Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD has teamed up with Colombian distributor MOTORYSA to officially unveil a new Ocean series model in the country. The model is dubbed Dolphin pure electric car and was showcased at the Colombian Fashion Week.
The BYD Dolphin is said to be the first
mass-produced model based on BYD’s e-platform 3.0. The sleek electric vehicle
is equipped with a BYD blade battery with a battery capacity of 44.9kW. The
battery pack also delivers an NEDC pure electric cruising range of up to 405km.
At the unveiling, the company’s
spokesperson disclosed that the Dolphin is BYD’s “pure electric new species”
specially created for the new generation of young users and that it adopts the
“marine aesthetics” design concept. The shape of the Dolphin EV is simple and
stylish. The interior lines are soft with a unique finish and exquisite
futuristic styling. The price of the EV in the country is yet to be disclosed.
Starting in 2020, BYD started partnering
with domestic car dealer Motorysa to sell its full range of new energy
passenger vehicles in Colombia, including medium and large luxury flagship
sedan Han EV, luxury pure electric SUV Tang EV, as well as Qin PLUS DM-i and
Song PLUS High-end plug-in hybrid models such as DM-i. So far, BYD has
delivered nearly 3,000 new electric vehicles to Colombia.