BYD Dolphin 2025 from China: battery, 410KM and Smart Driving in the version name

The BYD Dolphin is a compact five-door front-wheel drive electric hatchback on the Chinese market. The car released in March 2025 with a mileage of 5,000 km, with a 177 hp electric motor and a single-stage gearbox, belongs to the Smart Driving Edition 410KM Fashion Edition trim level, and the long name says a lot about the version.

Battery: 45 or 60 kWh

In the updated Dolphin range, the number at the beginning of the version name indicates the battery capacity: 45 kWh for the 95 and 177 hp versions, 60 kWh for the 204 hp version. The capacity of the selected car is confirmed by its specification. The range depends primarily on the capacity, so when choosing a Dolphin, they look at it before the power; versions of the model are collected on the Dolphin page in the catalog.

Claimed range and driver assistance

The number 410KM in the name of the configuration is the declared range in kilometers. It is not known according to which cycle it is calculated, so it is impossible to promise such a range on every trip: on the road, it depends on speed, weather and the operation of the climate system.

The words Smart Driving refer to a set of driver assistance systems. This is assistance, not autopilot: such systems do not guarantee that the car will cope with the road on its own, and the driver is still monitoring the traffic.

Price benchmark

On September 21, 2026, for the 2025 BYD Dolphin with a mileage of 5,000 km, the total to Vladivostok was 1,649,000 rubles. For another car, an up-to-date calculation is needed.

How to order a car from China is described on the page of cars from China, and another electric car of the Chinese market, the Toyota bZ3X crossover, is analyzed in the article about Toyota bZ3X from China.