Having become accustomed to the "big-hao" style of Dynasty family cars, the sudden popping out of the dolphin really tempted me. As a new pure electric species, Dolphin is one of BYD's most important new cars this year. How important is it? It is the first model in BYD's Ocean car series, the first mass-produced model based on BYD's e-platform 3.0, the first model to use BYD's new logo, and the first model to adopt BYD's Ocean aesthetic design.
These four firsts are enough to demonstrate the importance of dolphins.
At the same time, based on these firsts, everyone can give full play to their imagination. For example, BYD may launch new products in the marine car series such as Hiace and Seal in the future. In addition, some friends may have noticed that BYD recently applied for trademarks for destroyers, cruisers and other products, and it is said that these potential models will also belong to the marine car series.
In the future, BYD's Ocean car series is expected to become a large product family.
Because it is called a dolphin, I don’t need to tell you, everyone can guess that the design must be full of “dolphin” elements from the inside out. Macroscopically, the round and full lines look cute.
In terms of details, the front face replicates the friendly smile of a dolphin, giving it a very cute and refreshing healing style.
The side of the car body is a suspended roof with a clear curvature, which is very agile; and the very conspicuous Z-shaped folded waistline is like a dolphin leaping out of the sea, which is very vivid.
In addition, the orange exterior rearview mirrors and bottom decorative lines also use lively colors to visually add a lot of dynamic atmosphere to the Dolphin. In fact, Dolphin is very good at playing with colors. The car body contains 7 creative colors and 5 color schemes, including "Puff Pink" and "Dudu White", and each combination is full of vitality.
Despite the small body size of the Dolphin, it makes the wheelbase reach an exaggerated 2700 mm by bringing the four wheels as close as possible to the four corners of the vehicle. Being able to do this requires us to be impressed by the efficient space utilization of e-platform 3.0.
Needless to say, if you sit in the back row of Dolphin, you will be surprised by the spaciousness of the space. The belly of an animal like a dolphin is inherently large, which also shows from one side that BYD's dolphins are worthy of their name, haha!
The interior of the Dolphin is also very attractive. The interior is surrounded by a large number of jumping lines, like waves, making people feel as if they are sitting in the sea. Another feature of its interior is suspension. There are too many parts that use suspension. Let’s feel it for ourselves.
Observe the details, and the marine aesthetic design of the dolphin is fully revealed. The door handles are dolphin pectoral fins, the steering wheel is dolphin tail, the air-conditioning vents are vortexes, the texture on the inside of the door is from coral, and even the prompts and warning sounds are dolphin sounds.
In addition to its unique look and feel, the material of the dolphin can also arouse people's goodwill. It uses a large area of ??skin care interior, and through special processing of the fabric, it creates a gentle skin-friendly feeling like caressing a "dolphin". The actual touch is indeed very delicate.
As mentioned earlier, the passenger space in the back of the Dolphin is very large, and in fact the storage space in the front and rear is also very considerable. Officially, you can find up to 22 areas where items can be stored.
But what I am personally most interested in is the storage compartment under the central control screen. It is very convenient to store keys, mobile phones, etc., and it is definitely not easy to be forgotten. However, let me mention here, if the car key Don’t be afraid if you forget to bring it. Dolphin is equipped with a mobile phone Bluetooth key and a mobile phone NFC key. As long as you bring your mobile phone, you don’t have to worry about being unable to open the door.
Of course, as for the mobile phone, it is recommended that you put it in the wireless charging position after getting in the car, so that it is in its proper place.
You may find that Dolphin does not have a traditional armrest box design, but that doesn’t matter. The hollowed-out central channel allows you to place various objects more freely.
The Dolphin central control screen is equipped with the DiLink intelligent network connection system. It adopts a brand-new user interface and the colors are very refreshing. I personally think it will be more suitable for the aesthetics of young people.
However, its functionality is obviously more attractive than its appearance. Thanks to the rich built-in apps and the rotatable screen, it is simply a really big phone with great playability.
And if you are driving, you will definitely like its intelligent voice recognition system. The response is frighteningly fast, please believe me!
In addition, the top-end version of Dolphin also has the DiPilot intelligent driving assistance system, which provides many practical functions including automatic car following, lane keeping, and traffic sign recognition.
How does the dolphin drive?
This is a very flexible car that can hit wherever you turn, and the steering is very easy. The power is also very brisk. Even in ECO mode, the vehicle can accelerate smoothly and quickly with a tap of the electric pedal, without any sloppiness at all. In Sport mode, the switch response becomes more positive, and the 0-50 km/h acceleration takes only 3.9 seconds.
Our test drive route for the Dolphin this time was from Shanghai to Yangcheng Lake in Suzhou, passing through urban roads, highways and the countryside. Along the way, we could feel the BYD Dolphin's obviously more comfortable adjustment orientation. When there are potholes on the road, the shock absorbers can filter out vibrations very well.
So, driving a Dolphin is a particularly relaxing thing.
After all, BYD has been deeply involved in electric vehicles for many years and is a veteran in the research and development of electric powertrains. When it comes to Dolphin, BYD has equipped it with the newly developed eight-in-one electric powertrain, which has an exaggeratedly high integration rate, is more compact, and is lighter.
Finally, let’s talk briefly about battery life. Dolphin offers three driving range models, which are 301 kilometers, 401 kilometers and 405 kilometers respectively. They also support 60 kilowatt DC fast charging, and the 0-80 battery fast charging time only takes 40 minutes.
Based on the comprehensive driving performance and battery life, I think the Dolphin is very suitable as a driver's car, provided of course that you don't travel far away often.
If we combine all the product qualities together, we will find that it shines from top to bottom, inside and outside! Such dolphins are really heartwarming.
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