BYD Dolphin Surf Comfort running costs (2025–null)
Real-world UK ownership figures for the BYD Dolphin Surf Comfort, including home-charging cost, road tax (VED), insurance group and depreciation. All numbers based on observed UK driving, not lab WLTP figures.
Key figures at a glance
- Fuel type: electric
- Body style: hatchback
- Efficiency: 3.8 mi/kWh real-world (4.8 official WLTP)
- Real-world range: 155 miles (193 official)
- Battery: 43.2 kWh usable
- CO₂: 0 g/km
- Road tax (VED) year one: £0
- Road tax standard rate: £195/yr
- Five-year VED total: £780
- Insurance group: 18/50
- Depreciation outlook: average
- List price: £18,650
- Indicative annual charging cost (10,000 mi): £224
The BYD Dolphin Surf Comfort returns 3.8 mi/kWh real-world (4.8 official WLTP). At 10,000 miles a year that translates to roughly £224 in home-charging cost on a typical EV tariff, before insurance, servicing or depreciation.
Road tax sits at £0 in year one and £195 per year thereafter. Insurance group 18 of 50 puts it in the mainstream bracket for UK quotes.