BYD Dolphin (parameter picture) is very popular, and Euler’s good cat is not to be outdone. The best way to know whether dolphins are worth starting with is to compare the same class models.
Dolphin, as the first model of the marine department, is also the first model of E platform 3.0. BYD has high expectations for dolphins, and its main theme is the boutique car route.
After the subsidy, the price was 9.38-12.18 million, which once made many people exclaim that BYD was floating, and the pricing was too high, so it would definitely not be sold.
Whether dolphin pricing is too high depends not only on BYD’s development strategy for marine products, but also on the pricing range of competitors.
Chery Little Ant, Euler Black Horse, Wuling Hongguang MINI EV, these car owners are definitely not the target group of dolphins, and only Euler Good Cat and AION S are the competitors of dolphins.
The AION S will cost about 150,000 yuan to land, and the space is the largest among these cars. You can cross your legs in the back row, but the price is too high. There are too many models with this budget to choose from.
There is a coincidence between the pricing of good cats and dolphins. The advantage of good cats lies in space and power, while the advantage of dolphins lies in the control of energy consumption by E platform 3.0. The budget is about 120,000 yuan, and the only pure electric cars worth choosing are dolphins and good cats.
As a family car, especially an electric car, don’t be confused by its beautiful appearance. Practicality is what we should consider most.
Next, I will compare the 2021 BYD Dolphin Fashion Edition and the 2021 Euler Good Cat Athena Edition in all aspects, hoping to bring valuable information to readers who want to buy a car.
BYD Dolphin PK Euler Good Cat —— Low Temperature Endurance and Energy Consumption Performance
The most important thing for an electric vehicle is its cruising range and energy consumption performance. Although no matter how long the battery life is, it can’t avoid mileage anxiety, and there is a lot of moisture in the battery life of an electric vehicle, we should pay attention to the measured endurance performance, especially in winter.
There is also the performance of energy consumption. The advantage of electric vehicles is that the electricity fee is cheap, but if the energy consumption is too high and the electricity fee per 100 kilometers catches up with the oil fee, such electric vehicles are not worth considering.
Dolphin Fashion Edition: The factory trademark says the cruising range is 405km.
According to Know Car Emperor in the summer of 2021, when the air conditioner is started normally, the actual cruising range of dolphins is 375.2km, the cruising achievement rate is 92.6%, and the comprehensive average energy consumption per 100 km is 12kWh. According to the 0.6 yuan per kilowatt hour, the comprehensive electricity fee per 100 km is 7.2 yuan.
When the endurance is 0, the dolphin’s power begins to be limited, but it can still travel at medium and low speed, and its lighting, air conditioning and power-assisted system can work normally.
This is very similar to Tesla. When the battery life is 0, there are still several degrees of electricity hidden in the battery, so that the owner can drive the car to a safe place or drive the car to the nearest charging station to avoid the need for a cart. Dolphins have considered this more comprehensively.
According to the measured temperature of-20℃ ~-15℃ in the winter of 2021, when the air conditioner is started normally, the measured cruising range of dolphins is 225.2km, the cruising achievement rate is 55.6%, and the energy consumption per 100 kilometers is 21.9kWh. According to the 0.6 yuan per kilowatt hour, the comprehensive electricity charge per 100 kilometers is 13.14 yuan.
In winter, the endurance performance of dolphins has obviously shrunk, and the energy consumption performance has doubled compared with that at normal temperature. However, it is difficult to meet in the south of Huaihe River in this extremely cold climate, which has little influence on the owners in the south.
Good Cat Athena Edition: The factory trademark says that the cruising range is 401km.
According to Know Car Emperor in the summer of 2021, when the air conditioner is started normally, the measured cruising range of Good Cat is 346.5km, the cruising achievement rate is 86.4%, and the comprehensive average energy consumption per 100 km is 13.3kWh. According to the 0.6 yuan per kilowatt hour, the comprehensive electricity fee per 100 km is 8 yuan.
When the remaining 20% power is used, the prompt will turn into striking red. When the remaining 5% power is used, the lifting light will start flashing. When the power is 0, the battery life will be about 10km, and the power will start to be limited. The air conditioner and other electrical appliances can’t be used, but the speed is not limited, and the lighting and power-assisted system can be used normally.
According to the measured temperature of-20℃ ~-15℃ in the winter of 2021, when the air conditioner is started normally, the measured cruising range of Good Cat is 195.5km, the cruising achievement rate is 48.8%, and the energy consumption per 100 kilometers is 28.3kWh. According to the 0.6 yuan per kilowatt hour, the comprehensive electricity charge per 100 kilometers is 16.98 yuan.
Good cat’s endurance performance in winter is fairly good, mainly because other competitors’ performance is too ordinary. The endurance achievement rate of Tucki P5 is 42.9%, Volkswagen ID3 is 38.9%, and AION S is 37.7%.
With the deep integration of the eight-in-one electric drive system of E platform 3.0 and the blessing of heat pump air conditioning, the dolphin’s endurance achievement rate exceeded 50%, reaching 55.6%, and achieved excellent results.
In other words, if you are hesitant between dolphins and sea cats, you may wish to pay attention to the cruising range and energy consumption performance. Dolphins have a longer cruising range and lower energy consumption per 100 kilometers. The lower the later car, the higher the practicality.
BYD Dolphin PK Euler Good Cat-Charging Speed
The mileage anxiety of electric vehicles is actually "energy-filling anxiety", and the cruising range of motorcycles is only 200 kilometers. However, I have never heard of mileage anxiety of motorcycles. The main reason is that the energy-filling speed is fast enough, and it can be filled with oil in 3 minutes, and it can continue driving for 200 kilometers.
Electric vehicles are different. Even with the power exchange technology, the power can be exchanged in five minutes, but the popularization of power exchange stations is more difficult than that of charging stations, with high investment cost, less return on income and too few power exchange stations. There may be an embarrassing situation of five minutes of power exchange and one hour of queuing.
Before the battery technology has no shortcomings to achieve a breakthrough, at present, only fast charging technology is the most direct and effective way to alleviate mileage anxiety.
Presumably, you won’t take the dolphin and the good cat go on road trip, but the journey between cities will still appear. Last time I visited Nanjing, I saw a dolphin on the highway, so it is inevitable to charge on the road.
The charging speed of electric vehicles is related to the power, temperature and fast charging technology of charging piles. The faster the charging speed, the less affected by mileage anxiety, and the more practical it is as a family car.
Dolphin Fashion Edition: Battery capacity 44.9kWh
According to the actual charging measurement, it takes 79 minutes for dolphins to charge in the charging pile of State Grid from 0% to 100%, and the average charging power is 34kW.
It takes 63 minutes to charge the brand charging pile from 0% to 100%, and the average charging power is 43kW.
Judging from the charging speed, the performance of dolphins is not bad. If it is used daily, it takes about 30 minutes to charge from 30% to 80%.
Dolphins have the advantage of being flexible and diverse in charging. They can use fast charging, slow charging and household 220V charging. Depending on the remaining power, it takes about 6-10 hours to fully charge the household electricity.
Dolphins can last for 225.2-375.2km on a single charge, so there is definitely no problem in walking and commuting. The fast charging time is about 30 minutes, even in the neighboring city of go on road trip, which is quite satisfactory in charging and endurance performance.
Good cat Athena edition: battery capacity 45.99kWh
According to the actual charging measurement, it takes 100 minutes for Haomao to charge in the charging pile of State Grid from 0% to 100%, and the average charging power is 27kW.
From 30% to 80%, the manufacturer calibrated it as 30 minutes, but in winter, it was 84 minutes, with an average charging power of 19.8kW, while that of dolphins was 40 minutes, with an average charging power of 38kW.
The gap between good cats and dolphins in charging power is obvious, especially in cold winter, the measured fast charging time of dolphins is almost twice as long as that of good cats, which clearly shows BYD’s advantages in fast charging technology.
BYD Dolphin PK Euler Good Cat-Comprehensive Performance
In the three competitions of measured endurance, energy consumption performance and fast charging speed, good cats are at a disadvantage, but whether a car is worth buying sometimes has a certain relationship with face value, space and configuration.
Good cats and dolphins have higher face value, mainly depending on personal aesthetics. Girls prefer good cats and boys prefer dolphins.
In terms of space performance, the advantages of electric vehicles are reflected. Without engines and gearboxes, the space utilization rate of electric vehicles is greatly improved. Although good cats and dolphins are small, their internal seating space is excellent.
The advantage of a good cat is that its body size is larger than that of a dolphin, while the advantage of a dolphin is the E platform 3.0, which adopts a highly integrated eight-in-one electric drive system, and its wheelbase reaches 2700mm, and the axle ratio reaches 66.34%, while that of a good cat is about 63%.
Despite the longer wheelbase, the actual riding space of dolphins is not as good as that of good cats. According to the actual measurement, the riding height of good cats is 995mm in the front row, 920mm in the rear row and 840mm in the rear leg space.
The dolphin’s riding height in the front row is 950mm, the riding height in the back row is 910mm, and the legroom in the back row is 850 mm.. After comparison, the comprehensive performance of a good cat is better than that of a dolphin in the riding space.
If you don’t know how to choose a dolphin or a good cat, you should choose according to your height, weight and usage scene.
In terms of configuration, the configuration of dolphins and good cats is relatively high, and the mainstream configuration is basically standard. Few people can see the difference, but if you study carefully, you will find that the safety configuration of good cats is higher.
Dolphins and good cats are equipped with primary and secondary airbags, front side airbags and front and rear head airbags as standard. Airbags are the most basic safety configuration of a car, which is worthy of praise for both good cats and dolphins.
Good Cat Athena Edition is equipped with parallel assistance, lane departure warning, lane keeping, road traffic sign recognition, active braking and fatigue driving reminder, which are not available in Dolphin Fashion Edition.
Dolphins and good cats are better than ordinary electric vehicles in safety configuration, but they must be divided into high and low levels. Obviously, good cats with more active configuration are better.
As a family car, is dolphins worth starting with?
Dolphin, as an electric car, has advantages in electric drive and electronic control system in the competition with good cat, but it is not as cost-effective as good cat in configuration.
It depends on personal choice. If we pay attention to the internal quality of a car, the core technology of dolphins is better. If you care about external performance, it is obvious that a good cat knows better how to grasp the preferences of consumers.
What I said before has always been the measured data of dolphins. Now let’s talk about the driving experience.
Let me talk about the advantages first.Dolphins have a high proportion of axles. While ensuring the interior space, the minimum turning radius is controlled at 5.25 meters, which is very flexible and smaller than the turning radius of Honda Fit.
In the daily driving process, I am used to driving a big car and then driving a dolphin. I find that it is very easy to back into the warehouse and park sideways. The most satisfactory thing is to turn around in a narrow road, which basically reflects the flexibility of the car.
The dynamic performance of Dolphin Fashion Edition is remarkable. It is obviously exaggerated to say that the power of 70KW is pushing back, but the acceleration within 100km/h can still be easily completed.
Three shortcomings of dolphins.
Although the dolphin is a very good boutique car, it is impossible for a car to be perfect without shortcomings. There are three obvious shortcomings.
1. Poor sound insulation.
The NVH performance of electric vehicles is better than that of fuel vehicles, but without engine noise, the focus of ears is on tire noise. The more they pay attention to tire noise, the more obvious it becomes.
Tesla’s way of facing tire noise is that the original tires have sound insulation cotton, which minimizes the impact of tire noise on passengers. Of course, due to cost factors, the sound insulation performance of electric vehicles at this price is relatively average.
2. The new car smells.
I just bought a new car some time ago, and there was no smell in the car on the day I picked it up. However, when I evaluated the dolphins, I felt an obvious smell. Although it was common to have a smell in the car, I was used to a good day and suddenly felt that the smell was unacceptable.
Not only do I feel bad smell, but many dolphin owners say there is bad smell. Fortunately, the smell gradually disappears after a few days of ventilation in the new car.
3. Poor earthquake prevention.
Dolphins adopt the front McPherson independent suspension and the rear longitudinal arm torsion beam independent suspension.
Torsion beam is also what we often call "plate suspension". French cars love torsion beam, which has the advantage of being stable in cornering, effectively preventing roll and giving drivers greater confidence.
The disadvantage is that the shock filtering effect is rough, which weakens the ride comfort. When dolphins encounter potholes and speed bumps, they can feel that the shock filtering in the back row is hard and the bumps are obvious.
Write it at the end
Through the comparison with Euler’s good cat, let everyone know the advantages of dolphins in electric drive and electric control, and also let everyone know the disadvantages of dolphins in configuration.
Generally speaking, if you want to choose an electric scooter with a budget of 120,000 yuan, dolphins are really a good choice, but you still need to test drive before buying. Only by personally feeling the advantages and disadvantages can you not regret it after buying.
