Yangwang

Yangwang (Chinese: "仰望",[1] which literally means "looking up" or "admire") is a Chinese luxury electric car brand owned by BYD Auto.[2][3] The brand logo is the Chinese character for "lightning" or "electricity" in oracle bone script.[4] It is the first car brand to introduce BYD's proprietary individual wheel drive (IWD) technology platform called "e4" (易四方).

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

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.[5][6] 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
  • Yangwang U8
    Yangwang U8
  • Yangwang U9
    Yangwang U9

References
  1. "仰望". Wiktionary. 20 February 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  2. Zhang, Phate (November 8, 2022). "BYD finalizes Chinese name for its premium car brand". CnEVPost.
  3. "BYD Launches YangWang Luxury EV Brand, Shows 1,000+ Horsepower SUV And Supercar". InsideEVs. January 6, 2023.
  4. Kang/CnEVPost, Lei (2022-12-08). "BYD Yangwang unveils its brand logo, inspired by ancient Chinese script". CnEVPost. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
  5. "BYD's New Yangwang SUV Clearly Looks Up To The Land Rover Defender". Carscoops. November 9, 2022.
  6. Zhang, Phate (December 22, 2022). "BYD to officially unveil its premium Yangwang brand and first model on Jan 5". CnEVPost.
  7. "BYD's New Yangwang U8 Is A Defender-Style Electric Off-Roader With Over 1,100 Hp". Carscoops. January 5, 2023.
  8. "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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