Our First BYD Road Trip! Atto 3 EV From London To Exeter
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Join Kathy and Dave on their 35th Wedding Anniversary European Vacation. In this episode #1, Dave finally decides on renting a BYD Atto 3 for the drive down to Exeter to visit friends. Let's see how he does driving on the opposite side of the road from what he is used to!
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I have a BYD, here in Brazil they are the most popular brand for electric cars ! I’m very happy with mine !
Ótimo! Aqui en Dorset já viu algumas.
😍
I can’t wait to buy one in the USA.
The President won’t allow it unless we pay a HUGE TARIFF on it.
@@car24dude Congrats! Your government is making sure the Americans have the freedom to pay HUGE TARIFF
@@car24dudebut they say you have freedom 😂
A beautiful American couple driving a Chinese EV car in UK! This is so anti-sanction! 🤣🤣👍✌️
Americans have the freedom.
@@一个说话大声的中国人Then why can’t we drive Chinese EVs in the US?
@@RedHotTopicsNowChinese can drive American Bentleys and Lincolns, but Americans can't drive Chinese BYD, which politicians call overcapacity😢
@@RedHotTopicsNow you asked why can’t we drive Chinese EVs in the US?
The answer is that Americans are free.
Americans have the freedom of not driving Chinese EVs in the US. Americans also have the freedom of sanctioning Chinese EVs.
@@andiy2521 Americans can sanction Chinese BYD, which Americans call freedom that only Americans have.
18 months driving a BYD Atto3. Working well, great drive, negligible maintenance cost and fuelled mostly from my rooftop.
smart idea!
Great！！
那相当于免费燃料，开车根本不需要花钱。你每次开车的费用是用来购买太阳能发电板的钱。
cool
😂绝对环保的人🎉
I'm glad the Chinese cars are giving competition to the legacy auto. My family have been buying Japanese cars for 3 decades. Over these three decades, I could see the quality has going down hill each year, while the price has gone uphill each year, and the maintenance and repair costs are also crazy. It is like they just didn't give a crap about what their customers think.
Yes, I agree with you.
@@godzillamothra5983 jap cars were rust buckets in the 70s to 80s until they galvanised the metal . They also achieved and refined smaller up to 2 litre multi valved reliable engines . I do believe China's EV and hybrid rapid development has caught them up.
Agreed. Exactly same felt
We have two Toyotas from different years but they both have all the same problems. Dealer said that they are no solutions to the problem since they are not “fatal”.
Same issue here in Australia with the Japanese cars
I love my BYD! Bought one last year and have zero regrets
The BYD Atto 3 is very popular here in Oz
In hindustan south too but people avoid cause its chinese.
@@Reddylion thankfully we’re not all so xenophobic here in Australia.
Yep, popular here in NZ too. Tesla still the EV leader here but love seeing all different EV's on the roads.
@@ReddylionHow can it be popular but also avoid? Thats a conflicting statement.
@@Reddylion wrg
In past year I've been to Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Dubai, and Istanbul. BYDs are popular in these countries and I can't wait to try one
Bought a BYD Dolphin to my daughter here in Malaysia and she love it so much 😊
Next year if petrol price up , more Malaysian will interest to buy ev car.. hope the hybrid BYD car come in Malaysia , with full tank can go 2000km++
I wish I had the money to buy one.
@calvick980
Ev to go man..😢😢😂😂❤❤
Dave is building his dreams. He looks so happy!
I own this Atto 3 and I am in love with it within 6 months of use. Watching this couple is so endearing! they look like bestfriends who fell in love :)
Try saying this: Hello BYD, open the sunroof.
The voice control can do a lot of things for you so you don't have to take your eyes off the road.
Nice video and I really admire your courage for driving what is considered a major national security threat to the US government.
National security is a bucket, everything can be thrown into this bucket.
what a magic bucket!@@nanoshka7484
@@nanoshka7484 A bucket Americans are especially good at
😂😂 Everything Chinese is a "national security" to the US government
They might be blacklisted coming back to the states
Wow thank you for the commentary and choosing this vehicle to get a real review. Amazing!🎉❤
Remember Dave. Happy wife, happy life. Thanks for taking us along.
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These are everywhere in New Zealand. Im excited to watch this.
BYD sell almost 300k vehicles per month every month in China, the leading auto brand 🎉
Because you have no legacy car industry - enjoy your freedom!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for grabbing the BYD. I am really interested in in that car. You guys just have fun with the drive. Love this.
I want BYD in the USA! Compeition is key.
100% tariff
@@diffractionlee3639Trump said no Chinese cars in his term😂😂, so fellow Americans no hope 😅😅😅
Poor Americans …
@@diffractionlee3639 102.5%
@@jaychang9517 Americans have the freedom of
sanctions.
All controls can be voice activated. Just say "Hi BYD" followed by your instruction like "wind down the passenger window". or press the button with the microphone button on the top right of the steering wheel.
BYD is the car 🚙 to drive around, :::: Fantastic
WIfe and I were watching this video and she said our thirtieth is next year - we need to do Europe like Dave and his wife. I am booking the trip now.
Dave driving in Roundabouts is better than any amusement park ride I taken in the last couple years.
Watching as a Brit, it's hilarious to see them stopped thinking about how to do the first roundabout in Heathrow. 12:30
Thank goodness they didn't have to start with one of the challenging ones😉
I'm Chinese , but i got my driving license in England. This video reminds me the nice days driving on the beautiful country roads. Thank you.
You guys looks 20 years old to me. So energetic and interesting character! Love it
Hey Dave, I was living in Beijing in the early 2000s when BYD was starting up and they actively poached expat senior automotive engineers who were working in China for German auto manufacturers. These senior engineers laid the foundation in design and development of BYDs line. Your positive experience points to BYDs success. I can’t say that the other Chinese EV companies laid the same foundation in their start up, net BYD is the one to watch. Their growth in developing world countries due to price advantage bears watching for sure.
Every startup needs to poach talent, although BYD would no longer be considered one since they've been making cars for a good 20 years now. Supposedly Xiaomi heavily poached talent as they decided to build a car just over 3 years ago, and the first car they just launched has been very well received and is selling like hot cakes.
Based on your logic, VW which has unlimited German engineers should easily beat BYD then in building EVs
So they poached vw engineers yet vs has no notable ev to show ?
@@mikef6399 lol
@@williamwatitwa3534lol
45:30 that's just the polarised sunglasses 😎 aligning with polariser on the lcd screens when rotated
@@Y2Kvids that was my assumption.
Thanks for the video! It felt like I was on a 50-minute carpool adventure with you two. 😂
Kathy, you totally reminded me of my wife-always playing the role of the assistant driver when I'm behind the wheel. Fingers crossed for China’s EVs to hit the US market soon. One thing's for sure: consumers will be the real winners in that competition showdown!
Hey, great vlog! You make a good team. When driving in the UK
Remember the mantra: keep left, look right.
It is good to hear a Westerner say something positive about China for a change. I first visited China in 1990, and there were hardly any cars; everyone was on bicycles. Last year, I went back to China. The town I had visited in 1990 had transformed into a modern city of skyscrapers with a metro and bullet trains. In 40 years, they've built a society that has improved the lives of ordinary Chinese, lifting 800 million people out of poverty, increasing GDP per capita from $200 to $12,000, and building the best infrastructure in the world with a high-speed rail network of over 40,000 km.
I just watched an American UA-camr from Chongqing, a city in SW China, where
30-50% of cars on the road are "green-plated" EVs. He said, "Just listen for a minute. We're in a city of 35 million. There's traffic in front of us, but there's an absence of the noise of running IC engines.".
😄😄😄
Byd is very popular here in Australia. Brits seem to be paying alot, Atto 3 retails for 30,000 usd in Australia. Byd build quality is imo better than tesla. The software on the other hand needs refinement the driver assistance is bad compared to tesla. Also, you can play smoke on the water with those door strings😂. BTW Kathy's sunglasses (if they're polarised) could be why she can't see the screen.
I am obviously not the only Australian that watches out of spec Dave lol
hmm really ...neat
also yeah the glasses can definitely do that unless they tried without the glasses
@@Darrenraitt me either!
But I would say the current Chinese sourced Tesla fit and finish here is very good, much better than the earlier UsA sourced vehicles.
@@jakgats1411 the UK has a 10% import duty for non European cars, and on top of that 20% VAT which makes up most of the difference. Shipping probably costs a bit more as do local regulation conversions.
@@bluecent Jaguar and Land Rover made in China shook off their unreliable image at least in Chinese eyes.🤣
and also China domestically made Ford and Lincoln have far better quality than made in USA ones.
great video and thanks Dave and Kathy great fun and glad that you took the BYD Atto 3 over the other cars, i have a BYD Seal now 7 months and enjoying it every time i drive it hi from Melbourne Australia
Having seen your video, I might give BYD my next choice of car. Thank you for sharing your video. Good luck and safe driving in UK.
Best and funniest car review ever. I can totally relate to Dave after our trip to New Zealand, when the wife says you’re driving too close to the edge of the road
@@clausmygind3319 Happen for the first period of driving and then it all clicks. I have the same issue when coming from Oz and driving in the USA. After a day, I’m fine.
@@bluecent
ROFLMAO…. 😂😂😂😂 I’m about to make this video into a drinking game.. “Everytime Dave says whoa, Everytime gps says youre speeding, Everytime Cathy grabs the door..” but I can’t afford to get that messed up today….
Safe travels you crazy kids!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Welcome to England!
I saw the Atto 3 in a Shopping Mall in Malaysia. I wasn't keen on the musical design theme inside the car but the fit and finish, the build quality and the graphics are better than my eNiro in the UK.
BYD is best seller ev car in Thailand & Malaysia.. Sold 30.5k unit in Thailand at 2023 & Sold 3728 unit in Malaysia at 2023.. Malaysia we can always saw BYD atto 3 most , then BYD Seal & BYD Dolphin ... Unfortunately they never bring BYD Han into Malaysia market..
BYD ATTO 3's name in China is Yuan PLUS, which is named after the dynasty. It is priced at 110,000-140,000 yuan (15,000-19,200 US dollars). It is the same price as the Corolla and is BYD's cheapest electric SUV.
Yeah but that's China only subsidized price. Double it for export markets. UK price OTR was listed as £38k. That's close to $50k. When a Chevy Equinox EV is $42k plus taxes, the BYD is not cheap.
@@ElderNames😂😂😂 Chinese stopped the EV subsidies years ago. It's just the market in China is so competitive, it they don't sell it cheap, people will buy something else.
They don't have competition outside Mainland China, so they can sell their car with 300% mark up.
@@moss550 keep dreaming. Renault's Spring is half the price in China as well. The market outside China is competitive enough that GWM gave up on selling Ora EVs in some. They couldn't cut the price to compete.
@@ElderNameslooks like you don't know what's subsidy. It's called subsidy if if it's sold in China say for $50000 but $35000 overseas.
@@georgeeagle872 no that's called dumping. Chinese EVs are allegedly piled up in European ports for months awaiting buyers. If they aren't cutting the price by even 20% to shift them, it's because they can't afford to. Therefore the Chinese price is not reflective of the cost of production. Are they wary of punitive tariffs in Mexico and Brazil? Prices are doubled there as well. These are not as big markets as China, but if you can cut the price and take the pressure off in China, why wouldn't you? Because you can't. The China price is not a pure market price. Of course some of these Chinese companies are just losing money hand over fist. And on some export markets prices have been cut, but nowhere near the Chinese price. Whether you've heard about it or not Chinese sales are still subsidized, and export sales not so much.
BYD is popular in Malaysia waiting time 2-3 mths.
Loving your trip, the Atto 3 is under $50k(AUD) drive-away in Australia, it is a very affordable and good car. Doesn't charge super fast but still not terrible peak charging rate. Welcome to the RHD world as well as the round-abouts. Doesn't have one-pedal driving either but it was my 2nd choice for my latest. Go Kath, "Attention span of a squirrel", poor Dave but he did agree with you.
The two of you are just so funny together. Two very beautiful people with great personalities.
Agreed.
We use CCS2 in Australia too. I haven't tried my BYD Atto 3 on a Tesla supercharger yet, will try it next month when I drive Sydney to Brisbane approx 1100km
The best EV BYD
I really love BYD Seal. But the import tax here is crazy high 😢😢😢
Kathy's sunglasses are probably polarized and when the screen is vertical the light polarization is opposite to her glasses and that's why she can't see the screen in that mode. I bet if she took her sunglasses off she could see the screen just fine in either mode. :)
You two are hilarious, love watching your banter haha. The Atto 3 is a really nice looking car! Very unique
Guide for Americans Driving in U.K.:
- Drive on left
- Do not turn left on red (right on red equivalent, it is illegal)
- Roundabouts you give way to traffic to your right or people already in the roundabout (do not give way to left or stop in the middle of the roundabout, it will cause confusion)
- On roundabout signal left for exit left, no signal for straight across, right signal for right exit then signal left to take the exit
- Do not undertake (left side of car)
- Move across to left most lane when possible unless overtaking (you can get a ticket)
- The speed limit on motorway is 70mph unless signed otherwise (the white circle with black line means national speed limit which is 60mph on country roads and 70mph on divided motorways)
- Our fuel is in litres but our cars are in miles per gallon and a gallon is 4.4 litres not 3.8 litres like in USA
- City/town speed limit is 30mph unless signed otherwise
- Get yourself a Greggs sausage roll
too much. If I were American, I gave up.
I never knew the US / UK gallon was different... that's a cockup waiting to happen haha.
Yes Greggs sausage roll is a must... providing its hot.
Is it illegal to undertake ?
@@mawhimyes.
@@edwardhochwand9063definitely not too much. If you're going to drive in a foreign country, you need to follow the rules.
BYD are solid cars. Try the Xpeng with self-parking software.
Warren Buffet was investing in BYD long before most Americans ever heard of them. Now that they're the #1 electric car maker in terms of worldwide sales, it's just a matter of time before dealerships start opening in America. The tariffs can only hold back Chinese EVs for so long.
My friend just dumped his German marque for a BYD. And that’s from a die heart BMW for decades.
One of your best videos Dave. Kathy is hilarious.
BYD currently builds electric buses in the United States at their Lancaster, California facility. They have invested heavily in the U.S., but there are currently no plans to manufacture electric vehicles for the consumer market.
Your president are not allow BYD car in to America market to protect local car brands companies
@@calvick980 They wont building in the US but , little by little the presence of specifically Chinese brands in Mexico has also been increasing. Among the names that landed in the last three years are: Changan, JMC, Chirey, Jaecoo, Jetour, MOTORTREND INVESTIGATES China’s EV Takeover of Mexico
By just conquering the world they will be done , they dont need the us
That skylight is very cool, and it poked my like. Imagine lying in the car counting the stars in the sky on a sunny summer night. Well, what a quiet life
The lady is soo matured and it doesn’t mean he isn’t but the timing is all matters!
You understand in Australia this BYD Atto 3 that you are driving is $44.300AUD yet a basic Toyota Corola is basic no nav is $39,230AUD
You better believe the Chinese would build a car design with Just For Ride Sharing Drivers. That's a HUGE market in China. Next overseas trip go to China. You will be blown away 👍
Dave, this BYD Atto 3 is European model of BYD Yuan Plus which is sold in China. You won’t believe it that there are several BYD Yuan Plus in Pasadena, California. Those are corporate cars for BYD North America in SoCal. Actually you can see BYD cars in LA from more than ten years ago.
Welcome to England, so far this is quality entertainment
You can also visit Thailand🇹🇭. Thousands of BYD Atto3, Dolphin and Seal, Tesla and other cool brands you've never heard of are on the streets of Bangkok and major cities. We are suffering from sky high and rising gas prices.
I personally enjoy the ChangAn Deepal L07.
Plenty of sunshine all year round allows us to install affordable solar cells on the roof. We go to gas stations here to use washroom and inflate my tyre's only. 🎉🎉🎉
Thailand also don't have BYD Han izzit ? Same like Malaysia 😢
so cool, free energy is the best. I can go anywhere by car, don't care the cost😂
What a great video, best content yet. Thank you guys for sharing.😊
Top tip for driving in the UK keep to the left unless you’re overtaking. Undertaking is frowned on
Undertaking is illegal in the UK.
@@SirHackaL0t.except in very specified instances eg one way street
@@peterjones6640 That is true.
Good choice picking the byd over the Lexus, if only for the novelty factor since we don’t get them here in the US.
Love your road trips guys! Also that you don´t know everything perfectly and admit it - part of the bantering. Really really good.
Hi Dave, 作为中国人希望你们试试BYD的车辆语音控制系统，这才是BYD最棒的地方~ 一旦你用了之后你就会爱上~ 我发现其他国家的BYD的驾驶者从来不用这些系统，OMG ~ 真的建议你尝试一下，非常好用~🎉
Welcome to Europe. Im a new subscriber from Sweden 🇸🇪. A friend of my drives a BYD Atto 3, its a very cheap EV, he pays only 276$ a month.
You got lucky with the weather the week you arrived it was perfect, this week it’s terrible, it’s been raining every day. Have a great trip!
Welcome to the U.K. Dave and Kathy!
Typifies Made in China offers value for money, good quality yet at affordable price.
And throwaway in 3 years
Dave if you wondering why you're driving on the left it keeps your sword hand free in case you meet any thieves on the highway
Lol...😂..thanks for explaining.
North American price is $44200 (Mexico).
You two are like a couple who just fell in love. I gained a lot of beautiful emotions and thoughts from your videos. GJ！
I'm very glad to see that you are satisfied with BYD's cars. Wishing you both health and happiness.
I love the husband and wife dynamic
The price of BYD Yuan Plus is between $16,000 and $22,000 in China.
Great to see Out of Spec in the UK..Enjoy your trip 🎉
Sounds like a fun road trip with the BYD EV. Thanks for sharing the video.
BYD will be the no 1 car company in the world for sure.... Sad news for all the Japanese and German car companies 😢
Kathy makes the video - she’s terrific!
Really enjoyable video. Thank you. Looking forward to the next one 🇬🇧
OMG you guys in UK!
If you come up to Manchester say "hi"! Huge fan of you guys, specially during road trips.
Have a great time!!!
People should be allowed to buy what they want at the price which is of greatest value. Consumer should not be penalised with sanction tariffs.
Thank You for All that you are doing for our Planet Earth.... Peace.. Shalom.. Salam.. Namaste
🙏🏻 😊 ✌ ☮ ❤
I love their energy
The reason you might have the dark screen may be your polarized lenses. All screens are polarized to a certain polarity (Vertical/ horizontal). Your glasses are a certain way too. (If they are polarized lenses that is)
Great trip, and the town names we came up with them first here in the U.K.
Great video. I was in Exeter a couple of weeks ago, would have been rather surprised, to put it mildly, if I’d run into Out of Spec Dave while charging 😀
Really enjoyed your video, sense of humour and the banter with your missus. This is the perfect car to set up a Garage Band ! 😂 But apart from some quirky design features (the banjo doors), it seems to be a solid car. On the turning circles, slow down, if any traffic is already in the circle, you yield to cars coming from the right, otherwise just go ahead and move through the circle (it’s not a stop street) and use your indicators so people know your intentions when exiting the circle.
4:36 So many suitcases.... When travelling I always to limit to one carry-on and one backpack !!!
in my country name of the car is BYD Yuan Pro. Good choice
Regarding the screen thing, let me tell you we usually get another screen at front of the passenger seat for entertaiment. Infotainment system is a crucial selling point in Chinese automobile market. Atto3 is a basic and affordable model, however its infotainment system is still much superior than the toyota models.
Love this, first 5 minutes of driving i feared for my life, I totally had the stomach clench. It would be so easy to screw up driving right hand after 40 years of driving of driving left hand. The wrong way round abouts!!! I wonder how many north americans dont make it through the first two. ;) from this Hertz pickup.
I have been driving ice cars for 46 years. BYD seal is superior.
Polarized screen in the car, and polarized sunglasses. One way you can see as the polarization filter is aligned, the other way is black when polarization at 90 degrees.
many chinese EVs have two or three screens so the passengers can see a movie on the road. so you are not entirely wrong
If BYD can entered US market than they will surely dominate other brand.
In UK driver will let you in the queue most of the time, but on the roundabout we can’t let you in the rules is there, every car have to give way to the traffic on the right, you have to make sure the right hand side is clear to go, otherwise the roundabout will a mess. Just same as when I driving in Seattle I have to make sure the left hand side is clear.
Have nice holiday and drive safe 👍
Best Video ever!
I LOVE me some Kathy with a K and OOS Dave. Y'all are like me and my hubby on a road trip but y'all are much nicer to each other (which is how it should be). "The Honeymooners" but nicer. Yes, I'm 59 years old.
As a Chinese, all I want to say is you guys are a lovely cute couple! haha😊
Kathy could not see the screen when it was in portrait orientation simply because she was wearing polarized sunglasses. The LCD screen is also polarized which means that it only passes the horizontal component of the image from the display (when in normal/landscape orientation). The polarize glasses also passes only the horizontal component of light reaching it. However, when the display is rotated to portrait mode, the image only has vertical light waves which is therefore totally filtered out by the sunglasses. By the way, I really enjoyed your authentic review of the Atto 3.
Stonehenge? Ah, let’s just drive by it!!!
Just came across your video guys, really enjoyed your trip to Exeter, look forward to checking out your other videos, lovely couple who compliment each other beautifully, you just gained a new subscriber in Ireland 🇮🇪
Try looking at the screen without polarised glasses.
All you had to do is swap positions and check it yourself Dave. I'll be interested if it was sorted out? 👍 😊
That's the answer, I get the same in my car.
I like that Kathy recalled the line from the movie, Up! "Squirrel!", said by the dog, Dug, as he immediately interrupts a conversation when noticing a squirrel in the distance.
Its soo much fun seeing you take a wrong turn in to my work carpark =). ID Buzz is the name you were looking for. Just had one as a rental for over two weeks in Sweden and it's brilliant! (Gets a bit too thirsty above 80mph but it is a box after all. Stay below and it's incredible efficient for being a cute box, charges solidly too)