BYD Launches the 2027 Atto 2 in China With 501 km of Range and a Price That Undercuts Everyone

BYD has rolled out the 2027 version of the Atto 2, sold at home as the Yuan UP Feichi Edition, and the numbers are the story. There is a new battery pushing range to 501 km, a simplified powertrain across the whole lineup, and pricing that starts at 74,800 yuan, roughly USD 11,150.

Nothing about the exterior has changed much. What has changed is what sits underneath and inside, and the reasoning behind it is easy to read once you look at who BYD is fighting in China's compact EV segment right now.

Design

The shell stays familiar. The Atto 2 keeps the Dragon Face front end, the floating roof and the full-width rear light bar that have defined it since launch. Two new paint options join the range, Energetic Yellow and Oxygen Blue.

The real work went into the cabin layout. BYD has moved the gear selector off the centre console and onto a steering column stalk, which frees up storage space beneath the 50W wireless charging pad. It is a small change that solves a genuine daily annoyance, and those usually come from owner feedback rather than a styling brief.

Battery and Range

The headline addition is a 51.13 kWh lithium iron phosphate Blade Battery supplied by FinDreams, good for 501 km on China's CLTC cycle. That lifts the ceiling from the outgoing car's 401 km.

The older packs stay in the lineup. A 32 kWh unit covers the 301 km entry version and a 45.12 kWh unit handles the 401 km models. DC fast charging takes any of them from 30 percent to 80 percent in about 30 minutes.

One caveat worth keeping in mind: CLTC is an optimistic test cycle. The 501 km figure works out closer to 370 km on WLTC, which is still strong for the money but not the same thing.

Performance

Every one of the five trims now uses a single front-mounted permanent-magnet motor producing 70 kW and 180 Nm. The previous generation offered a 130 kW option as well. That has been dropped entirely.

BYD has effectively deleted the quicker version of its own car, and the logic is straightforward. In this segment, range and price close deals while horsepower does not. A lighter, less powerful motor is also what makes the 501 km figure achievable on a battery this size. It is a calculated trade, and for the buyers this car actually targets, probably the right one.

The platform carries over unchanged: e-Platform 3.0 with Cell-to-Body battery integration, MacPherson struts at the front and a torsion beam at the rear.

Interior and Features

For the price, the equipment list is hard to argue with. There is a 12.8-inch rotating touchscreen, an 8.8-inch driver display, heated and ventilated front seats and a panoramic glass roof. Selected variants add BYD's DiPilot C driver-assistance suite. Fold the rear seats and cargo space opens up to 1,320 litres.

BYD Atto 2 Features

• New 51.13 kWh Blade Battery with 501 km CLTC range

• 70 kW motor standardised across all five trims

• DC fast charging, 30 to 80 percent in 30 minutes

• Column-mounted gear selector freeing centre console storage

• 12.8-inch rotating touchscreen and 8.8-inch driver display

• Heated and ventilated front seats

• Panoramic glass roof and 50W wireless charging

• DiPilot C driver assistance on select variants

• 1,320 litres of cargo space with rear seats folded

Specifications at a Glance

Price

The pricing needs unpacking, because the cheapest Atto 2 and the longest-range Atto 2 are not the same car.

These are Chinese domestic prices, supported by local supply chains, scale and trade-in subsidies that do not follow the car abroad. Whatever the Atto 2 ends up costing in markets like Nepal will look very different once shipping, duties and local margins are added.

Conclusion

The Yuan UP was not in trouble. It sold 22,958 units domestically in August, up 13.2 percent month on month and 16.9 percent year on year, making up 12.5 percent of BYD's domestic volume.

So the update is not a rescue. It is a response to Geely's Xingyuan, which is China's best-selling car so far this year at 266,166 units through August. In that environment, defending a position means moving before you have to.

What BYD has produced is a compact electric crossover with 500 km of claimed range, a genuinely well-equipped cabin and a price that most manufacturers elsewhere still insist is impossible. Nobody outside China will sell this car at these figures any time soon. But the specification is now public, and it quietly resets what buyers will expect from every small EV that follows.

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