BYD Australia is confident its upcoming Atto 1 electric hatchback – which is tipped to become Australia's cheapest electric vehicle (EV) when it arrives in showrooms next month – should achieve top safety marks, based on its performance in Euro NCAP testing.

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The 2026 BYD Atto 1 will be priced from as little as $25,000 when it's launched in November, but it recently achieved a maximum five-star Euro NCAP safety rating against the latest 2025 assessment criteria, and given ANCAP's criteria is generally aligned with its European affiliate, the pint-size electric hatch should get a similar rating here.

Known in Europe and the UK as the Dol

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