THE moose trial of BYD Act 3 confirms the impressions that emerged during the official presentation to the press (here, instead, we tried the premium sedan BYD Han): a car comfortable And “Calmeto use as a family. In the moose trial this provision it does not show wide margins of sportinessalthough it is an electric car with a traditionally lower center of gravity than traditional cars. The test reveals how fast a car puts the driver in trouble in the world’s most famous manoeuvre. Here is the results of BYD Test Act 3 in the video belowcreated by the Spanish magazine Km77, specializing in tests and road tests.

HOW IS THE MOOSE TEST DONE

THE moose trial (Or moose test) is based on the ISO 3888-2 standard. In practice, the test driver driving the test car drives up to a constant test speed. When it comes to a point marked by cones swerves sharply to avoid an obstacle, which could be another car or a wild animal. Before steering, the driver lifts his foot off the accelerator and the evasive maneuver is carried out solely using the steering wheel and with no other command than the intervention of the ESC. The piloting takes place in two phases:

• obstacle avoidance, performed at an increasingly high speed in the various tests. This is to check how well the steering wheel, suspension, chassis and tires provide manageable control even in the face of an unexpected obstacle;
• return to the initial trajectory (a 3 meter wide cone lane) without requiring excessive wheel corrections and without knocking over any cones. They can occur in the event of oversteer (tendency to spin) or understeer (the front wheels slip sideways and the car widens its trajectory), two behaviors of a car having reached its limits of stability;

In addition to the moose test, the BYD Act 3 was also tested in the slalom between the cones at an average speed of about 60 km/h. In this test, the tendency to roll (the car leans to the side) is exaggerated to bring the grip of the tires to the limit. Here’s how the two went down proof of act 3 from BYD in the video below.

ALCE BYD ACT 3 TEST: SCALABLE AND SUITABLE FOR THE FAMILY

In the moose trial there BYD Act 3 it is equipped with tires Continental EcoContact 6Q Insofar as 235/50 R18XL. On the first try the speed of 76 km/h it shows up unexpectedly excessive even if the reactions seem fluid and progressive, this obliges the tester to abandon the second phase of the maneuver. By reducing the speed to 71 km/h, the dodge test is passed without knocking over the cones. “The body of the car didn’t lean too much and the wheels never separated from the asphalt. The truth is that you can’t ask for more in a family car”.

BYD ACT 3: IN THE SLALOM TEST BETWEEN THE CONES, IT’S NOT A FAST CAR

There power Of 150kW it doesn’t help much in the sprint from a standstill, in fact the start isn’t very fast. What matters in this test are changes in position due to load transfers: “They happen naturally, with enough precision and certainty. The suspension is soft but contains body roll”says km77. “It’s not a nimble car like the BMW iX1, for example”.