing our second car with another electric BYD!

[Batman..]

Me after a year 28000KM on my ATTO3 and is still fantastic. Really no complaints. 😊

[boliu]

The main functionality of the rotating screen is for APP display mode compatible. In China a lot of BYD owners prefer to download apps by themselves from a browser, because apps in BYD Market are usually few and obsolete. Some apps were designed for mobile phone only thus they only run properly in portrait screen. BYD's infotainment system will detect this and automatically rotate the screen to fit when launching those apps.😊

[ravingmad]

Love the "gimmick" segment!!! Great review, glad I found you.

[Tubemj]

Good video! I have only had our BYD Atto 3 for 6 months, and only driven 6800 km. I love the car, best car I have owned. My husband owns a HSV Maloo Ute V8. He now prefers to drive my Atto. We do find the voice assist useful for quick instructions, however, tend to activate it mostly from the top right of the screen. We hardly ever rotate the screen. For me it is a far more comfortable ride than his Ute, just the right height for me. It would be good if it remembered some settings, however, this has just become a habit when we start the car. Overall, I am very happy with the car and look forward to every drive. Thank you for your update. Happy New Year!

[leonchu]

Great and fun review thanks. I also had two scare incidents when the emergency braking action activated when I was close to front car without stepping on manual braking. I concluded that it was caused much due to my old habit driving ICE car where, to reduce wearing of brake pad, I would let my car slowly coast nearer to the front car when it is slowing down either to stop or to turn. Without nudging the ATTO 3 brake, it would perceive that I was not aware of the situation and step on the brake for me suddenly. Realising this, I changed my driving habit and just use the brake as there is regen anyway. Nudging the brake pedal to prevent unintentional emergency braking has worked for me so far!

[andrewbaker]

Great review! I've had my Atto 3 for 12 months now too and I love the car. It's been far better than I expected. The gimmicks... Spot on! 😂 I never rotate the screen, but I do love that I can use the voice assistant to control fans and climate when Apple Car Play is on. It means I don't have to swipe up and fiddle with the on screen buttons while driving. Those guitar strings are what I probably hate the most... Especially when I have my young nieces and nephews in the car. 🎸 🎸

[aj]

Hi, your channel has been a good source of info also being quite a big influence in my purchase of atto3 in nov16 2023
Having said that I’ve done road trips of 3600+ Kms round trip across deserts and heavy wind conditions. Passed 10k Kms on the 37th day of purchase and currently at 10600+ Kms
Pushed it to 1% while beating the km range stats that was displayed !!!
Great vehicle and of course awaiting the release of updates in uae
Cheers and keep posting !

I am owning my BYD Dolphin since 4 months and after already 11, 000 km I am very happy with the car. I also have the impressions, that the sensors/software is too sensitiv (phantom breaking) in some conditions.

[TassieEV]

Wheever I've been in the Atto 3 including renting one for a weekend I found the door handles so easy and natural. Total opposite with a Tesla Model Y which I found very weird.

[evtorque]

Also, one of the significant software updates improved the charging and maintenance of the 12v auxiliary battery. Another was improving the Smart Charging ie, how it dealt with smart solar chargers. yet another was the Pedestrian warning sound became less intrusive. Great vid, thanks.

[geoffsemon]

I find rotating the screen to vertical really handy sometimes when using the navigation. If you are wearing polarising sunglasses though the screen goes to black. Phantom braking does add some excitement to the drive. I've learn't to cover the accelerator pedal when using cruise control so if braking does occur I can just stamp on the pedal to over ride it. When it most often happens to me is when I'm reversing down my driveway about 2 cm away from the fence. Changing the tyres to Sport Contact 7's made a big difference to the grip on the road

[jagdeshwarmanipatruni]

I wanted to exchange my camry for Atto3, the moment I opened the back door, I felt like I am opening a tin sheet, and didnt feel its safe. So I dropped the idea. I have test driven Tesla Model Y, its awesome

[CastleKnight]

Fun video, especially the last section on the gimmicks. 👍

[raidene]

Great review as always. I have also enjoyed watching your "snow video" with the Atto 3. We also own an Atto 3 in Germany since December 23. Since it is a LHD version it has other ADAS calibration and I am actually quite satisfied with it especially after the 1.4 update (which would bei the 1.6 in Australia as far as I know). The heating has been improved after the 1.5 update (I don't know the corresponding Australian software version however). I cannot recognize any phantom braking at all, maybe the European software also differs from the Australian one at that point, or I just have different driving behavior which helped me to avoid the phantom brakings without knowing it. 😄The traffic sign recognition is still trash though, it tells me I should drive 30 on a highway with sped limit of 130 km/h, therefore I have been ignoring the traffic sign consequently, hopefully BYD also improves the traffic sign recognition.

I also love the suspension and steering. It does not differ much from the german cars we have driven before, but it only applies to the European version of Atto 3.

However it seems that BYD removed the dashcam function in the European version, since it is controversial in context with the data protection laws in several countries. 🤔

[davidpalmer]

My Suzuki Vitara with all ADAS functions does the ‘phantom braking’ thing when overtaking too. It seems it’s not limited to electric vehicles. Anything with advanced ADAS functions seems to do something similar.

Great review. Looking at either the Atto3 or MGZS EV… Some really good info here. Thanks heaps. I think this has helped make my decision.

[KTrixx]

Thank you for the creative presentation. This car was on top of my list for my next EV. But display software is also important. So I look for thoroagh software feature reviews... As well as the gimmicky bells and whistles that make a car unique.
I know this car was modelled around a gym equipment theme... But as a flight enthusiast it gives me a bit of retro cockpit vibes, which is why I gravitate to this model. I'll watch your prior videos to see if I can find a more comprehensive software review. Great video😊

[despicable]

Yeah, I'm with Raymond Mumford 6255. Nice review.. still happy 1 year on, which is good to hear as I pick mine up on the 8th!

[erreemme]

The dealer told me that the one pedal function will be available in a few months. However, there is no news regarding the increase in charging power beyond 85 KW; VolksWagen did it via software on ID3 taking it from 85 KW to 115 KW.

[brad]

Thanks for making the video ED. You made me laugh so much with the gimmicks. Very helpful the 'swipe up'. I didn't know that. Yes, reconfiguring that wheel on the centre console would be a great idea.