Many Kiwi EV enthusiasts will be happy today with the news of the first shipment of the BYD Atto 3 having arrived at the Port of Auckland.
![BYD ATTO 3 in Auckland](https://b1741989.smushcdn.com/1741989/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/byd-is-in-nz.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
This first shipment of demonstrators is promised to be available to test drive through BYD’s retail network by the end of this month.
BY-what-now?
That’s BYD – or Build Your Dreams – and turns out they have outsold every other EV brand in the world this year with their first half 2022 sales of 641,530 vehicles.
BYD ATTO 3 Electric SUV in a nutshell
![BYD ATTO 3 EV](https://b1741989.smushcdn.com/1741989/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/gai13.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
BYD has decided to conquer the New Zealand market with their BYD ATTO 3 SUV and they’re doing a remarkable job so far. Priced at a very reasonable $52,990 + on roads and attracting the full $8,625 Clean Car rebate, the value proposition is certainly one to beat.
The BYD ATTO 3 comes with a decent 6-year / 150,000 km warranty, 6 years of roadside assistance and it’s fitted with the famous Blade Battery that’s covered for 8 years / 160,000 km. We’ve all seen the videos of nails being driven through Blade batteries and it doesn’t even flinch.
With that kind of warranty in place – not to mention it is a really good looking car – it’s no wonder that Kiwi buyers have been putting down deposits in their hundreds on a car that nobody has seen, from a brand that nobody has heard about.
Now it’s just a matter of days that we’ll start seeing them in the wild and we’re looking forward to test driving the BYD ATTO 3 for you soon.