BYD Yangwang U8 2024 - The Most Powerful Flagship SUV Ever

(BYD Yangwang U8 AWD 1197 hp 2024) Thanks: Fantazy Cars Thank you: The first Chinese car center “Moscow-Tianya“ 2024 BYD Yangwang U8: Engine: 2.0 L, Turbocharger, 4-Cylinder Petrol / Electric Power: 1,197 hp (808 kW) Torque: 1,280 Nm Top Speed: 200 km/h Acceleration, 0-100 km/h: 3.6 sec Transmission: 1 gears, Automatic / AWD Electric Range: 180 km Battery capacity: kWh Type of Electric Car: Range Extender (REX) Fuel: Petrol / Electric Tank Volume: 75 Liter. Luggage Capacity: 525 kg Yangwang U8 prototype review: the tank-turning, 1,180 hp, Yangwang is a new premium brand, arriving on the crest of a wave caused by the success of parent company BYD. While it represents an obvious step upmarket, it’s perhaps a little reductive to say Yangwang is the Lexus to BYD’s Toyota, not least when this U8 SUV intends to swim in a different pool. All too literally… How on earth does it weigh so much? Befitting its halo status, the Yangwang U8 has had all manner of technology thrown at it. The powertrain is heavily electrified, with a 295bhp electric motor at each wheel for a monstrous 1,180bhp total. The battery capacity is a modest 49kWh, however, with most of the U8’s power instead provided by a 268bhp four-cylinder petrol engine. It acts purely as a range extender and isn’t connected to the wheels. Yangwang claims a total range of around 620 miles on the Chinese test cycle, of which just 112 is yielded purely by electricity. The battery can still be topped up independently, though, accepting up to 110kW of DC charge for an 80 per cent top up in under half an hour. You’d be strolling around motorway services a whole lot longer if the U8 packed the necessary cells to be a pure EV. Read More