2024 BYD Dolphin EV: Price, Engine, Release Date & Specs

The BYD Company has announced the arrival of its 2024 BYD Dolphin EV electric hatchback range in the fourth quarter of 2023. ANCAP has already released its seal safety ratings, and we’ve tailored this article accordingly. We have updated this article for the BYD fan to reflect servicing intervals and costs. Information on this can be found in the Servicing and Warranty section of this article. In addition to the base Dynamo, Australia’s most affordable electric vehicle (EV) at $100, there’s the more powerful Premium and a limited-edition Sport coming next year.

In addition to a more powerful electric motor, the Premium swaps out the standard torsion beam rear suspension for a multi-link set-up. Even the base Dynamic, however, features power-adjustable, heated front seats and a panoramic glass roof, as well as a wide array of active safety and driver assistance equipment as standard.

Also standard across the range is a heat pump and a vehicle-to-load (V2L) function, which lets you power small appliances using batteries. The Dolphin will compete against Australia’s cheapest electric car, the MG 4, as well as the expensive GWM Ora for a few days this week.

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2024 BYD Dolphin EV Pricing:

2024 BYD Dolphin EV Drivetrains:

The BYD Dolphin Dynamic has a single 70kW/180Nm electric powerful motor, powered by a 44.9kWh advanced blade battery. The company claims a 0-100km/h time of 12.3 seconds for this car. We expect the Dolphin Premium to be upgraded to a 60.48kWh battery and a 150kW/310Nm electric motor, reducing the 0-100km/h time to 7.0 seconds. Specifications for the car are yet to be confirmed, although BYD’s local distributor claims a 0-100km/h time of less than seven seconds.

2024 BYD Dolphin EV Efficiency:

The BYD Dolphin Dynamic has a wonderful range of 340km on the WLTP cycle, with DC charging capability of up to 60kW. The Dolphin Premium has a range of 427 km and DC charging up to 80 kW.

2024 BYD Dolphin EV Dimensions:

The 2024 BYD Dolphin vehicle is 4290 mm long, 1770 mm wide (with mirrors folded), and 1570 mm tall on a 2700 mm wheelbase. There’s 345L of boot space, rising to 1310L with the rear seats folded down. Authority expressed the opinion that curb weight will be 1506 kg in Dynamic and 1658 kg in Premium.

2024 BYD Dolphin EV Servicing and Warranty:

BYD Dolphin is backed by a six-year, 150,000 km vehicle warranty and an eight-year, 160,000 km battery warranty, the authority promises of the car.

Customers have the option of servicing any of their vehicles through their service center or a dedicated panel service center. We hope to find your local service center through the BYD Australia website. The 2024 BYD Dolphin will require servicing every 12 months or 20,000 km whichever comes first. Servicing after the EV Direct’s first 8 years or 160,000 kilometers of operation is priced through its standard service plans, priced at $189, $370, $189, $447, $189, $370, $189, and $447.

2024 BYD Dolphin Safety Features

The BYD Dolphin car has been given a five-star safety rating from ANCAP against the 2023-25 test criteria. It achieved scores of 89 percent for adult occupant protection 86 percent for child protection, 85 percent for vulnerable road user protection, and 77 percent for safety assistance.

Standard equipment on all Dolphins includes:

• Autonomous emergency braking
• Adaptive cruise control
• Blind-spot monitoring
• Lane-keep assist
• Emergency lane-keep assist
• Front cross-traffic assist
• Rear cross-traffic assist
• Traffic sign recognition
• Intelligent speed limit assist
• Driver fatigue detection
• Front, front-side, and curtain airbags
• Driver’s far-side airbag
• Surround-view camera
• Front and rear parking sensors
• Standard Equipment
• There are three members of the local Dolphin range.

The Premium adds:

• 17-inch alloy wheels
• Multi-link rear suspension
• Two-tone paint

The Dynamic comes standard with the following equipment:

• 16-inch alloy wheels
• LED headlights
• Adaptive Front Light
• Panoramic glass roof
• Power-folding exterior mirrors
• Rear privacy glass
• 8-inch rotating touchscreen infotainment system
• Wired Apple CarPlay
• Satellite navigation
• DAB digital radio
• Six-speaker sound system
• 0-inch digital instrument cluster
• Six-way power driver’s seat
• Four-way power passenger’s seat
• Leatherette upholstery
• Heated front seats
• 60/40 split/fold rear seats
• Keyless entry and start
• Wireless phone charger
• USB-A x 2 (one front, one rear)
• USB-C x 2 (one front, one rear)

The Dynamic is available in four color schemes:

• Sand White with Brown/Black interior
• Urban Grey with Grey/Black interior
• Maldive Purple with Brown/Black interior
• Coral Pink with Pink/Grey interior

Full specifications have yet to be detailed for the Sport, but it’s confirmed to offer:

• Performance tyres
• Performance-styled wheels
• Sport-styled body kit
• “Tuned sports performance”

The Premium comes in four two-tone schemes:

• Ski White/Urban Grey with Grey/Black interior
• Coral Pink/Urban Grey with Pink/Grey interior
• Surf Blue/Urban Grey with Blue/Black interior
• Atlantis Grey/Delan Black with Grey/Black interior

The vehicles will come only in Matte Grey with a Grey/Black interior.