These Are The Best $50K EVs You Can Buy! (BYD Atto 3 vs Kia EV3 vs MG S5 EV Comparison)

The mid-size electric SUV market is reaching critical mass but, honestly, there are no real standouts in the segment — even the Tesla Model Y. Those under 4.5 metres long we consider ‘small’, though, are exploding in excellence.

Kia lobbed what might have been the most complete base model ever in the EV3 Air standard range, while MG’s new S5 EV (not to be confused with an Audi sedan) caught us by surprise in just how good it is. Not to be outdone, BYD’s near-secret tweaks for the MY25 Atto 3 have added up to more than the sum of its parts.

But which is the best electric SUV in which to park your circa-$50K? Contributor Nathan Ponchard gets under the skin of this trio and hands out a verdict in this three-way electric SUV comparison.


Time codes:
0:00 - Intro
1:20 - The competitors
3:16 - Styling
4:20 - Boots
5:05 - S5 front seat
7:18 - S5 back seat
8:09 - Atto 3 front seat
10:30 - Atto 3 back seat
11:15 - EV3 front seat
12:49 - EV3 back seat
13:24 - Running costs
13:48 - S5 driving
18:27 - Atto 3 driving
22:13 - EV3 driving
29:33 - Model Y range test
26:50 - Verdict


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