The Yangwang U7 () is a
full-size
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luxury
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sedan manufactured by
BYD Auto
BYD Auto Co., Ltd. ( zh, s=比亚迪汽车, p=Bǐyàdí Qìchē) is the Automotive industry, automotive subsidiary of BYD Company, a publicly listed Chinese multinational manufacturing company. It manufactures passenger battery electric vehicle ...
under the
Yangwang
Yangwang Auto () is a Chinese luxury car, luxury electric car brand owned by BYD Auto and marketed by Shenzhen Yangwang Auto Sales Co., Ltd. The brand was introduced in January 2023. In the Chinese market, Yangwang vehicles occupies the price ra ...
brand. It will be available with
plug-in hybrid
A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) or simply plug-in hybrid is a type of hybrid electric vehicle equipped with a rechargeable battery pack that can be directly replenished via a charging cable plugged into an external electric power so ...
and
battery electric powertrain options.
Overview
The Yangwang U7 was released at the Auto China 2024. Pre-sales started in November 2024 at Auto Guangzhou 2024. In March 2025, Yangwang U7 went on sale in China. The delivery started in June 2025.
File:Yangwang U7 002.jpg, Rear view
Specifications
The U7 is equipped with BYD's "e
4" (易四方)
individual wheel drive
Individual-wheel drive (IWD) is an automobile design in which the vehicle has an all-wheel drive powertrain that consists of multiple independent traction motors each supplying torque to a single drive wheel. The term was coined to identify elect ...
(IWD) system with
four-wheel steering
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, which consists of four electric motors, each with a maximum power of for a total of and of torque. It has 20 degrees of rear-wheel steering, allowing for a turning radius.
It has a
drag coefficient of 0.195 C
d, and a top speed of .
It is also equipped with BYD's DiSus-Z (云辇-Z)
active suspension
An active suspension is a type of Suspension (vehicle), automotive suspension that uses an onboard control system to control the vertical movement of the vehicle's wheels and axles relative to the chassis or vehicle frame, rather than the conventi ...
technology. This system has a response speed of only 10ms and is also equipped with an energy recovery device that can charge the battery through the suspension motor.
The dashboard features a 23.6-inch digital instrument panel display supplemented by an
AR-HUD, a curved 12.8-inch OLED infotainment touchscreen, and a 6-inch passenger information display, all running the DiLink 150 cockpit system on a DiLink
4nm chip. The rear passengers have access to 12.8-inch entertainment displays and control panel display. The front seats have heating, ventilation, and massaging functions along with 20-way power adjustment.
The U7 also comes with BYD's God's Eye A advanced intelligent driving assistance as part of its DiPilot 700 system, boasting 3
RoboSense LiDAR
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units, 5 millimeter-wave radars, 13 cameras, and two
Nvidia Orin X SoCs outputting 508TOPS.
The U7 PHEV is equipped with BYD's self-developed 2.0-liter turbocharged
flat-four
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engine, whose configuration was chosen to lower the vehicle's
center of gravity
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compared to a conventional inline engine. It can accelerate from 0 to in 2.9 seconds, or 4.1 seconds when the battery is low. It has a comprehensive range of , and a CLTC pure electric range of .
The U7 EV is equipped with BYD's blade battery with a battery capacity of 135.5kWh, and its CLTC pure electric range is . Due to its large capacity and
LFP cell chemistry, the battery pack weighs , contributing to the Y7's curb weight.
References
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Cars introduced in 2024
Full-size vehicles
Luxury vehicles
Sedans
Flagship vehicles
All-wheel-drive vehicles
Plug-in hybrid vehicles
Production electric cars