Australia’s cheapest new car is fully electric, and BYD’s move will change the conversation about EVs

BYD’s stunning low price for the Atto 1 is not just changing conversations about the transition to EVs, it is attacking one of the last bastions of the ICE market – the petrol hatch.

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