BYD ATTO 3 vs Omoda E5

The BYD ATTO 3 costs £5,925 more than the Omoda E5. For that premium it adds 50 miles more WLTP range, 90 kW faster peak rapid charging and 60 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the BYD ATTO 3 comes out ahead overall.

The Omoda E5 is £5,925 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 Omoda E5 comes out roughly £5,845 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 194 miles for the Omoda E5 - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The BYD ATTO 3 goes roughly 69 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 28-35 minutes.

The Omoda E5 is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 45 mm narrower than the BYD ATTO 3. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 570 mm of total clearance for the Omoda E5 and about 525 mm of total clearance for the BYD ATTO 3. The BYD ATTO 3 also turns in a 0.4 m tighter circle, which helps with U-turns and multi-storey ramps.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 90% battery health for the BYD ATTO 3 and 90% for the Omoda 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.