NZ long distance EV road trip on a BYD Atto 3

Chris and I are back at it again! We retraced our steps back to Christchurch for a conference and back to Taupo, this time in a BYD Atto 3. We wanted to see how this car compares to our previous experience with the 2017 Nissan Leaf (it had reduced battery health, about 100km useful range).

The Atto 3 has a 60kWh battery which has a realistic motorway range of around 360kms at full charge. Over a 1500km return trip from Taupo to Christchurch, we broke the trip up into 5.5 hours travel a day.

Video sections:
00:00 Introduction
01:46 My thoughts
02:09 Charging stops
02:30 Charging duration
03:06 Charging cost
04:01 Charger availability
05:23 Carbon emission
06:13 ICE comparison