The hyped BYD Atto 3 EV has been awarded a five-star crash score by security tester ANCAP – however just for the New Zealand market.
It stays unrated in Australia, and we’re at present making an attempt to find out why.
The rating mirrors the five-star rating the price range Chinese language EV has additionally simply achieved in Euro NCAP testing, which is aligned to ANCAP and usually carries over.
Nonetheless, Australian fashions stay unrated, with ANCAP saying it’s now “working with BYD to finalise the applicability of a score for Australian-specified fashions”.
The BYD’s ANCAP scores have been 91 per cent for grownup occupant safety, 84 per cent for youngster occupant safety, 69 per cent for susceptible road-user safety, and 80 per cent for security help options.
“This five-star ANCAP security score for the BYD Atto 3 will little question come as welcome information to New Zealand consumers on the lookout for a secure and inexperienced alternative inside its price-point,” mentioned ANCAP chief government Carla Hoorweg.
ANCAP mentioned full scores have been achieved for cover offered to the driving force within the aspect affect and far-side affect checks. Whiplash safety for entrance and rear seat occupants additionally scored extremely, and most factors have been achieved for the safety of kid occupants within the aspect affect and frontal offset crash checks.
The energetic security functionality of the Atto 3 was proven to be of “a excessive commonplace”, with the standard-fit pedestrian and cyclist-detecting autonomous emergency braking system providing “good ranges of efficiency in ahead, reverse, daytime and night-time take a look at eventualities”.
We’ve got reached out to ANCAP to seek out out extra on why the Australian Atto 3 is unrated, and when it will change.
BYD is distributed in NZ by Ateco, which imports LDV, Renault and Maserati in Australia. BYD’s distributor for Australia is a distinct firm, referred to as EVDirect.
Atto 3s in NZ and Australia each include seven airbags, lane help, cross-traffic alert, and AEB. Set up of kid restraints within the centre seating place of the second row isn’t advisable as there isn’t any prime tether anchorage, although it’s categorized as a five-seater.
Extra to come back as quickly as attainable…