Warren Buffett-backed automaker, BYD has announced the opening of its first showroom in New Delhi for passenger vehicles in India. The showroom will be managed by Landmark BYD and is the fourth BYD dealership showroom in India.
The showroom was inaugurated by Garima Misra, Managing Director of Group Landmark, Rajiv Vohra, Director of Group Landmark, and Sanjay Gopalakrishnan, Senior Vice President of Electric Passenger Vehicle Business of BYD India in the presence of senior officials of BYD India and Landmark BYD.
Landmark BYD will offer consumers in the capital access to BYD’s pure electric vehicles. Possessing considerable experience in the automobile industry, Landmark BYD also has an extensive reach thanks to its wide network which covers the neighboring regions.
Spread across 6,600 square feet, this state-of-the-art 3S facility is one of the largest for BYD in India. Fully-trained technicians, service equipment, service bays, EV charging stations, a customer lounge area and a showroom display floor work together to provide customers with the best in-store experience in Okhla Industrial Hub. The hub is strategically located in South Delhi abutting the border of Faridabad (Haryana) and Noida (Uttar Pradesh).
Sanjay Gopalakrishnan, Senior Vice President of Electric Passenger Vehicle Business of BYD India, stated, “The New Delhi NCR region is one of the key markets for BYD India. New Delhi has immense potential for premium passenger vehicles, and additional 18,000 charging stations are planned to be installed across the city by 2024. The goal is to have one station for every 15 electric vehicles inside the city. This is a major boost for the EV industry and we strongly believe that BYD will be the main contributor to EV adoption in the EPV segments.”
BYD ATTO 3 E-SUV
Build Your Dreams has recently launched the e6 electric MPV for private buyers in the Indian market. The new electric MPV is available at a starting price of Rs 29.15 lakh (ex-showroom, Pan India). The BYD e6 electric MPV is offered in two variants – GL and GLX. The GLX comes with an added AC fast charging option.
BYD has also announced to launch the Atto 3 electric SUV in the country before the end of this financial year. It is expected to be unveiled in the October-December 2022 quarter, while sales are expected to go on sale in early next year. Based on the E3 platform, the BYD Atto 3 will come as a SKD (Semi-Knocked down) unit and will be assembled at BYD’s lant in Sriperumbudur near Chennai. It is expected to be priced somewhere around Rs 30 lakh.
The BYD Atto 3 comes with a permanent magnet synchronous motor that produces 204hp and 310Nm of torque. It is claimed to achieve 0-100kmph acceleration in just 7.3 seconds. It is available with a choice of two battery packs – 49.93kWh and 60.48kWh. While the former is claimed to have a range of 320km, the later has a WLTP range of 420km.
