The Dolphin, awarded the 2023 Car of the Year, is offered in two model variants,
with prices starting at $43,990 plus ORC.
You can find all models at Automarque in Lower Hutt.
Moving People Forward
Up to 340km*
Dolphin range confidence
Blade battery
World’s safest EV battery
70kW / 180Nm
Power and Torque on demand
EMBRACE ELECTRIC FREEDOM
BYD DOLPHIN adopts the new ‘Ocean aesthetics’ design concept. The sophisticated outline of the bodywork, coupled with sharp crease lines and flowing contours, projects a confident and elegant design underpinned by an all-electric powertrain. Enjoy freedom with the BYD DOLPHIN.
Colours
Sand White
Colours
Ski White
STANDARD 45kWh
The standard range operating from a single front-wheel-drive motor producing 70Kw of power and 180Nm of torque delivering a 0 to100km/h time of 12.3 seconds.
Price + ORC
$43,990
kWh
45kWh
Range
340km
Blade Battery
BYD has been a pioneering name in the battery industry for more than 28 years. Our latest game-changing Blade Battery has passed a series of extreme tests in rigorous conditions, making it one of the world’s safest batteries.
FAST CHARGING AND VEHICLE-TO-LOAD TECHNOLOGY
An 80 kW DC charger can replenish the battery from 30% to 80% in just 29 minutes. The BYD DOLPHIN can also run as a mobile power station with Vehicle to Load (VTOL) technology as standard. VTOL can achieve 3.3kW external discharge for you to be able run such things as home appliances, power tools and more from the vehicle.
DOLPHIN PERFORMANCE UP TO
MAX POWER
150kw
MAX TORQUE
310Nm
ACCELERATION [0-100kmph]
7 sec
DRIVING RANGE
420km*
State Of The Art Technology
The DOLPHIN offers you premium technology with a range of features to ensure a safe and comfortable experience.
Enhanced Safety Suite
Standard features in the DOLPHIN include, Lane Departure Warning, Adaptive Cruise Control with Automatic Emergency Braking System, Front and Rear Collision Warning, Blind Spot Monitoring, Traction Control System and Intelligent Power Brake System.
Designed with Intelligence
The futuristic suspended centre console design creates a modern, dynamic driving environment with its metal trim detail that runs across the entire dashboard, forming a beautiful, minimalist curved surface. The 12.8” intelligent rotating touch screen with Bluetooth connectivity, Apple Carplay, a wireless phone charger, and DAB digital radio will make every ride more premium.
Smart in Every Way
The DOLPHIN is well equipped providing heated front seats, keyless entry, a one-touch open and close tailgate, electrically heated, adjustable and retractable side mirrors, and a panoramic glass roof to let all the light shine in.
ENGINEERED FOR YOUR PROTECTION
The BYD DOLPHIN comes standard with an abundance of safety and advanced driver assistance features, including seven airbags as standard. All models feature Forward Collision Warning, Driver, Fatigue Monitoring, Autonomous Emergency Braking, Rear Collision Warning, Rear Cross Traffic Alert and Rear Cross Traffic Brake, Lane Departure Prevention and Emergency Lane Keep Assist. The DOLPHIN also includes the new safety feature Child Presence Protection, that alerts the driver of a presence in vehicle once owner has left.
SUPPORT AND BACK-UP
BYD DOLPHIN comes with a bumper to bumper 6 year / 150,000km* warranty, 8 years of roadside assistance and an EV Traction Battery warranty of 8 years / 160,000kms*
*Whichever occurs first. Warranty is fully transferable to subsequent owners. †Battery and ^Vehicle Warranty terms, conditions and exclusions apply.
BLADE BATTERY
Driving experiences with world class safety.
The Blade battery is a keystone development from BYD. Developed over several years, the Blade battery is a Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) battery but because of its design is stronger, longer lasting, stores more power and offers greater range while delivering a higher level of safety than conventional designs. Each cell resembles a sword blade with positive and negative terminals at each end. Each blade forms an integral part of a honeycomb ‘sandwich’ structural array which in turn forms the battery ‘pack’.
This eliminates the need for individual bulky, cylindrical battery modules requiring separate and complex thermal management, increasing available space to give a higher energy density since more cells can be accommodated.
While the design is game-changing as far as auto manufacture is concerned, it is battery safety which makes the Blade battery so desirable.
Conventional batteries used in EVs from many automakers have already demonstrated their flaw – thermal runaway or fire.
The Blade battery is more resistant to catastrophic fire. In an industry standard test, a battery is punctured by a nail to simulate an internal ‘short’ – the root cause of battery fires. The Blade battery saw the nail penetrate the battery pack with no ignition.
In addition to this test, the Blade battery was subjected to being run over by a 46-ton truck (well above what the industry would subject a battery to) to test leakage, deformation and again, fire. It passed.
The Blade battery has been overcharged by 260 percent, heated to 300 degrees Celsius as well as being crushed and bent. In no instance did the Blade battery explode or catch fire.
Given the importance BYD places on battery safety, the company has made the Blade battery available to any and all automakers, just as BYD Co Ltd did with the rechargeable batteries found in mass produced cellular phones and laptops bearing other brand names.
EVs and PHEVs of today and tomorrow are likely to be powered by Blade battery technology, even if the vehicles bear brands other than BYD.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Contact Glen or Chris to drive the new Dolphin today
Glen 021 304 455
Chris 027 303 3474
Showroom 04 589 8600
