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BYD Dolphin Surf

Thursday, May 22, 2025 12:00 PM

Chinese giant's latest EV is meant to allow buyers on a budget to go electric without making any compromises It was always expected that truly cheap cars would be the most difficult to electrify. Some people even feared that it might be impossible. And indeed, while 60% of E-segment cars sold in Europe at present are electrified, just 9% of A-segment cars are. The new BYD Dolphin Surf is billed as the car to end that discrepancy.Given we’re talking about the world’s leading maker of electrified vehicles, and prices are expected to start at only around £18k, there is a great amount of credibility to that claim.You might recognise the Dolphin Surf as the BYD Seagull – an electric car that recorded almost half a million sales in its first year on sale.The resemblance of its ‘face’ to that of a seagull dive-bombing to steal your chips is no coincidence – and us making that negative association is why the name has been changed over here. As for the new one? The first half draws an obvious link to the larger electric hatchback that BYD sells; the second half is intended to give the car a fun, zesty, youthful image.

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