If you live in the West, then you’ve been told that building a genuinely compelling, long-range electric vehicle on a budget is about as realistic as finding a unicorn in a supermarket. Legacy automakers blame battery costs, supply chain bottlenecks, and the impossibility of putting modern tech into an affordable footprint. But if you are in Shenzhen (China), BYD will tell you that this narrative is a bad joke. The company revealed pricing and specs for the updated compact crossover known internationally as the Atto 2, and we need to talk about those numbers.
In its domestic market, where it wears the Yuan Up badge, the updated Feichi Edition kicks off with a sticker price of RMB 74,800 – that translates to a mind-bending €9,520.
