Company:Yangwang
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| Product type | Automobiles |
|---|---|
| Owner | BYD Auto |
| Country | China |
| Introduced | 2023 |
| Markets | China |
| Website | https://www.yangwangauto.com/ |
Yangwang (Chinese: 仰望; literally: 'looking up, admire') is a Chinese luxury electric car brand owned by BYD Auto and marketed by Shenzhen Yangwang Auto Sales Co., Ltd.[1][2] The brand was introduced in January 2023. In the Chinese market, Yangwang vehicles occupies the price range above CN¥1 million (approximately US$140,000), competing with European luxury brands.[3] (As of 2024), Yangwang is positioned above two other BYD sub-brands, Denza and Fangchengbao.
Yangwang is the first brand to introduce BYD's proprietary individual wheel drive (IWD) technology platform called "e4" (易四方). The brand logo is the Chinese character for "lightning" or "electricity" in oracle bone script.[4]
Products
The brand's first model, the U8 plug-in hybrid full-size SUV, was introduced on January 5, 2023 at the Guangzhou Auto Show, before its market launch in the Chinese market on April 18, 2023.[5][6] During the presentation, BYD founder and CEO Wang Chuanfu personally drove a U8 onto the stage, while another U8 equipped with Mecanum wheels demonstrated the IWD technology by driving sideways and performing a tank-like rotation. At the same show, Wang also unveiled the U9, a battery electric hypercar featuring the proprietary "DiSus" (云辇) active suspension system and a claimed 0-100 kph time of just 2 seconds.
On September 7, 2023, BYD teased a new vehicle which is later named Yangwang U7, in a presentation at the annual Automobile Aerodynamics Academic Meeting hosted by the Society of Automotive Engineers of China (SAE). The new model reportedly has a drag coefficient of only 0.195, although detailed information are yet to be available other than the vehicle seems to be a luxury sedan.
- Yangwang U7 — luxury sedan (2024)
- Yangwang U8 — electric off-road capable SUV (2023–present)[7]
- Yangwang U9 — electric supercar (2024)[8]
Yangwang U8
Yangwang U9
See also
References
- ↑ Zhang, Phate (November 8, 2022). "BYD finalizes Chinese name for its premium car brand". https://cnevpost.com/2022/11/08/byd-finalizes-chinese-name-for-its-premium-car-brand/.
- ↑ "BYD Launches YangWang Luxury EV Brand, Shows 1,000+ Horsepower SUV And Supercar". January 6, 2023. https://insideevs.com/news/629776/byd-launches-yangwang-u8-suv-u9-supercar/.
- ↑ "比亚迪仰望U8为什么敢卖到150万？因为你买到的不仅仅是一台车！". 2023-01-06. https://www.sohu.com/a/625923632_114596.
- ↑ Kang/CnEVPost, Lei (2022-12-08). "BYD Yangwang unveils its brand logo, inspired by ancient Chinese script" (in en-US). https://cnevpost.com/2022/12/08/byd-yangwang-unveils-its-brand-logo/.
- ↑ "BYD's New Yangwang SUV Clearly Looks Up To The Land Rover Defender". November 9, 2022. https://www.carscoops.com/2022/11/byd-launching-new-yangwang-brand-with-defender-rivalling-suv/.
- ↑ Zhang, Phate (December 22, 2022). "BYD to officially unveil its premium Yangwang brand and first model on Jan 5". https://cnevpost.com/2022/12/22/byd-to-unveil-yangwang-brand-and-first-model-jan-5/.
- ↑ "BYD's New Yangwang U8 Is A Defender-Style Electric Off-Roader With Over 1,100 Hp". January 5, 2023. https://www.carscoops.com/2023/01/byds-new-yangwang-u8-is-a-defender-style-electric-off-roader-with-over-1100-hp/.
- ↑ "YangWang U9 Is A $145,000 Electric Supercar From China That Hits 60 In 2.0 Sec". January 5, 2023. https://www.carscoops.com/2023/01/byds-yangwang-u9-is-another-electric-supercar-from-china/.
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