BYD Dolphin is a popular pure electric family car recently, its price is only 102,800-13.08 million yuan, which is acceptable to most urban families.
The key is that its design is more personalized, "Dolphin" is very attractive in terms of name and design packaging, and hatchbacks are more flexible and practical than sedans in the city.
This time we got a high-end Dolphin Knight edition, priced at 130,800 yuan. Compared to the 95kW low-end model, the Knight Edition has an output of 130kW (177Ps) and 290Nm, and the tire size has been increased to 205/50 R17.
Let's talk about the most impressive points of the test drive dolphin.
First of all, this is a car with a very strong sense of design, and many dolphin elements are used in the interior design, I believe that girls must like it. Then it's a driving and riding experience that doesn't find too many drawbacks, and while the positioning is a small car, the 2700mm wheelbase and space are completely compact.
Its power tuning and suspension comfort are worth the price, and the seats are also comfortable, especially the car machine and the large rotatable screen, and the practicality is very good.
However, driving down, the dolphin is not without its drawbacks. 100 km/h is accelerating by 7.5 seconds, but the Dolphin is a car that doesn't have much driving pleasure and is not suitable for intense driving. There will be a nod when the big foot brakes, and the body inertia balance is easily destroyed, which is not conducive to handling.
The shift lever is very small, and with the other keys designed, you need a certain amount of time to get used to. Warning sounds such as turn signals are designed to be dolphin sounds – I personally don't think this kind of warning sound involving safety should be easily changed.
The following question is, how big is the gap between the BYD Dolphin, which is priced at 10.28-130,800 yuan, compared with the more expensive joint venture pure electric car? Or is IT THAT ALD already very good, adding money to buy a joint venture just for a brand.
Just listed in April, the 2022 Shanghai Volkswagen ID.3, priced at 16.5288-179288 million yuan, is strictly one grade higher than the dolphin. The ID.3 is positioned as a compact car with a wheelbase of 2765mm and a body size and space that is a bit larger than that of the Dolphin.
Even the 130,800 yuan Dolphin Knight Edition, with its 130kW (177Ps) and 290Nm power output, is not stronger than the Volkswagen ID.3's 125Kw (170ps) and 310Nm. Although the Volkswagen ID.3 car is importantly 300kg tall, it has a rear-drive design.
There is also the design of the ID.3 rear multi-link is also better than the dolphin torque beam. So the ID.3 is a layer higher than the dolphin's driving pleasure, although it can't be compared to the fuel golf. In fact, the dolphin is not wrong, this positioning of the car is comfortable on the line, but the Volkswagen ID.3 is more suitable for people who like to drive.
The battery capacity of the ID.3 is 57.3kWh, which NEDC is labeled 430km; while the dolphin battery capacity is 44.9kWh, and the NEDC cruising range is 401km.
However, in terms of intelligence, Volkswagen is far behind BYD, and Volkswagen's car machine is inferior in software design such as OTA. For daily use, ID.3 is used as an ordinary large screen of fuel vehicles. Dolphin is based on the e-platform 3.0, and the Dilink 3.0 car is very intelligent.
To sum up, the Volkswagen ID.3 entry version of 165,288 yuan is about 35,000 yuan different from the Dolphin Knight version of 130,800 yuan, in addition to the above gap, there is also a battery life. So you get what you pay for, and if you compare that way, the spread is worth it.
BYD Dolphin positioning, the best choice should be 112,800 free version, almost 50,000 cheaper than Volkswagen, the car is better to use. Although the output is only 95kW and the acceleration of 10.9 seconds is much weaker, the torque of the urban scooter is large and sufficient.