BYD Atto 3
Charging curve · consumption · motorway range
The BYD Atto 3 has 60.5 kWh of usable battery and peaks at 88 kW on a DC charger. In this app's model it uses about 188 Wh/km at a steady 100 km/h and 275 Wh/km at 130, so 46% more energy per kilometre buys you 30 km/h more speed. Weigh that against a 37-minute 10-80% charging stop and you have the whole question of how fast to drive.
- Usable battery
- 60.5 kWh
- Peak DC power
- 88 kW
- 10-80% charge
- 37 min
- Average kW 10-80%
- 68 kW
- Mass, loaded
- 1930 kg
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
DC charging curve
Charging power against state of charge, on a charger fast enough not to be the limit. Peak power is 88 kW, but it has halved by about 76% state of charge. That is why a short stop low down the curve usually beats a long one near the top.
How long a stop takes
| Charge from | Time | Energy added | Average power |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10% to 80% | 37 min | 42.4 kWh | 68 kW |
| 20% to 80% | 33 min | 36.3 kWh | 66 kW |
| 10% to 60% | 23 min | 30.3 kWh | 80 kW |
| 20% to 70% | 25 min | 30.3 kWh | 73 kW |
| 80% to 100% | 38 min | 12.1 kWh | 19 kW |
The curve, point by point
| State of charge | Power |
|---|---|
| 0% | 60 kW |
| 5% | 80 kW |
| 10% | 88 kW |
| 20% | 88 kW |
| 35% | 85 kW |
| 45% | 78 kW |
| 55% | 68 kW |
| 65% | 58 kW |
| 75% | 45 kW |
| 85% | 30 kW |
| 95% | 15 kW |
| 100% | 8 kW |
Consumption and range by cruise speed
Steady motorway cruising on flat road in mild weather, from the fitted model Wh/km = 62 + 0.0126 · v². The “usable range” column is the honest one for trip planning: it is 100% down to 10%, because nobody arrives on empty.
| Cruise speed | Consumption | Range (full pack) | Usable range (100 to 10%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 km/h | 164 Wh/km | 369 km | 332 km |
| 100 km/h | 188 Wh/km | 322 km | 290 km |
| 110 km/h | 214 Wh/km | 282 km | 254 km |
| 120 km/h | 243 Wh/km | 249 km | 224 km |
| 130 km/h | 275 Wh/km | 220 km | 198 km |
| 140 km/h | 309 Wh/km | 196 km | 176 km |
| 150 km/h | 346 Wh/km | 175 km | 158 km |
| 160 km/h | 385 Wh/km | 157 km | 142 km |
What the model does not include
- Elevation. The trip planner does account for climbs and descents; the range figures on this page are flat-road, so an alpine route will come out worse than the table.
- Temperature. These are mild-weather numbers. Cold raises consumption and cuts the charging curve. The planner models both. The numbers on this page do not.
- Wind, rain, roof boxes, payload and tyre choice, all of which move real consumption more than most people expect.
- Charger-side limits. The charging times above assume the site can deliver whatever the car asks for. A 150 kW cabinet shared with the car next to you will not.
Where these numbers come from
BYD Blade LFP pack: a modest peak held broadly flat rather than a tall spike, and a long slow tail, so these cars want to be unplugged early. Approximated from published fast-charge and motorway-consumption tests. Fewer independent runs exist for this model than for the European cars here, so treat the curve — especially above 70% SoC — as indicative. Boxy for an SUV of its size, so motorway consumption climbs fast — the combination this tool exists to price.
What speed should you actually drive?
It depends on your route, on where the fast chargers happen to be and how the legal limits fall. Plan the real trip and the simulator will sweep every cruise speed against this car's curves and tell you which one arrives first.
Plan a trip in the Atto 3