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We can discuss whether it is the electric car is the one that would buy me if I could only choose one for my house. We can discuss whether the electric car is a good option to travel. We can discuss whether the small battery electric car is sufficient for the common of mortals. I can give reasons for and against the electric car for all the previous situations. But there is a type of driver or a type of car, as you prefer, in which eThe electric car is perfect: The purely urban car. I do not admit discussion here. As a second exclusively urban car, as a car to never get out of the city and its surroundings, as a car to move between traffic jams and take children to school, there is nothing like an electric car. And Byd has the car of the moment. Dolphin Surf Byd Technical Card Byd Dolphin Surf Body type. Four -seater urban vehicle Measures and weight. 3,990 meters long, 1,590 meters wide, 1,720 meters high and 2,500 meters of wheelbase. Between 1,294 and 1,390 kg. TRUNK. 308 liters. Folding seats 50:50. Maximum power. 115 kW (156 hp) WLTP consumption. Between 13.41 kWh/100 km and 13.93 kWh/100 km in combined cycle. Autonomy: Byd Dolphin Surf Active: 220 kilometers Byd Dolphin Surf Boost: 322 kilometers Byd Dolphin Surfort: 310 kilometers Environmental Distinctive. Zero emissions Driving aids (ADAS). Automatic emergency braking, intelligent speed limits information, vehicle detection at the dead angle, intelligent cruise control, LED lighting, 360º parking chamber, rear parking sensors OTHERS. Own software with spotify application included, wireless mobile phone load. Compatibility with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay wireless. Electric hybrid. No. Plug -in hybrid. No. electric Yeah. Byd Dolphin Surf Active: 30 kWh battery and 85 kW of power Byd Dolphin Surf Boost: 42.3 kWh battery and 85 kW of power Byd Dolphin Surfort: 42.3 kWh battery and 115 kW of power price and launch Already available before aid: Byd Dolphin Surf Active: 19,990 euros Byd Dolphin Surf Boost: 23,990 euros Byd Dolphin Surfort: 26,490 euros The best in yours There was an enormous expectation before knowing first hand this Byd Dolphin Surf. It is, in fact, one of the models that have generated more information in recent months to the point of sharing prominence (by volume of news generated) with the Renault 5 or the Xiaomi cars. And there was a reason: the Seagull Byd is an electric car that outside our country has already sold One million units. The recipe is simple and basic. As simple as taking a lfp battery of contained capacity, putting a wheel in each corner of the chassis and putting on the street one of the cheapest electric cars on the market. So cheap that, to direct change, The Chinese price seems ridiculous. To Spain, obviously, it could not arrive with a price of less than 10,000 euros. In the jump to Europe, the Seagull Byd has changed its name to adopt that of Byd Dolphin Surf. He has gained size because he grows up to 3.99 meters (in China it measures just over 3.75 meters) but, above all, he has taken the aforementioned recipe and has executed it perfectly. The Dolphin Surf Byd is an urban and electric car that, in the absence of a long test, First it seems almost perfect. Broken the four meters and its 2.50 meters of battle leave a very good interior space for four adults without overwhelms. It measures 1.59 meters wide but does not feel as narrow as a Hyundai insertthat surpasses him in a couple of centimeters in this section. The 308 liters of trunk (to the roof) are more than enough for day to day. But it is inside where Byd puts everything on his part to play what no one has played: a small and cheap electric car that does not feel … cheap. Padded at the door and in the central glove compartment, padded for the rear doors, broad, comfortable, electric and, why not, heated in their upper range. The steering wheel has some well -executed buttons and easy to understand. In front, a seven -inch screen that performs the functions of instrument frame. The graphics have been updated to the screen in the face of what we have seen in other company models and the result is very good. The plant is 10.1 inches. I do not ask for more size but the menus should be rethink. They are still, those of Byd, a little cumbersome to find according to what functions. Here it is added that the direct accesses of the lower part of the screen are too small and it costs to squeeze them in motion without distracting us more from the account. Yes, the screen revolves as in most byd models Below, physical controls work as in the older brother, the Dolphin Byd (which has no second last name). That is, it slides up or down. An original solution but that generates some discomfort when putting the four flashing or selecting the transmission march. First because the button Warning It should be a piece that we can press a single touch, quickly. And this is worth the Dolphin Surf and for all those cars that play to hide The button on the roof of the car or They make it a touch surface. And, second, because the physical buttons of this Byd electric are so small that if I have to slide up or down the button I do not always grab the command well, which can be uncomfortable when maneuvering as quickly as possible. The car is sold with two batteries and two mechanics. The most modest version has a battery of just 30 kWh and a 65 kW (87CV) engine. The largest battery model, 43.2 kWh, is sold with the same engine or with a 115 kW (156 hp) range. In our case we have tried the top of the range that, for my liking, … Read more