Meet Australia's cheapest electric vehicle (EV): the BYD Atto 1 , priced from $23,990 before on-road costs.

The pint-size electric hatchback undercuts BYD's own Dolphin small hatch by $6000 to become this market's most affordable EV.

Not only that, it undercuts a raft of popular petrol or hybrid city cars, including the Mazda 2 and Toyota Yaris .

Known as the Seagull or Dolphin Surf in other markets, the Atto 1 is BYD's new entry-level model and will arrive in Australian showrooms in December with the choice of two variants.

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The Essential comes with a smaller 30kWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery and less powerful 65kW/175Nm electric motor, while the Premium upgrades to a larger 43.

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