Yangwang
Product typeAutomobiles
OwnerBYD Auto
CountryChina
Introduced2023
MarketsChina
WebsiteOfficial website
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese仰望
Traditional Chinese仰望
Literal meaninglook up; admire

Yangwang (Chinese: 仰望; lit. 'looking up', 'admire') is a Chinese luxury electric car brand owned by BYD Auto.[1][2] The brand logo is the Chinese character for "lightning" or "electricity" in oracle bone script.[3] It is the first car brand to introduce BYD's proprietary individual wheel drive (IWD) technology platform called "e4" (易四方).

The brand's first model, the U8 full-size SUV, was officially unveiled on January 5, 2023, at the Guangzhou Auto Show, before launch in the Chinese market on April 18, 2023.[4][5] During the presentation, BYD's 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, an 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 named Yangwang U6, 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.

Models

References

  1. ↑ Zhang, Phate (November 8, 2022). "BYD finalizes Chinese name for its premium car brand". CnEVPost.
  2. ↑ "BYD Launches YangWang Luxury EV Brand, Shows 1,000+ Horsepower SUV And Supercar". InsideEVs. January 6, 2023.
  3. ↑ Kang/CnEVPost, Lei (2022-12-08). "BYD Yangwang unveils its brand logo, inspired by ancient Chinese script". CnEVPost. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
  4. ↑ "BYD's New Yangwang SUV Clearly Looks Up To The Land Rover Defender". Carscoops. November 9, 2022.
  5. ↑ Zhang, Phate (December 22, 2022). "BYD to officially unveil its premium Yangwang brand and first model on Jan 5". CnEVPost.
  6. ↑ "BYD's New Yangwang U8 Is A Defender-Style Electric Off-Roader With Over 1,100 Hp". Carscoops. January 5, 2023.
  7. ↑ "YangWang U9 Is A $145,000 Electric Supercar From China That Hits 60 In 2.0 Sec". Carscoops. January 5, 2023.


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