BYD Dolphin electric car set for UK launch

BYD will take on superminis and family hatchbacks with its new Dolphin, which has been confirmed for UK sales in the second half of this year. A heavily updated version of a model that’s already on sale in China, the Euro-spec BYD Dolphin is slightly larger, at around 4.3 metres long - almost 30cm longer than Vauxhall’s Corsa Electric but around 10cm shorter than the newly electrified Astra. It looks set to follow BYD’s only other UK offering to date, the Atto 3, in being pitched between traditional vehicle segments. Hatchbacks