The third fully electric model from Chinese firm BYD – aka Build Your Dreams – to make it to the Nepal. The first was the Atto 3 crossover, the second the more attainable, Dolphin hatchback. Now we get a sports saloon that might not prove the biggest seller of the trio, but which adds some much-needed zest to a range that’s so far felt rather bland.
It looks smart. The proportions are neat and the overall aesthetic is one that ought to appeal to Nepali buyers. Not least because it has overtones of cars we’re already familiar with, including, most notably, the Hyundai Ioniq 6.
There’s more originality inside, with the same curious steering wheel design BYD has used elsewhere, alongside a rotating 15.6in touchscreen – press a button on the steering wheel or screen and it turns 90 degrees between portrait and landscape. There’s a full-length panoramic roof to help increase the sense of space inside. Something BYD claims is already strong thanks to its ‘blade battery’, assembled onto the frame of the car to both increase body stiffness (the equivalent of a supercar’s, we’re told), keep the floor low and boost legroom for passengers (though it’s not noticeably generous).
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