BYD DOLPHIN Voted ‘Car of the Year 2024’ in Car Dealer Power Awards
04 July 2024 BYD, the world’s leading manufacturer of new energy vehicles, has been honoured in the Car Dealer Power Awards 2024, with the all-electric BYD DOLPHIN voted by dealers in the UK as ‘Car of the Year’.
The awards follow the Car Dealer Power survey, and celebrate the finest motor trade suppliers in the business as well as the best car manufacturers to represent in the UK. With votes submitted by UK car dealers, the awards represent an authentic reflection of opinion within the industry. This year’s Car Dealer Power attracted 1,000 entries. Winners and highly commended firms were named in 19 supplier categories, as well as the best car manufacturers to represent, with the BYD DOLPHIN securing the top honours as the prestigious Car of the Year.
The agile and versatile BYD DOLPHIN C-segment hatchback with generous seating for five occupants combines practicality with efficiency, and is attractively priced to make electric mobility a more accessible proposition. With modern, appealing aesthetics, the BYD DOLPHIN has its own distinctive chic style, and is high-tech to the core, bringing fun and intelligent driving experiences.
The BYD DOLPHIN also comes with a high level of standard equipment, including advanced driver assistance features for easier, safer driving. It is built on BYD’s state-of-the-art e-Platform 3.0 bringing exceptional efficiency and integrated vehicle intelligence, and utilises the BYD Blade Battery, a gamechanger for safety, durability and energy efficiency, delivering a range of 265 miles (WLTP combined) when fully charged. An advanced energy-saving heat pump also comes as standard.
James Baggott, editor-in-chief of Car Dealer Magazine, said: “It's amazing to see the pace at which BYD has arrived and made an impact on the UK car market – and with cars like the DOLPHIN in its range it's easy to see why dealers and customers are so impressed with the brand.”
He adds: “The BYD DOLPHIN shows an electric hatchback needn't be expensive – relatively speaking for an EV – and costs less than nearly all its European competition. Factor in an impressive driving range, seating for five, and all the tech you'd ever need, it's a bit of a game changer. Congratulations to BYD.”
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About BYD
BYD is a multinational high-tech company devoted to leveraging technological innovations for a better life. Founded in 1994 as a rechargeable battery maker, BYD now boasts a diverse business scope covering automobiles, rail transit, new energy, and electronics, with over 30 industrial parks in China, the United States, Canada, Japan, Brazil, Hungary, and India. From power acquisition and storage to its applications, BYD is dedicated to providing zero-emission energy solutions that reduce global reliance on fossil fuels. Its new energy vehicle footprint now covers six continents, over 100 countries and regions, and more than 400 cities. Listed in both Hong Kong and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges, the company is known to be a Fortune Global 500 enterprise that furnishes innovations in pursuit of a greener world. For more information, please visit www.bydglobal.com.
About BYD Auto
Founded in 2003, BYD Auto is the automotive subsidiary of BYD, a multinational high-tech company devoted to leveraging technological innovations for a better life. Aiming to accelerate the green transition of the global transportation sector, BYD Auto focuses on developing pure electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. The company has mastered the core technologies of the entire industrial chain of new energy vehicles, such as batteries, electric motors, electronic controllers, and automotive-grade semiconductors. It has witnessed in recent years significant technological advancements, including the Blade Battery, the DM-i and DM-p hybrid technology, the e-Platform 3.0, the CTB and iTAC technologies, the DiSus Intelligent Body Control System, the XUANJI Architecture, and the Super e-Platform. The company is the world’s first carmaker to stop the production of fossil-fueled vehicles on EV shift and has remained top of new energy passenger vehicle sales in China for 12 years in a row.
About BYD Europe
BYD Europe is headquartered in the Netherlands and is the first overseas branch of BYD Group, with a commitment to evolving the international brand BYD Auto to deliver safe and efficient sustainable solutions in new energy vehicles through world-leading technological innovations.
For more information, please visit www.byd.com.
Contacts:
Mike Gale
Head of PR, BYD UK
E: michael.gale@byd.com
M: +44 7908 905678
Rachel Goodwin
PR Manager, BYD UK
E: rachel.goodwin@byd.com
M: +44 7399 678373
Alex Ingram
Press Officer, BYD UK
E: alex.ingram@byd.com
M: +44 7539 534571
