BYD there is no end cover automotive news. The Chinese industrial group, the world champion in battery production, multiplies innovation through numerous brands and models. Recently he even appropriated first place in the Chinese market, doubling Volkswagen after 38 years of reign! The year started well for the manufacturer, which presented a a new premium brand designed to cover the top of its range: YangWang. If BYD arrives in France as its own brand (with the Atto 3 SUV and Tan and Han sedan already in concession in Paris), this new unit must first be reserved for China. Until a possible arrival in Europe in the next few years.

The offensive continues from January

YangWang, which translates to “looking up” in French, is The new BYD flagship. This brand should emphasize its own technological know-how and his stylistic essays. To become a experimental laboratory their future innovations. Two models have already been presented: the U8 SUV and the U9 electric supercar. We are talking about the first one today. The U8 is a new 100% electric luxury 4X4/SUV. It wants to challenge premium rivals in a sector dominated by Land Rover Defender and Mercedes Benz G-Class especially. Which are planned for a future 100% electric version. It is a serious competitor even in design and philosophy. with a massive style of projecting arteries and flat walls. The exercise is complex, even daring, with a very original design of headlights, both front and rear.

A luxury franchisor

Climbing up a real 4×4 crossingU8 is based on a ladder chassis favorable for this type of exercise. And at one all-wheel drive constant thanks to the integration of four motors: one per wheel! The whole develops in combination with a small thing 1100 horsepower. with Acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in less than 3 seconds. For a car of this size weighing over 2.5 tonnes, this is quite a feat!

In terms of innovation, YangWang introduced a crab mode which allows diagonal movements to get out of bad gears (as in GMC Hummer EV). Thanks to A waterproof caseThe U8 is also perfectly easy to circulate submerged in water with the help of a call “Floating water regime”. Its prices have not yet been announced, but the Chinese press is already reporting a the call price is at least 150,000 euros. That’s still €125,000 less than the hot G-Class in China…