I'm very much in the same boat at present being short term but we'll be stuck with it for 3 years.
I must say I had very high expectations coming from the RAV4 which I thought was very polished and had all the mod cons, I was stuck in the mindset of it being chinese rubbish but so far just blown away by how good it has been to date.
For me so far granted only a couple of months in no issues, have heard some reports of fogging up but not experienced that myself.
Couple of quirks or maybe omissions for me
- Lacking intermittent front windscreen wiper.
- No front electric seat memory (painful when switching drivers).
- Batman tyres aren't the best thing in the world, but I see no reason at this stage to go about changing them, let's face it unless driving rather spirited around corners or really stomping the accelerator off the lights that won't be an issue.
- Hitting multiple bumps in a row seems to unsteady the car a little when using cruise control, can almost feel it speeding up then slowing down.
- Only front camera recording so may look at a rear view option at some point.
- Can only unlock the car from the drivers side door.
The positive for me
- Feels quite nimbly around corners with a nice feel on the steering wheel.
- Downhill using cruise control is superb, doesn't gain any speed.
- Infotainment unit speed and screen quality is a big wow factor very clear and certainly noticeable jumping back into say the RAV4.
- Very quiet and I feel less road noise than anything else, quite enjoyable driving in silence.
- Heated seats for those who have experienced them are very hot, I can't handle it on number 2.
No creaks or squeaks and no issues appearing at all so can't speak for the warranty issues just hoping more MyCar workshops jump onboard as used to having a service centre just around the corner but have to drive into the city for servicing at present, hardly a deal breaker considering servicing will be once every 12 months.
Using the car for the daily commute to the office, roughly 15km either way (combination of 50, 60 and 80kph) with a detour to the shops once or twice a week and picking the daughter up from childcare, finding myself at the end of the week roughly 50-55% battery remaining and using a public charger every so often.
Tend to charge the Atto 3 on weekends between 10am-3pm (21c/kWh) and 1am - 6am (24c/kWh) overnight to make the most of the cheaper electricity prices but the granny charger which comes with it is painful slow maybe regain a couple of percent per hour so if I was doing more km's would definitely be going backwards and needing to charge it outside of that.
We have gone down the path of getting a Zappi charger installed ($2800) just waiting on an install date, I just wanted it done and didn't bother with multiple quotes so could have nabbed it a bit cheaper but charging @ 7kW instead of ~1.6kW during those cheaper times would be well worth it with no issues getting it topped up.
In short, I really couldn't be happier and look forward to see what else BYD brings out, if the range was upward of 600 / 700km it would be perfect that will come as now any long trips need to be planned a little more carefully as driving @ 110kph certainly uses much more of the battery.
As for the wife she doesn't like the head rest, nothing else springs to mind as a criticism.
Was funny last weekend I had to use the RAV4, sent the wife a message you can gladly have this back, give me the Atto 3 any day, with the baby seat in the car not sure the bike would even fit.
Hopefully that is of some help and food for thought.
