BYD ATTO 3 vs Jaecoo E5

The BYD ATTO 3 costs £11,485 more than the Jaecoo E5. For that premium it adds 69 miles more WLTP range, 140 kW faster peak rapid charging and 78 kW more power. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the BYD ATTO 3 comes out ahead overall.

The Jaecoo E5 is £11,485 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £160 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Jaecoo E5 comes out roughly £11,445 cheaper overall. These figures cover list price and home charging only - insurance, servicing, tyres and depreciation will move the real total.

EVcarsguide estimates a real-world motorway range of about 263 miles for the BYD ATTO 3 and 207 miles for the Jaecoo E5 - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The BYD ATTO 3 goes roughly 57 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 35 minutes in the BYD ATTO 3 and 27 in the Jaecoo E5, so the Jaecoo E5 loses less time at each stop. So the BYD ATTO 3 stops less often while the Jaecoo E5 stops for less time - pick on which you would rather do.

The two are within 13 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 538 mm of total clearance for the Jaecoo E5 and about 525 mm of total clearance for the BYD ATTO 3.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 90% battery health for the BYD ATTO 3 and 90% for the Jaecoo E5. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. Both use LFP-type cells, which are happy charged to 100% every day. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.