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Watch the YangWang U8 SUV easily cut through water Today, BYD posted a video of a camouflaged YangWang U8 SUV performing Emergency Float Mode, which is passively triggered as a safety failsafe in ...

BYD revealed the latest version of its YangWang U8 hybrid SUV that comes with a vehicle-mounted drone system on its roof during its Dream Day event. BYD partnered with none other than DJI to ...

Although the YangWang U8 is not a pure electric vehicle (it uses a 2.0-liter engine as a range extender), it does have four electric motors, one for each wheel. This allows it to perform neat ...

In this mode, YangWang claims that the U8 can remain afloat for up to 30 minutes and sail at 1.8 mph (3 km/h or 1.6 knots) simply by spinning its wheels.

BYD Yangwang U8 Is A $150K Floating Off-Road EV That Does Tank Turns The U8 debuts as a Premium Edition with a 1,180-horsepower four-motor extended-range electric powertrain and 621 miles of total ...

Yangwang U8 driven 1200bhp range-extender Could come to the UK. BYD may have only be in the UK for a year at the most, but it’s already three models deep: first we had the Atto 3, then the more ...

BYD Yangwang U8 SUV performance, battery, charging. Weighing around 3,500kg, the U8 PHEV draws power from a 49.1kWh battery (running four motors), with a 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol engine ...

The U8 can sprint from 0 to 100 kmph in just 3.6 seconds, and as per BYD, it is also capable of floating in water for up to 30 minutes. Will It Be Launched In India? BYD has yet to confirm whether ...

For reference, the Yangwang U8 luxury SUV is powered by a 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine used as a generator for four electric motors that have claimed combined outputs of 880kW/1280Nm.

Going off the shallow end with the Yangwang U8 from BYD’s luxury brand. Buoyant: The Yangwang U8 can swim in water for 30 minutes. PHOTO: BYD. Shreejit Changaroth. UPDATED Apr 04, 2025, 04:36 PM.

Three Yangwang U8 ultra-luxury off-road SUVs will be on display at three BYD dealerships in Australia as what may be another toe-in-the-water for a potential local release of the Mercedes G-Class ...