2022 BYD Atto 3 Standard Range delayed further
Production of the price-leading BYD Atto 3 Standard Range has been postponed, as priority is given to the best-selling Extended Range variant.
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It 2022 BYD Atto 3 Standard Range been hit with new round of delayas production priority was given to the more popular Extended Range variant.
BYD Australian importer EVDirect has informed customers that the start of production of the Atto 3 Standard Range has been pushed to mid-October, translating to deliveries in November or December – about three months later than originally planned.
The delay is attributed to the popularity and “high volume production requirements” of the more expensive Extended Range variant, which so far accounts for 90 percent of the more than 3,000 orders taken since online sales opened in February.
The first arrival of the Atto 3 Extended Range is due in August or September – the previously announced six to eight week delay from its originally scheduled July launch, due to “supply chain issues and logistical disruptions”, as reported last week.
Order a vehicle today and you can expect delivery in November or December for the Extended Range, or December 2022 or January 2023 for the Standard Range, according to the EVDirect website.
As recently as last week, the website listed September deliveries for new orders for all variants except the red Extended Range, which was quoted as October.
Many customers waiting for the Standard Range have been offered the opportunity to bypass the delay by upgrading to an Extended Range model of the same color, while retaining their place in the queue, and shipping in August or September.
“Unfortunately, we have received advice from BYD in China that production of the Standard Range Atto 3 vehicle will not begin until the estimated mid-October with deliveries to Australia slated to begin in November-December,” EVDirect’s message to customers reads (posted to Facebook).
“This is due to the high volume production requirements of the extended range options. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.”
EVDirect last week indicated to customers that it had “secured a special production capacity increase to allow for a steady supply of vehicles … from August 2022” – something that may now apply to Extended Range models.
An EVDirect representative told Drive this week the company is “comfortably” slated to ship all of its outstanding 3000-plus orders by the end of the year – which would make it Australia’s second or third best-selling electric vehicle by 2022.
The Tesla Model 3 is currently leading at the half-year point, with just under 5,000 deliveries (slowed by stock shortages) – although equally strong volume is expected once the Tesla Model Y SUV arrives in Australia over the coming months.
The BYD Atto 3 is the country’s cheapest electric vehicle in some states, priced as low as $44,990 long-drive – but above $47,000 in others, underestimated by the MG ZS EV Excite which costs $46,990 long-drive nationally.
The delayed delivery of the Australian Standard Range comes as New Zealand’s first Atto 3s dock, as dealer demonstrators will be available for a test drive across the Tasman before the end of the month.
Customer deliveries in New Zealand are scheduled to begin towards the end of August.
For reading drive latest coverage on the launch of the BYD brand in Australia, click on the link below.
Image above via BYD Australia owners group on Facebook.
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