Yangwang Auto () is a Chinese

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brand owned 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 ...

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 range above CN¥1 million (approximately US$140,000), competing with European luxury brands. , Yangwang is positioned above two other BYD sub-brands,

Denza Shenzhen Denza New Energy Co., Ltd., trading as Denza (), is an automobile manufacturing company and luxury plug-in electric vehicle brand owned by BYD Auto. Two other BYD subsidiary brands, Yangwang and Fangchengbao, are also rebadged and sol ...

and

Fangchengbao Fangchengbao (), also spelled Fang Cheng Bao is a Chinese Luxury car, luxury electric car brand owned by BYD Auto and marketed by Shenzhen Fangchengbao Auto Sales Co., Ltd. BYD also owns trademarks for an English-language variant, Formula Bao. Th ...

. Yangwang is the first brand to introduce BYD's proprietary

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(IWD) technology platform called "e⁴" (易四方). The brand logo is the

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for "lightning" or "electricity" in

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Products

The brand's first model, the U8 plug-in hybrid

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, was introduced on January 5, 2023, before its market launch in the Chinese market on April 18, 2023. During the presentation, BYD founder and CEO

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personally drove a U8 onto the stage, while another U8 equipped with

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s demonstrated the IWD technology by driving sideways and performing a tank-like rotation. Yangwang U8 is equipped with four electric motors and a 2.0-liter turbocharged engine. This power configuration will enable the vehicle's maximum output to reach . Under emergency situation such as

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s, Yangwang U8 is able to float on the water like a

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. At the same show, Wang also unveiled the U9, a battery electric hypercar featuring the proprietary "DiSus" (云辇)

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system and a claimed 0-100 kph time of just 2 seconds. The “DiSus” system allows the vehicle to travel on three wheels when a tire bursts.

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has divided the "DiSus" system into three different sub-systems named "DiSus-C", "DiSus-A" and "DiSus-P", while Yangwang U9 equips with the "DiSus-X" system (a special system reserved for the

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) which combines all the attributes of three systems. 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

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of China (SAE). The new model reportedly has a drag coefficient of only 0.195.

Models

Yangwang U7 The Yangwang U7 () is a full-size luxury sedan manufactured by BYD Auto under the Yangwang brand. It will be available with plug-in hybrid and battery electric powertrain options. Overview The Yangwang U7 was released at the Auto China 2024. P ...

(2025–present), full-size

sedan, PHEV and BEV *

Yangwang U8 The Yangwang U8 () is a full-size luxury SUV manufactured by BYD Auto under the Yangwang brand. The U8 is Yangwang's first vehicle, and was introduced on January 2024. It is an electric vehicle with a petrol engine acting as a range extender. ...

(2023–present),

range extended electric off-road capable, SUV **

Yangwang U8L The Yangwang U8 () is a full-size luxury SUV manufactured by BYD Auto under the Yangwang brand. The U8 is Yangwang's first vehicle, and was introduced on January 2024. It is an electric vehicle with a petrol engine acting as a range extender. Ov ...

(2025–present), LWB variant of U8 *

Yangwang U9 The Yangwang U9 () is a battery electric super-coupe manufactured by BYD Auto under its luxury car brand Yangwang. The U9 is the second vehicle from the Yangwang brand after the U8 off-road SUV, and was formally introduced on Auto Shanghai in A ...

(2024–present),

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Marketing

Yangwang opened its first showroom in

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on 27 September 2023, located in the opposite of the

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. As of October 2023, there were 60 Yangwang showrooms under construction, and the company plans to open 90 stores in 40 cities by the end of 2023 in China. Similar to

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in China, BYD implemented the opening of Yangwang showrooms as their first attempt into the direct-to-customer model for the sales of Yangwang products.

References

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