# BYD Atto 1

6 Hacker News commenters recommended BYD Atto 1 and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as an affordable, decent EV that offers good value, especially as a second car; one commenter notes it is not the best car.

## Why people recommend it

- Low price for an EV (3 comments): "A fully-functional, crash-worthy and apparently quite decent EV for around 16,000 USD" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45828859)) "The latest BYD Atto 1 is AUD27K including all on-road costs." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46159201)) "I think it will be hugely popular at this price point." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49962273))
- Good value for money (2 comments): "It's not the best car but in a city where most families have two cars having one of them an Atto 1 is a value choice." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49747926)) "If you had to pay US/EU prices for a Tesla vs BYD you'd go with BYD no question." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46455865))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Tesla vehicles](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tesla-vehicles.md): 209 recommend
- [BYD electric cars](https://hackerapproved.com/p/byd.md): 157 recommend
- [Ferrari Luce](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ferrari-luce.md): 140 recommend
- [Tesla Model 3](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tesla-model-3.md): 128 recommend
- [Rivian electric vehicle](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rivian.md): 73 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.byd.com/us)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "BYD Atto 1", https://hackerapproved.com/p/byd-atto-1/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).