I think you missed the elephant in the room here which is 50 years ago, everyone outside of North America laughed at American cars and 50 years later the laughter hasn’t stopped while we no longer laugh at Japanese, Korean and Chinese cars. Let’s be fair here
I got a BYD SHARK here in Mexico and its a nice truck, time will say how reliable is, i got it 3 months ago and still zero problems unlike my last truck a ford ranger who was more in the dealer than driving
@@jacobsmithjr and thats ok, as a buyer i want a quality product and if the local brands cannot offer anything loke that i would go for the foreign one
@@chuntaohong6768 i get that but also the built quality feels better, no rattles or cracking sound from plástics and everything feel well built, i had a 2019 tacoma, it was well built also but the clearcoat started peeling from the hood and roof by 2020, the shark still looking good but we will see
@@chuntaohong6768 That is absolutely untrue. BYD and other brands out of china have all kinds of mechanical failures, like the airbags not deploying in severe accidents.. The wheels falling off. Cars suddenly accelerating into other vehicles. Cars catching on fire in the middle of the street.
Companies moaning that china is copying them but hang on a minute why are these companies charging us over the top for rubbish cars like land rover and audi, this change is needed and china needs applauding for this feat.
Thanks for your praise. We the Chinese, like people in the rest of the world already fed up with the high price monopolies. People need products which are cheap and durable.
@@奥奥利给-w6o absolutely, i wish the mainstream news would focus on this obvious fact that china are actually offering much better for much cheaper, this is a good very, a very good thing from china, things like this will help people finally come to trust china more than they did before. !
As long as China produces cars with wheels, it is a copy. If the Chinese put a shoe on a car, I can consider not calling China copy cat, but still won't call it an innovation
@@kirk2632 shut up kirk, as if you have even the slightest clue about the intricacies of automotive manufacturing and innovation, you have a tiny surface level knowledge and a big, stupid, uneducated opinion to go with it. sit and listen instead of giving your garbage opinion and you might learn a thing or two. what a moron.
The U8 has an optional drone that sits inside a hidden rooftop compartment which you can use to scout the road ahead or find a way out if you're lost in a dense forest or in the middle of nowhere and Navi can't seem to guide your way out; or detour around a bad or potential road hazard and whatnot.
OK so I have a interesting navigation story. Years ago I was doing a job at a facility that was rated as a military secret site. Officially it just wasn't there, and a huge area around it was deleted from things like Google maps and other services. When I drove there I had to set the GPS to the address of the entry point as nothing else was listed, and even then it wanted me to drive over a huge wheat field. Well imagine my surprise when I was to leave and on the parking in this secret facility told the GPS to take me home. Suddenly I got instructions to drive through the test firing field following temporary roads they used when accessing different areas they used when test shooting weapons. It turned out that these roads were in the GPS navigators map data, but no dresses or names for anything including a rather large lake were mentioned. I still drove the "correct" way out of there passing the guard station. I still wouldn't have minded having a drone I could send mapping out that alternative road that the GPS thought would be nice...
I am always blown away by the incredible innovation I see coming from China... it's not something to fight against as if it's an enemy, it's awesome innovation, and I love the spirit of people in China to create things that are amazing.
Yeah... The simplest reason why western governments and their medias always distort China is because it provides cheaper and better products for their citizens.
We need competition in the EV market. Can't believe most people are supporting the 100% tariffs on EVs in USA and Canada. Scared of competition are we?
So that's the point of tariffs. It's to protect a weaker, domestic industry. Ford, GM, and other domestic car manufacturers in the US with the exception of maybe Tesla are way behind. Tesla is arguably going to fall behind to BYD as well since BYD owns the entire vertical supply chain and receives government subsidies. That's why BYD is pushing more manufacturing in Mexico in order to get around the China/US tariff war.
Honestly, there is 0 chance to win a competition with Chinese EV industry. Even if share similar advantages of technology, the cost of building the car is most likely doubled outside China.
They're Chinese market cars only because they don't spend the money to achieve the safety standards Western markets demand. Keep them in China. Thanks.
I really love the fact that in a time when most SUV's are just for show, the U8 can go up steep hills, ride on rough terrain and literally float across a river. That's insanely cool. I can see why you wanted to discuss the U8 before moving onto the U9, Robert. Good call. Love both of these cars. 😊
yes but they will never be used for it. The amount of huge SUV's and Trucks I see here in Germany spotlessly clean without even a trailer hitch is unreal... meanwhile im hauling about a 700+kg's of firewood in my trailer with my 1leter skoda,
@@ralphzimmermann Yeah that's true. I miss the days when so many manufacturers even had a coupe or two in their lineups, whereas nowadays it's mostly SUVs. I don't have a problem with SUVs specifically but I wish they didn't have to flood the market like this. Too much sameness. I like variety.
I've been manufacturing in China for years. Nothing remotely as complex as a car, but I had my first ride in an EV taxi in China 15 years ago, I saw EV police cars, garbage trucks, delivery vehicles, busses LONG before they were even talked about in the west.
Is this the part where we are gong to be denied better products due to tariffs or outright bans in EU to "protect" traditional manufacturers who did nothing in the past 10 years? Pretty sure this is the part!
The UK protected its car industry after WW2 and sold crap cars to the captive empire. The Germans had to make actually good cars to sell them. VW Golf vs the Austin Allegro? 😮
I think so. Glad I live in an African country, and SA specifically. Once our grid is sorted out and we get more EV's, we'd definitely be getting a lot of Chinese imports. We already have a lot of ICE vehicles from China, and they're just so much better than the European stuff.
european manufacturers indeed did something, during a crisis they increased the prices instead of decreasing and when the crisis was over they just stick to the prices ,-)
Well 40 years ago Chinese were already making reliable hydrogen bombs and intercontinental missiles even after Soviets cut off tech support completely. They were able to make tractors tanks even jet engines for smaller aircrafts. Their literacy rate was already close to 90%. It was poor, but it was by no mean lacking behind beyond hope.
Chinese car brands don't have to worry about their board buying $6 billion worth of stock buy backs for quick money grab for execs. Instead, they just hire tens of thousands engineers for RND.
@@GForce162 did they say they weren't? Being on the stock market doesn't mean stock buybacks will happen. Remember stock buybacks were literally illegal in the US at one point in time.
@@GForce162I think he meant that Mary Barra CEO and Mark Royce President have each sold more shares in the last three years than they currently hold in gm * They're on their second buyback in a year and some of the board are net sellers. Move along nothing to see here. *SEC filings.
It's incredible... The level of propaganda here. BYD should never leave the Chinese market. When the chickens come to roost, the CCP won't help silence all the safety and reliability accidents on the real internet
Even better, it can do an ollie. (The real world use of that system is to better grip to the road, as well as to compensate for things like a flat tire; the car can instantly react to a flat tire by lifting it, potentially preventing any loss of control and allowing the driver to safely drive on 3 wheels until they reach a safe place to repair or change the tire.)
BYD debuted the world's first production plug-in hybrid F3DM back in 2008, before Toyota. One can find articles about it on the internet. It's the proverbial tortoise that worked slow and steady to reach the finish line 1st at the end of the race.
I stopped by the BYD dealership in Medellin last April. I live in Detroit and we should be shaking in our work boots. Incredible cars. Beautiful and reasonably priced.
BYD is very big in Egypt. We have a lot of their cars here. These new electric ones are so nice. My friend has one and its the nuts. Seriously thinking about getting an electric car from BYD!!!
That's good to hear. We're also starting to get them here in South Africa. We would have gotten them sooner if our electricity grid was up to scratch. But I'm excited for the future. We have tons of Chinese ICE cars and they're incredible.
Never heard of BYD being a thing popular in egypt tbh, but they're quite common & very popular here in Saudi arabia, there is around 40+ BYD dealerships here & counting
Soon the chinese will buy out all of Egypt 😂 You will regret allowing them to take over your market. I bet there's a lot of Chinese bots propagating their tech. The truth can be found in countries like Sri Lanka. They sold out to China and now their economy is fu**ed.
It's staggering how far China's come in recent years. Makes me wonder what Western makers could have achieved if they'd focused on producing EVs instead of 20 years of concept cars, compliance cars, and fighting clean car legislation.
Yes Very true, This is why UK is having it's new Double Decker Electric London Busses made in China by BYD, each bus will Cost £100,000 less Each to make.
@@kenbehrens5778 sorry probably not. my dream car is BMW m5. but the price in China is ridiculous (1.5m RMB which is about 200k USD). indeed the V8 engine is fascinating, but the price is just so crazy. specially when I learn in western country it normally just cost around 100k USD.... and for the Chinese EV, they did some really good job too. good driving quality, fancy interior, lots of convenient equipment and most important very very affordable price.....
I will tell you why, established enterprises are like a heavy truck, too hard to change their direction when compared with new tech startups. This wave of Chinese intelligent EVs is nothing short of revolutionary, like from functional phones updated to smartphones. the previous Japanese and Korean cars just cannot compare to it.
I am a 37 year old resident of a small city in China. Taking myself as an example, I would like to describe the development speed of China in recent years. I was born in 1987 in a rural area of Shandong Province, China (a relatively developed region). Around 1990, my family had their first black and white television set; In 1993, my family had a run down tractor; In 1997, my family installed a landline telephone; In 1998, my family purchased an agricultural tricycle (approximately $500); In 2008, I graduated from college and my family only had one second-hand motorcycle left. Since 2008, the Chinese economy has developed rapidly! In 2010, I bought my first house in the city for $40000. In 2011, my family bought our first car for $20000. In 2014, my family bought their second car for $20000. In 2017, my family bought a second home for $80000. In 2020, my family bought their third car for $20000. In 2022, my family bought my third home for $90000. I am a Chinese citizen living in a fifth tier city.
interesting insight, thanks for sharing. would be useful to know what is your degree/job/field of work, and if you are the only breadwinner in the family. would give better socio-economic context to your story
those data points are interesting. But midway you're are switching "units": from technological (B&W TV, telephone, etc..) to dollars ($) ... Dollars mean nothing intrinsically (without revenues comparisons)
Make me wonder how possible it is for your comment to be here on youtube since AFAIK it was strictly prohibited to do so by the government itself unless they are allowed you to do so or currently you are not living in China
@@justme6275 yeah Ranger 0:47 Rover already he has this land cruiser already has this. This isn’t original or new. They stole this technology from another company that already doing it. It’s China. They don’t original shit. They rip off shit that’s already cool from other countries. 🐂 💩 guy
All SE-Asian countries impose ridiculous import taxes on Western cars, so it's fair to do the same thing. I currently live in Thailand, 270% import duties on imported cars...
@@cookiedad6056 you don't understand market economics...if you force your consumers to pay more, against their will, not only are you an immoral authoritarian who doesn't respect their INDIVIDUAL RIGHT to property (there is no national right to property, no collective right to property, please reread the Founders on free markets, trade, immigration, guns, etc.), BUT ALSO you're impoverishing your domestic populace and causing consumers to be gouged, for the benefit of crony capitalists. Congratulations, you're supporting corporate welfare, which is totally unsustainable. You are hurting the market economy and taking expendable income out of the pockets of Americans, making their purchasing power less.
You say the U9 is not cheap at £184,000. You're right it isn't. But in the Bugatti Veyron hey day you would have to pay £2m for something that does what the U9 does. I think for what it is the U9 is an absolute bargain.
@@Paul-mf1vjsince Elon flatly refuses to pay JD Powers anything, they slate Tesla cars at every opportunity…total scumbags! Elon will have the last laugh as he often does!
@Paul-mf1vj JD Powers is a marketing firm, not a true consumer advocate group. Pay them enough and they will come with a survey to make your company the best according to their JD Power survey. Joke Data is what JD truly stands for.
Being an ASEAN myself, i cant believe the scepticism from the west. Believe me, our region can be call as the melting pot of the world. We can get prettt much every brand of cars that exist on this earth. Technological wise, BYD is way ahead from the best of urs, TESLA.
Soon Chinese parents will look at their children at dinner time and say ： "If you don't study hard, you will only be able to drive a Mercedes-Benz and a BMW in the future."
or; I will rather cry riding in a Yang Wang than smile while riding in an american car.( referenced to the anecdote of an unhappy girl would rather be crying inside a BMW than smiling riding in a bicycle with a poor boyfriend.)
Currently, Chinese parents are telling their kids how to properly set up a VPN so they can watch RUclips and unrestricted videos like this. BUT there’s high hopes for the Chinese future!
Ive noticed alot of the same forward thinking meaning in alot of unknown Chinese brands.... well theyre not so unknown now..... example i can think of right now is Feiyue sneakers! Means Fly over or Leap over or Giant Leap! I love the OG cheap Feiyues! £4!!! a pair!!!!
This is how BYD will conquer Europe. A supercar that’s looks unbelievable for 1/6th the price of comparable European supercars and a huge 4x4 with incredible capabilities for probably half the cost of a similar Range Rover or RR Cullinan.
ngl i would buy that car in a carbeat at that price if they brought it here to the states. no wonder we imposed heavy tariffs. this company would destroy the EV and automobile market in the US at their prices
And they cheat on production costs with huge subsidies, and for example, using software for which no loyalties are paid. Try to find a legal version of Windows... good luck.
Europe put Tariffs on Chinese cars. so trust me this car will be expensive in europe if they even allow it to be exported to Europe. i know we have BJD dealerships in europe though my country got a couple. but i dont know if they allow cars like this in europe.
@@alanshuhimeabdulmajid3973 in China, U8 price is just half of Range Rover. Around same with Range Rover Sport. But I have to say, Range Rover is good car ，Luxurious without being ostentatious, comfortable without being so smart. My kids would rather ride in it than a Tesla. But the U8 is definitely a strong contender.
Being Dutch myself I just realised I really need a U8. After all for us it's a biological requirement to control the water wherever we go, and this car's the only EV that does that. Also the karaoke microphone in the car is the most Chinese thing I've heard all year. Seven years and counting of my wife wants karaoke and me dodging it. 😉
i am Dutch as well and yeah that car looks great. we probably be able to buy it in the Netherlands though but we have huge tax on Chinese cars which sucks. But yeah Chinese EVs looks great
I see why American Car manufacturers are pissed and afraid of BYD. You have a tank of a hybrid car that can cross banks of water and has a karaoke machine?!? Nah, we got to step it up.
They recently did a tear down of a BYD sedan and concluded that Chinese EV industry is an "extinction level" competition to the west. Extinguishing western imperialistic dominance is a godly thing to do and I salute BYD.
@gelinrefira BYD isn't going to do anything if the US government decides to sanction Chinese automobiles or puts pressure on its allies to do the same or loose NATO funding
@@alexpan8138"Wang" to many English speaking people is slang for p***s. To them "Yangwang" will NEVER sound like anything else than Yang's wang. I don't think people here are talking about it sounding strange phonetically. I mean, "Ssangyong" sounds strange, but it doesn't create an association with an Asian man's d***.
@@TheRocco96 I believe that would be something you would use at a racetrack, or find it in rich people houses. Not to drive around the country while stopping at a fast food.
@@beanapprentice1687 two times 250kW is still 500kW. This car is supposed to occupy 2 chargepoints? Good luck finding two available chargingspots next to each other.
Imagine parking this taking up the only two charging spots and someone else comes. "Sorry bro, I'm charging each half of my supercar. The left will be done in 20 minutes"
Well there is one thing BYD does very well that no other brand doea... they actually listen to their customers... and act on it... like removing the built your dream from the back for latam and euro markets, like removing the bings and bongs, etc. It is good customer services and their tech improves much faster due to it ...
BYD is raising the EV game to new levels! Tragically USA has already declared political war. Import tariffs at 100%?? Free market capitalism is dead ☠️ in America tragically. It’s not the U8, or U9 that politicians fear, it’s the low cost economics cars offered. America can’t have a low cost EV to compete with low cost petroleum cars. Because American car manufacturers can not create anything to compete in low cost EV vehicles 🚗
Well these companies did at one point love to boast about how they can 1000 lb pressure per inch or 20 grown men standing on it, or something like that.
He forgot to mention the U* will have an option that is currently being developed together with DJi. Yes DJi, this car will get a roof rack option and in that box, there will be a $15k worth of DJi drone placed for your convenience, it will be obviously a charger, and it's home to return and land. This is a true utility vehicle with discovery features. Don`t think of a small drone this drone is huge and top PRO. And, the U9 will have at least three versions available two without the wing in the back and more for the roads, which I think is less powerful.
People who buy this types of cars, sometimes I wonder where they work, because I've been a doctor for more than 8 years and I have still not gotten my dream car. Hahahaha😄😄😄😄😄
Of course this type of cars are not meant for salary earners because salary job is just like modern slavery. You work for 8 years and you couldn't buy a car
Investing in cryptocurrencies is the most lucrative way of making money and be successful recently but only when you know the right stock to buy at a particular time
Check the most richest men in the world, they're all entrepreneurs, no salary earner can be successful. Any salary earner who claims to buy this car must have loot the company's money in one way or the other. 🤪
Yes I totally agree with you guys, I just hit Five hundred and thirty thousand dollars in my portfolio today from my tesla stock investment. I couldn't have achieved this if I had depended on my salary
Top Gear Australia have taken the format to "Star in a reasonably priced SPORTS car" and are using a Toyota GR86 so maybe you're right and this is the next step :)
You can buy the u8 AND u9 and have change left instead of buying any other 'normal' supercar on the market at the moment 😂 I used to be a petrol head, but I'm converted to a emotor head now, lol
well said: "the fit and finish of this car from china is off the scale". the car brand that employs 95,000 RnD engineers all future-focused ought to produce amazing results. something the western nations has long forgotten and probably will not recover
You don't lay in the bath tub, you lie in it. You don't lay down when you're tired, you lie down. Please learn this. FYI brushless motors have no problem being submerged in fresh-water.
these are fascinating cars. looking forward to seeing actual reviews and its performance in real world situations. i'm wary of BYD but when they stretch the limits of engineering like this, it benefits everyone in the long term.
BYD is already #1 global EV leader, without even having entered the US market yet. Actually CEO said they don't even want to enter US yet because of geopolitcal reasons. Their cars including the U9 are designed by Wolfgang Egger, who previously served as a head designer for Alfa Romeo, Audi and Lamborghini They produced the most EVs in the world (6M), and are expanding fast. They beat Tesla in number of pure EVs sold (not hybrid) in Q4 2023, and if you include hybrids they are far ahead of Tesla. Tesla actually buys their batteries for the model Y because their batteries are so good and they always come up with new innovations from being a 23 year old battery manufacturer. They have pricing advantage because of their high vertical integrated supply chain so what they do now is that they sell better EVs than their competitors and put their prices slightly lower. It's only a matter of time until the mainstream west open their eyes, a lot are skeptical because it's chinese but BYD has already proven itself. Yangwang is their EV luxury subsidiary and one of their main goal is to gain brand recognition.
not going to happen your government hates China. they even banned cooking oil from China because Biden is afraid that Cooking oil will spy on the americans. no joke.
The problem I have with many Chinese consumer tech, automotive, mobility etc brands is they have been known to release half cooked products, essentially prototypes made to look like production ready products to test the waters, get user feedback and to assess where the weak points are in the design - hence why their product development cycle can sometimes be so rapid. It's not very ethical at all and in some cases it could go so far as to danger peoples lives if there is a serious fault. I'd consider a car like this once I see Chinese brands prioritise quality and thorough development over speed and cheap prices.
I hope they bring to the USA. I’ll buy it. I would love to see Tesla have competition, and BYD is going for a lot of new things. They’ve also are working on an electric car that doesn’t have rotors and pads for braking, it uses the electric motor accelerate, regenerate, and brake. I love the idea of two charges, 10 mins is less than the interval between track sessions. I don’t know about the suspension but I would love to try something new.
BYD is banned in America for being incredibly unsafe as China is notorious for stealing tech and it being HALF as good if that. I’m studying to get a transportation design degree(design cars for a living) There’s a reason you don’t see any in-depth tech reviews of these BYD cars. And theres multiple reasons they’re not coming to the US. They’re not good.
@@skinnycol809 , are u nuts? Do u think the Aussies and the Kiwis and the Thais and thousands and thousands of people around the world using BYD would buy BYD cars if they are unsafe? Go to Lancaster, California. BYD has a plant there that supplied electric buses throughout the US. Educate yourself before making comments.
I see comments making fun of the luxury brand name for BYD. Why is it ok for Indians or Africans to keep their native names and not OK for the Chinese? Maybe it will spark the curiosity of openminded folks to learn what the words 仰望 mean, how it's pronounced in Mandarin (Google Translate is available almost everywhere in the West), or what BYD stands for. Or maybe that's wishful thinking or too much to ask of those who are not Chinese (most of whom are curious about the world outside of China)? It's a shame that most in the West have little interest in what really happens in China, the various Chinese cultures, dialects or languages, history, and its diverse peoples. I guess it won't really matter because they will not sell many of these outside of China anyway thanks to the blatant hypocritical protectionism imposed by the US / Europe. No matter, the extra tariffs are simply taxes on Western consumers who are forced to pay them to their governments, driving up inflation in those countries because they have to either pay the extra taxes or buy the higher priced domestically made EVs or plug-in hybrids. The BYD cars for the regular folks for example (Seagull, Dolphin, Sealion, etc.) should be affordable to most with pricing from $10K - $30K without the tariffs.
the parked BYD SUV lauched 2m into air after the battery, looked great on mobile phone but would look better on a 8k camera and they could save money as they wouldnt have to use explosives
@@masterwatch I think they pretty much beat most European brands, at least imo. Also, compared to other Chinese brands, I think BYD's designs are among the best looking.
Not a fan of EV cars in general but it's amazing that Chinese car manufacturing have come such a long way. Hope to see them improve further on exterior looks in the future 👌
That Yangwang U9 certainly has the skyline GTR-Supra-Mazda 7 vibes against expensive european cars back then! It was a phenomenal period for the Japanese cars back then during the ICE era and the chinese is doing it in the EV era!
The Americans can bash all they want but the Chinese knows how to design, engineer and build impressive vehicles, and these relatively new manufacturers achieved far more than even long established American car companies (GM, Ford, Chrysler). American EV startups have been struggling long to get their first models to market (Fisker, Lordstown, Canoo, Faraday, etc.) only to fail miserably, while Tesla has many issues of their own and their long delayed new model, the Cybertruck has been a joke in the automotive industry with quality issues akin to Russian cars from the 80s and 90s (but suckers seem to flock to their hype despite it). If and when these Chinese car manufacturers enter here in America they would quickly be a huge threat and will change the car industry drastically in North America.
First, GM built an all-electric super-SUV a couple years ago- the Hummer EV. Secondly, not all North American EVs are as bad as the cybertruck, some are very good. Third, this infomercial posing as a yt channel said nothing about the quality of this brand. There are many reasons to be skeptical.
There's a video head to head driving test of the U8 versus the g wagon from Mercedes on RUclips with English dubbing. Very interesting. The channel is gilevich Sergey. Worth a view.
The American and EU Auto industry again is the worst so the US government has to step in and make sure that Americans have no other choice because the Chinese Auto companies are off the chart amazing I'm the EV segment.
They need to step down. They lied to us, posioned us, tricked and brainwashed us for over 6 decades. It's time for them to pack up and leave the field. But they are people without honor, without spines, without mentionable genitalia. So they will continue to exploit you and everyone you know. You don't need to show compassion towards those people. The moment you turn your head, they will grab everything you have - money, health, brainpower - everything.
Camera rear view mirror is silly in a Polestar 3, where they could have a window if they wanted one. But in the U9 - a vehicle which by design would barely have any rear visibility normally - makes perfect sense
The development in the last 15 years is genuinely insane. Circa 2008 I ran a car that I converted to veg oil, with passing interest in electric motorbikes and ethanol power. Electric was barely on the radar, especially for cars -just the BWiz, milk floats and some Tesla Lotus thing. And now here we are🤪
Imagine doing your driving license test in that SUV. The examiner says, "Go up this cul-de-sac and do a u-turn at the end." You hit the button for a tank turn and drive back to the main road.
True for SUVs (I hate that electrification is used as an excuse for making huge vehicles) However electric supercars aren't a meaningful environmental concern. They're designed to be aerodynamic and (relatively) light, so they don't use much more energy than normal electric cars except for when you're driving them hard. Unlike with ICE engines, larger electric motors aren't significantly less efficient at low power than smaller ones. Not like theyll sell that many anyway, the main purpose of supercars is marketing.
Toyota is known for the reliability of their cars. Every time you see a couple of guys with AKs sitting in the back of a pickup truck on the news, what is written across the back of the truck? That's right. It took decades to get to this point. High-Tech is nice, but BYD still have to prove their cars can stand the test of time.
If your dreams end up in disappointment then yes! BYD are letting lots of customers outside of China down due to their Chinese way of dealing with issues. They just pretend problems don't exist and if they do, it's your fault.
The name was chosen casually, based on the place where the company is located, "Yadi Village". In fact, they did not expect the current scale of development.😮
The name was chosen casually, based on the place where the company is located, "Yadi Village". In fact, they did not expect the current scale of development.
they founded the business in the YaDi village which is a small small village in Shenzhen, they decided to call it YaDi Electronics, so YD in the beginning. then they realized that people sometimes rank brands alphabetically and YD is not that ranking friendly, the solution is simple, add a B in the front. No idea why they didn't add a A. The whole Build Your Dream thing is just the result of marketing many many years after the name BYD was adopted.
That Yang Wang is perfect for Emergency Service Vehicles . Every unit is Self sufficient mini relief mission. A build in PowerPack - huge storage capacity- 4x4 and floats !! ..
With nearly ALL their car makers has megafactories that rival Tesla. Imagine when a wa... needs arises, their leader can just snap a finger and they have a few.... thousands production lines that make drones, missiles, tanks, etc, overnight. Remember they built a fully equipped hospital in like a week during covid. I wonder why people still trying to piss them off.
oh, are you talking about their truck & jeep maker 'Donfeng'? Recently they just release a civilian version suv with a phased array satellite internet terminal on its top😂
I hope the owners of the car haven't seen Robert's attempt at driving the truck before they let him behind the wheel, and if they have go fast before they can stop you 😜
The tank turn is useful for when people behind you honks at a red traffic light, so you can show them your middle finger 😂😂
😂😆 classic
now someone is going to have to do a youtube video doing that!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💀💀💀💀
They should definitely put that in the brochure! 😂
@@DavidKnowles0Hey! It could even go viral!😂😂
This is what happens when you employ over 100,000 engineers. The pace of new vehicle design and new tech discoveries is off the charts.
Then again VW had that number of software engineers and completely messed it up.
in eurpo they hire 100.000 managers instead ... hahaha
@@AlanTov what happened when u don't have a solid IT industry
Thats what happens when idiot westeners destroy ICE engines and then get overtaken by the chinese who just copy/paste EV skateboards
And yet they quite clearly look like what already exists. Ie; a Defender
60 years ago, people laughed at Japanese cars, and just 20 years ago, people laughed at Korean cars.
Im still not a fan of genesis, but Kia has come a long way
They dont laugh now on Chines cars ,that is why you have 100% tarrifis in USA AND 50% in EU .
China will do to the car industry what Japan and Korea did combined, multiplied by 50.
@@dzonikg YangWang? I'm laughing my ass off because no English speaker will ever buy it with such a weenie name, even without tariffs.
I think you missed the elephant in the room here which is 50 years ago, everyone outside of North America laughed at American cars and 50 years later the laughter hasn’t stopped while we no longer laugh at Japanese, Korean and Chinese cars. Let’s be fair here
I got a BYD SHARK here in Mexico and its a nice truck, time will say how reliable is, i got it 3 months ago and still zero problems unlike my last truck a ford ranger who was more in the dealer than driving
They must have better quality with their exports. Check videos of their domestic BYDs and the Chinese are complaining a lot about the quality.
evs are much simpler than combustion engine cars, and so they are much less likely to breakdown.
@@jacobsmithjr and thats ok, as a buyer i want a quality product and if the local brands cannot offer anything loke that i would go for the foreign one
@@chuntaohong6768 i get that but also the built quality feels better, no rattles or cracking sound from plástics and everything feel well built, i had a 2019 tacoma, it was well built also but the clearcoat started peeling from the hood and roof by 2020, the shark still looking good but we will see
@@chuntaohong6768 That is absolutely untrue. BYD and other brands out of china have all kinds of mechanical failures, like the airbags not deploying in severe accidents.. The wheels falling off. Cars suddenly accelerating into other vehicles. Cars catching on fire in the middle of the street.
Companies moaning that china is copying them but hang on a minute why are these companies charging us over the top for rubbish cars like land rover and audi, this change is needed and china needs applauding for this feat.
Thanks for your praise. We the Chinese, like people in the rest of the world already fed up with the high price monopolies. People need products which are cheap and durable.
@@奥奥利给-w6o absolutely, i wish the mainstream news would focus on this obvious fact that china are actually offering much better for much cheaper, this is a good very, a very good thing from china, things like this will help people finally come to trust china more than they did before. !
As long as China produces cars with wheels, it is a copy. If the Chinese put a shoe on a car, I can consider not calling China copy cat, but still won't call it an innovation
@@kirk2632 shut up kirk, as if you have even the slightest clue about the intricacies of automotive manufacturing and innovation, you have a tiny surface level knowledge and a big, stupid, uneducated opinion to go with it. sit and listen instead of giving your garbage opinion and you might learn a thing or two. what a moron.
@@kirk2632 so if the US produce a new car, its called innovation? your logic is so flawed
The U8 has an optional drone that sits inside a hidden rooftop compartment which you can use to scout the road ahead or find a way out if you're lost in a dense forest or in the middle of nowhere and Navi can't seem to guide your way out; or detour around a bad or potential road hazard and whatnot.
那辆是越野玩家版，车上搭载卫星通信和夜视成像激光雷达！
And it have flat TV hidden in the ceiling for passengers in the back seats.
And back seats have massage options.
OK so I have a interesting navigation story. Years ago I was doing a job at a facility that was rated as a military secret site. Officially it just wasn't there, and a huge area around it was deleted from things like Google maps and other services. When I drove there I had to set the GPS to the address of the entry point as nothing else was listed, and even then it wanted me to drive over a huge wheat field. Well imagine my surprise when I was to leave and on the parking in this secret facility told the GPS to take me home. Suddenly I got instructions to drive through the test firing field following temporary roads they used when accessing different areas they used when test shooting weapons. It turned out that these roads were in the GPS navigators map data, but no dresses or names for anything including a rather large lake were mentioned. I still drove the "correct" way out of there passing the guard station.
I still wouldn't have minded having a drone I could send mapping out that alternative road that the GPS thought would be nice...
还有在120km速度下一个轮胎爆胎另外三只能保持直线行驶不偏离。
Wow @@龚术
I am always blown away by the incredible innovation I see coming from China... it's not something to fight against as if it's an enemy, it's awesome innovation, and I love the spirit of people in China to create things that are amazing.
Yeah... The simplest reason why western governments and their medias always distort China is because it provides cheaper and better products for their citizens.
exactly. don't get bitter. get better.
competition is what creates better benchmarks and standards.
Do you realize that a lot of the "innovation" your talking about is a result of corporate espionage. It's theft not innovation.
I totally agree!
Germans disagreeing with you.
We need competition in the EV market. Can't believe most people are supporting the 100% tariffs on EVs in USA and Canada. Scared of competition are we?
they're the real commies.
Yes.
The West is scared shitless when they see the Chinese EVs, and rightly so!
Without tariff, Western car manufacturers are doomed..
So that's the point of tariffs. It's to protect a weaker, domestic industry. Ford, GM, and other domestic car manufacturers in the US with the exception of maybe Tesla are way behind. Tesla is arguably going to fall behind to BYD as well since BYD owns the entire vertical supply chain and receives government subsidies. That's why BYD is pushing more manufacturing in Mexico in order to get around the China/US tariff war.
They have pea size brain.
Honestly, there is 0 chance to win a competition with Chinese EV industry. Even if share similar advantages of technology, the cost of building the car is most likely doubled outside China.
I want affordable BYD cars in North America. Fuck tarrifs. Fuck the greedy governments. Consumers are getting screwed.
You don't think it's anything to do with US automotive trying to protect its home market then. You'll get there soon I'm sure hopefully.
Move to China
@@Bobwa2008or stay backwards 😂
They're Chinese market cars only because they don't spend the money to achieve the safety standards Western markets demand. Keep them in China. Thanks.
You got that right
I really love the fact that in a time when most SUV's are just for show, the U8 can go up steep hills, ride on rough terrain and literally float across a river. That's insanely cool. I can see why you wanted to discuss the U8 before moving onto the U9, Robert. Good call. Love both of these cars. 😊
Dual Motor Tesla Model 3 is really good at climbing sand dunes. It's like the electric version of Subarus.
Other car manufacturers need to take note. I'd like to see more of these kind of SUV's.
@@Neojhun Wow, that's impressive as well. Ironically not an SUV. The Subaru comparison makes sense.
yes but they will never be used for it. The amount of huge SUV's and Trucks I see here in Germany spotlessly clean without even a trailer hitch is unreal... meanwhile im hauling about a 700+kg's of firewood in my trailer with my 1leter skoda,
@@ralphzimmermann Yeah that's true. I miss the days when so many manufacturers even had a coupe or two in their lineups, whereas nowadays it's mostly SUVs. I don't have a problem with SUVs specifically but I wish they didn't have to flood the market like this. Too much sameness. I like variety.
I've been manufacturing in China for years. Nothing remotely as complex as a car, but I had my first ride in an EV taxi in China 15 years ago, I saw EV police cars, garbage trucks, delivery vehicles, busses LONG before they were even talked about in the west.
just remind me how milk was delivered to your door in the UK in 1932
@@-Lucky-Six- Whorse. It whas delivered by whores.
@@-Lucky-Six- freshly made and handed in person?
Followed by a Long silence...😅
@@-Lucky-Six-
@@-Lucky-Six- it's all in the past. who own companies like Lotus, MG, Bentley, Jaguar, and so on?
You must remember 40 years ago only the Chinese government had cars. Now, they’re the biggest automaker in the world.
Biggest automaker? Who told you that😂
Is this the part where we are gong to be denied better products due to tariffs or outright bans in EU to "protect" traditional manufacturers who did nothing in the past 10 years? Pretty sure this is the part!
The UK protected its car industry after WW2 and sold crap cars to the captive empire.
The Germans had to make actually good cars to sell them.
VW Golf vs the Austin Allegro? 😮
I think so. Glad I live in an African country, and SA specifically. Once our grid is sorted out and we get more EV's, we'd definitely be getting a lot of Chinese imports. We already have a lot of ICE vehicles from China, and they're just so much better than the European stuff.
european manufacturers indeed did something, during a crisis they increased the prices instead of decreasing and when the crisis was over they just stick to the prices ,-)
@@TD1237 lol yea, i would not count on sorting the grid out. i would invest in a nice land crouser. maybe with some bullet proof glass...
Hasn't it already been doing with green energy products, 5G network etc from China? Dear.
A mere forty years ago most Chinese citizens were still riding bicycles...
Crazy stuff
Yeah, now they threaten global auto industry with their super cars and monster SUVs.
Today still a lot of people ride bicycles in the cities, mostly shared bikes.
Well 40 years ago Chinese were already making reliable hydrogen bombs and intercontinental missiles even after Soviets cut off tech support completely.
They were able to make tractors tanks even jet engines for smaller aircrafts.
Their literacy rate was already close to 90%.
It was poor, but it was by no mean lacking behind beyond hope.
They still make alot of crap though
Chinese car brands don't have to worry about their board buying $6 billion worth of stock buy backs for quick money grab for execs. Instead, they just hire tens of thousands engineers for RND.
wrong info, BYD is on stock market
@@GForce162 did they say they weren't? Being on the stock market doesn't mean stock buybacks will happen. Remember stock buybacks were literally illegal in the US at one point in time.
@@GForce162I think he meant that Mary Barra CEO and Mark Royce President have each sold more shares in the last three years than they currently hold in gm *
They're on their second buyback in a year and some of the board are net sellers.
Move along nothing to see here.
*SEC filings.
It's incredible... The level of propaganda here.
BYD should never leave the Chinese market. When the chickens come to roost, the CCP won't help silence all the safety and reliability accidents on the real internet
Another Musk hater to stupid to look at the bigger picture/facts!
With the tank turn, the U9 will turn more heads than most supercars for 1/6th the price. What a deal
Even better, it can do an ollie.
(The real world use of that system is to better grip to the road, as well as to compensate for things like a flat tire; the car can instantly react to a flat tire by lifting it, potentially preventing any loss of control and allowing the driver to safely drive on 3 wheels until they reach a safe place to repair or change the tire.)
BYD debuted the world's first production plug-in hybrid F3DM back in 2008, before Toyota. One can find articles about it on the internet. It's the proverbial tortoise that worked slow and steady to reach the finish line 1st at the end of the race.
I stopped by the BYD dealership in Medellin last April. I live in Detroit and we should be shaking in our work boots. Incredible cars. Beautiful and reasonably priced.
maybe at some point but for now those cars are still unproven crap.
I'll let the first buyers deal with all the Chinese nonsense these cars come with.
@@rerikmhmm.. not sure what that means but BYD’s been making cars since 1995.
@@rerikm, are u nuts? America has been using BYD electric buses for years.
how's the quality
@@ChrisTian-sd5yq probably pretty shitty
BYD is very big in Egypt. We have a lot of their cars here. These new electric ones are so nice. My friend has one and its the nuts. Seriously thinking about getting an electric car from BYD!!!
That's good to hear. We're also starting to get them here in South Africa. We would have gotten them sooner if our electricity grid was up to scratch. But I'm excited for the future. We have tons of Chinese ICE cars and they're incredible.
Never heard of BYD being a thing popular in egypt tbh, but they're quite common & very popular here in Saudi arabia, there is around 40+ BYD dealerships here & counting
Soon the chinese will buy out all of Egypt 😂 You will regret allowing them to take over your market.
I bet there's a lot of Chinese bots propagating their tech. The truth can be found in countries like Sri Lanka. They sold out to China and now their economy is fu**ed.
good luck with that, these cars are know for burning out of nowhere, china quality control isnt good
@@cataca91cia western bot spotted😂😂😂
The U9 is one of the best looking cars ever! 😍
It's staggering how far China's come in recent years. Makes me wonder what Western makers could have achieved if they'd focused on producing EVs instead of 20 years of concept cars, compliance cars, and fighting clean car legislation.
turning v8's into v6's XD
Yes Very true, This is why UK is having it's new Double Decker Electric London Busses made in China by BYD, each bus will Cost £100,000 less Each to make.
Your clean batteries are made of cobalt mined by child slave labour, of course China has come far when they don't care.
@@kenbehrens5778 sorry probably not.
my dream car is BMW m5. but the price in China is ridiculous (1.5m RMB which is about 200k USD).
indeed the V8 engine is fascinating, but the price is just so crazy. specially when I learn in western country it normally just cost around 100k USD....
and for the Chinese EV, they did some really good job too. good driving quality, fancy interior, lots of convenient equipment and most important very very affordable price.....
I will tell you why, established enterprises are like a heavy truck, too hard to change their direction when compared with new tech startups. This wave of Chinese intelligent EVs is nothing short of revolutionary, like from functional phones updated to smartphones. the previous Japanese and Korean cars just cannot compare to it.
Doesn’t matter how many times I see it, it never ceases to amaze me the revolution the Chinese car industry is making in the world!
Its copycat broo
@@whocontrolthesenses Perhaps, but not of American kit.
@@brentpinkney7394 Yeah, but most of ours work and don't catch fire....
@@kennungesser3203but yours fall off the sky like Boeing 737max
That happens when the government funds the business.
I am a 37 year old resident of a small city in China. Taking myself as an example, I would like to describe the development speed of China in recent years. I was born in 1987 in a rural area of Shandong Province, China (a relatively developed region). Around 1990, my family had their first black and white television set; In 1993, my family had a run down tractor; In 1997, my family installed a landline telephone; In 1998, my family purchased an agricultural tricycle (approximately $500); In 2008, I graduated from college and my family only had one second-hand motorcycle left. Since 2008, the Chinese economy has developed rapidly! In 2010, I bought my first house in the city for $40000. In 2011, my family bought our first car for $20000. In 2014, my family bought their second car for $20000. In 2017, my family bought a second home for $80000. In 2020, my family bought their third car for $20000. In 2022, my family bought my third home for $90000.
I am a Chinese citizen living in a fifth tier city.
For the people by the people of the people.
interesting insight, thanks for sharing.
would be useful to know what is your degree/job/field of work, and if you are the only breadwinner in the family.
would give better socio-economic context to your story
Hard work always pays. Chinese people (Asians in general) are hard working people.
those data points are interesting. But midway you're are switching "units": from technological (B&W TV, telephone, etc..) to dollars ($) ... Dollars mean nothing intrinsically (without revenues comparisons)
Make me wonder how possible it is for your comment to be here on youtube since AFAIK it was strictly prohibited to do so by the government itself unless they are allowed you to do so or currently you are not living in China
BYD is so far ahead of the competitions it is mind boggling.
They stole the technology
@@axidhaus stole the tech from the martians no one has on earth
@@justme6275they stole it from range rover ….
@@axidhaus hahaha... 🐂💩
@@justme6275 yeah Ranger 0:47 Rover already he has this land cruiser already has this. This isn’t original or new. They stole this technology from another company that already doing it. It’s China. They don’t original shit. They rip off shit that’s already cool from other countries. 🐂 💩 guy
Let's impose 1000000% tax on them because we can't compete with them
welcome to how the world has worked since babylon
yeah, that's not sustainable, and weakens the domestic industry by depriving them of competition to push innovation...see Detroit.
All SE-Asian countries impose ridiculous import taxes on Western cars, so it's fair to do the same thing.
I currently live in Thailand, 270% import duties on imported cars...
@@cookiedad6056 you don't understand market economics...if you force your consumers to pay more, against their will, not only are you an immoral authoritarian who doesn't respect their INDIVIDUAL RIGHT to property (there is no national right to property, no collective right to property, please reread the Founders on free markets, trade, immigration, guns, etc.), BUT ALSO you're impoverishing your domestic populace and causing consumers to be gouged, for the benefit of crony capitalists.
Congratulations, you're supporting corporate welfare, which is totally unsustainable. You are hurting the market economy and taking expendable income out of the pockets of Americans, making their purchasing power less.
Certified Bangladesh moment
You say the U9 is not cheap at £184,000. You're right it isn't. But in the Bugatti Veyron hey day you would have to pay £2m for something that does what the U9 does. I think for what it is the U9 is an absolute bargain.
Cheaper than a Porsche
The U9 is no Veyron. Only like a Omega does what a Rolex does.
It's actually at a giveaway price lol
@@gt3911no doubt there are many suckers who are willing to pay much more than necessary, value wise.
*He didn't even mention that you can do "Moonwalks / Crab walks" in this vehicle like this car can drive sideways with Wheels straight*
They are shitting on Cybertruck with this one
Not much effort is needed to make a cybertruck look shit or any Tesla according to JD powers
@@Paul-mf1vjsince Elon flatly refuses to pay JD Powers anything, they slate Tesla cars at every opportunity…total scumbags! Elon will have the last laugh as he often does!
@@Paul-mf1vjaccording to everyone. Those cheap interiors and exteriors are pathetic.
@Paul-mf1vj JD Powers is a marketing firm, not a true consumer advocate group. Pay them enough and they will come with a survey to make your company the best according to their JD Power survey. Joke Data is what JD truly stands for.
Do you mean Tesla roadster? Because cybertruck is a whole different category, and really not everything should be compared with the American one
Being an ASEAN myself, i cant believe the scepticism from the west. Believe me, our region can be call as the melting pot of the world. We can get prettt much every brand of cars that exist on this earth. Technological wise, BYD is way ahead from the best of urs, TESLA.
That must be why BYD is bleeding money and without a bailout, is going to go under.
FACTS - they matter.
I wanna get one just so I can say "Have you seen my Yangwang?" 🤣
😂😂
Bro, your Yangwang is pretty huge. Definitely girthier than my Crosstrek.
So I can tell my gangstas in da hood "I got me a Ying-Yang yo!" :D 😂
lol Absolute rizz!
Women are going to ask you to park your Yangwang in their garage.
Soon Chinese parents will look at their children at dinner time and say ：
"If you don't study hard, you will only be able to drive a Mercedes-Benz and a BMW in the future."
Obviously!
or; I will rather cry riding in a Yang Wang than smile while riding in an american car.( referenced to the anecdote of an unhappy girl would rather be crying inside a BMW than smiling riding in a bicycle with a poor boyfriend.)
They are dirt cheap in China now! Also bmw.
Currently, Chinese parents are telling their kids how to properly set up a VPN so they can watch RUclips and unrestricted videos like this. BUT there’s high hopes for the Chinese future!
Lol
Yangwang in Chinese colloquial means look up, as it is a high-end brand.Up to now, yangwang U8 has sold more than 7,000 units in China
Ive noticed alot of the same forward thinking meaning in alot of unknown Chinese brands.... well theyre not so unknown now..... example i can think of right now is Feiyue sneakers! Means Fly over or Leap over or Giant Leap! I love the OG cheap Feiyues! £4!!! a pair!!!!
wrr
It's 💩
The name will probably change, like how douyin becomes TikTok
@@matpk HOW DARE YOU CALLED MY FAVORITE CAR BY $hIT, I WILL TOUCH YOU
the U9 looks amazing. Very stylish.
This is how BYD will conquer Europe. A supercar that’s looks unbelievable for 1/6th the price of comparable European supercars and a huge 4x4 with incredible capabilities for probably half the cost of a similar Range Rover or RR Cullinan.
more like 1/10th of price
ngl i would buy that car in a carbeat at that price if they brought it here to the states. no wonder we imposed heavy tariffs. this company would destroy the EV and automobile market in the US at their prices
If that's how you feel look up any electric BYD cars in china condolence if you actually decide to buy one.
And they cheat on production costs with huge subsidies, and for example, using software for which no loyalties are paid.
Try to find a legal version of Windows... good luck.
Europe put Tariffs on Chinese cars. so trust me this car will be expensive in europe if they even allow it to be exported to Europe. i know we have BJD dealerships in europe though my country got a couple. but i dont know if they allow cars like this in europe.
I have known about this car for months now, the design is really growing on me.
With flooding become more and more of an issue world wide, Yangwang 8 sound like a perfect car
As someone living at the foot of a mountain I've never seen such thing and probably never will, but I know, it is just me...
Safe for 30 min.
I hope they made pickup truck after this. Will be more aggressive
yeah when its empty lol....
True, in a recent flood in Guangzhou China, U8 was the only car still driving in the streets.
Americans who don't know China dismiss Chinese car as unsafe or cheaper quality. Many of them just can't accept that fact Chinese can make better EV.
Ive actually had brand new chineese car and it was terrible quality like kids toy so if you dont know what u talking abaut stop talking..
@@ne0395 If you buy a car made in the United States at the same price, the quality will be worse
That U8 is a scary nightmare to Range Rover😂😂😂😂😂❤
@@alanshuhimeabdulmajid3973 in China, U8 price is just half of Range Rover. Around same with Range Rover Sport. But I have to say, Range Rover is good car ，Luxurious without being ostentatious, comfortable without being so smart. My kids would rather ride in it than a Tesla. But the U8 is definitely a strong contender.
I would rather drive a range rover than a Range Rover wanna be.
@@Deconomiks”you don’t wana be someone who’s weaker than you”
@@nickzhu9201yes he does. He identifies as fury
A Rav-4 is a nightmare to a Range Rover - those things are total and complete garbage.
Being Dutch myself I just realised I really need a U8.
After all for us it's a biological requirement to control the water wherever we go, and this car's the only EV that does that.
Also the karaoke microphone in the car is the most Chinese thing I've heard all year. Seven years and counting of my wife wants karaoke and me dodging it. 😉
i am Dutch as well and yeah that car looks great. we probably be able to buy it in the Netherlands though but we have huge tax on Chinese cars which sucks. But yeah Chinese EVs looks great
"karaoke" is a japanese word so must've been invented there and then branched out into other asian countries.
@@lowkeyconvert8971 it is invented there lol
I see why American Car manufacturers are pissed and afraid of BYD. You have a tank of a hybrid car that can cross banks of water and has a karaoke machine?!? Nah, we got to step it up.
They(American Car Manufactures ) are trembling in the corner.
They recently did a tear down of a BYD sedan and concluded that Chinese EV industry is an "extinction level" competition to the west.
Extinguishing western imperialistic dominance is a godly thing to do and I salute BYD.
While we're focused on DEI (distracting everyone [with] idiocy), they are actually getting shit done and improving the lives of their citizens...
@@potu5097 LOL .. sure they are...
@gelinrefira BYD isn't going to do anything if the US government decides to sanction Chinese automobiles or puts pressure on its allies to do the same or loose NATO funding
The one feature that really caught my eye was the 'cascading' screen in the center console. Brilliant. And beautiful.
Can't wait to tell a mechanic 'I need you to look at my Yangwang' !
Does Mitsubishi not sound weird to you ? Or Daihatsu? 5 yrs later ppl will totally get used to this Yangyang name
@@alexpan8138 Xiaomi doesn't sound strange, and neither does huawei. (We still pronounce it as 'hawaii' over here though)
@@Darkest_matter Hahaha Hawaiii!!!!???? Is that why the Americans think Singaporean is Chinese!!!??? XDDDDDD
@@antwango only the elites ! 🤣
@@alexpan8138"Wang" to many English speaking people is slang for p***s. To them "Yangwang" will NEVER sound like anything else than Yang's wang. I don't think people here are talking about it sounding strange phonetically. I mean, "Ssangyong" sounds strange, but it doesn't create an association with an Asian man's d***.
10 minutes to charge from 30% to 80% is damn impressive.
Good luck finding a charging point that can push 500 kilowatt.
@@TheRocco96 I believe that would be something you would use at a racetrack, or find it in rich people houses. Not to drive around the country while stopping at a fast food.
@@TheRocco96 if what they said in the video is true, you don’t need to find a 500kW charger, but instead you can use two 250 kW chargers.
@@beanapprentice1687 two times 250kW is still 500kW. This car is supposed to occupy 2 chargepoints? Good luck finding two available chargingspots next to each other.
more than enough time for a quickie
BTW the tank turn is very useful for hard core off road ... like tiny dirt road with trees with no way going forward and no U turn possibilities
Imagine parking this taking up the only two charging spots and someone else comes. "Sorry bro, I'm charging each half of my supercar. The left will be done in 20 minutes"
As much as the name Yang Wang may sound funny to Westerner, it is actually quite meaningful. It means "Look Up (to something or someone).
True
It's the way they pronounce it makes it even worse, Yangwang sounds great in Mandrian and is meaningful in Chinese characters.
In the Chinese context, 仰望（yang wang） not only means looking upward, but also means worship.
The Chinese meaning of "仰望" is probably the act of looking up and seeking a certain spirit and strength
@@wocaishipc 这是正确的，中国人认证！
Well there is one thing BYD does very well that no other brand doea... they actually listen to their customers... and act on it... like removing the built your dream from the back for latam and euro markets, like removing the bings and bongs, etc. It is good customer services and their tech improves much faster due to it ...
what't the bings and bongs?
@@idontknow4449 Having all features available to me is more of a positive than negative.
@@idontknow4449you wanna pay for extra 30k ? Like the other brands. What's wronge with you? You defending the thieves bro
the best pickup up line of all time: hey girl you like my yangwang?
works quite well, in chinese ofc like wtf is a yangwang in english
more like wanna take a ride on my yangwang?
China Marketing Department: Unforeseen Path
BYD is raising the EV game to new levels!
Tragically USA has already declared political war. Import tariffs at 100%??
Free market capitalism is dead ☠️ in America tragically. It’s not the U8, or U9 that politicians fear, it’s the low cost economics cars offered. America can’t have a low cost EV to compete with low cost petroleum cars. Because American car manufacturers can not create anything to compete in low cost EV vehicles 🚗
Love how Rob is having a good lean on the spoiler😆😆
Well these companies did at one point love to boast about how they can 1000 lb pressure per inch or 20 grown men standing on it, or something like that.
i mean, they are made to take force in a downwards direction.
He could sit on those spoiler all day long
Chinese Man!
The speed of technological advancement is astonishing!
It's crazy how rapidly their industries develop, and how much ahead of everyone else they are
He forgot to mention the U* will have an option that is currently being developed together with DJi. Yes DJi, this car will get a roof rack option and in that box, there will be a $15k worth of DJi drone placed for your convenience, it will be obviously a charger, and it's home to return and land. This is a true utility vehicle with discovery features. Don`t think of a small drone this drone is huge and top PRO. And, the U9 will have at least three versions available two without the wing in the back and more for the roads, which I think is less powerful.
@@YouWille battery swapping drone too
also don't forgot the up to 120kmh tyre blow off three wheels stability system.
there goes the American market if its DJI
*He didn't even mention that you can do "Moonwalks / Crab walks" in this vehicle like this car can drive sideways with Wheels straight*
@@-Lucky-Six- DJi it self is a Chinese brand.
People who buy this types of cars, sometimes I wonder where they work, because I've been a doctor for more than 8 years and I have still not gotten my dream car.
Hahahaha😄😄😄😄😄
Of course this type of cars are not meant for salary earners because salary job is just like modern slavery. You work for 8 years and you couldn't buy a car
While Musicians, governments and other Celebrities invest there money to make good profits, that's why you can see them lavish money 🤑 to stupor
Investing in cryptocurrencies is the most lucrative way of making money and be successful recently but only when you know the right stock to buy at a particular time
Check the most richest men in the world, they're all entrepreneurs, no salary earner can be successful. Any salary earner who claims to buy this car must have loot the company's money in one way or the other. 🤪
Yes I totally agree with you guys, I just hit Five hundred and thirty thousand dollars in my portfolio today from my tesla stock investment. I couldn't have achieved this if I had depended on my salary
There's a series to be made here... "Stars In Reasonably Priced Supercars".
Top Gear Australia have taken the format to "Star in a reasonably priced SPORTS car" and are using a Toyota GR86 so maybe you're right and this is the next step :)
You can buy the u8 AND u9 and have change left instead of buying any other 'normal' supercar on the market at the moment 😂
I used to be a petrol head, but I'm converted to a emotor head now, lol
and costs next to nothing to service it..
Just think about how many times we've been ripped off by legacy auto makers.
That u9 looks beautiful
Hot wheelz
well said: "the fit and finish of this car from china is off the scale". the car brand that employs 95,000 RnD engineers all future-focused ought to produce amazing results. something the western nations has long forgotten and probably will not recover
I kept offering ladies the chance to see my Yangwang, and now I have a restraining order against me.
😂😆
Don't forget to wash your Yangwang before showing it. It will increase the chance that the lady will agree to ride on it.
'Because water and electricity go together very well', said the toaster to me while I was laying in the bathtub...
Well, uninsulated electricity could give you a shocking experience, for sure! ;)
in UK nothing will happen, it auto blow the fuse
@@jac540 the screams from the cobalt mines would finally be heard
You don't lay in the bath tub, you lie in it. You don't lay down when you're tired, you lie down. Please learn this.
FYI brushless motors have no problem being submerged in fresh-water.
@@ripandtear LiFePo4 don't need cobalt
10 minutes charging, thats quick, I have been sitting at petrol stations for 10 minutes many many times in the past
yeah that is not reasonable, you would need two tesla v4 superschargers, its possible but not likely
@@AndreBarroso-jz9edit is in china
these are fascinating cars. looking forward to seeing actual reviews and its performance in real world situations. i'm wary of BYD but when they stretch the limits of engineering like this, it benefits everyone in the long term.
BYD is already #1 global EV leader, without even having entered the US market yet. Actually CEO said they don't even want to enter US yet because of geopolitcal reasons.
Their cars including the U9 are designed by Wolfgang Egger, who previously served as a head designer for Alfa Romeo, Audi and Lamborghini They produced the most EVs in the world (6M), and are expanding fast. They beat Tesla in number of pure EVs sold (not hybrid) in Q4 2023, and if you include hybrids they are far ahead of Tesla. Tesla actually buys their batteries for the model Y because their batteries are so good and they always come up with new innovations from being a 23 year old battery manufacturer.
They have pricing advantage because of their high vertical integrated supply chain so what they do now is that they sell better EVs than their competitors and put their prices slightly lower. It's only a matter of time until the mainstream west open their eyes, a lot are skeptical because it's chinese but BYD has already proven itself. Yangwang is their EV luxury subsidiary and one of their main goal is to gain brand recognition.
'Geopolitical' meaning a 100 per cent import tariff?
Never thought I’d want a car with the name yangwang but I wish the automobile lobbyists in the US would allow these vehicles to make it to the U.S.
300%的关税😂
pathetic western accent
No they won't... Government will ban it for the excuse"Undermining national security", just like what it did to Huawei and TikTok.
Yangwang is the Chinese name
Its English name is “LOOK UP”
@@zuesart3627 这不是关税的问题，而是国家安全的问题。我觉得按照目前美国国家安全问题的敏感性，等川普上台，他可能会禁止中餐在美国销售，因为这也影响国家安全。而作为美国的干儿子加拿大，只能服从这一可笑的命令。
....BYD.....COME TO HOUSTON BABY....we get FLOODED ALOT !!!!!
I thought New Orleans gets that a lot instead.
You need a boat and install wheels run on electric. You can get those in China
that will make a.scene😂
Several Chinese drove their U8 into rivers and lakes and successfully got ashore
not going to happen your government hates China. they even banned cooking oil from China because Biden is afraid that Cooking oil will spy on the americans. no joke.
The problem I have with many Chinese consumer tech, automotive, mobility etc brands is they have been known to release half cooked products, essentially prototypes made to look like production ready products to test the waters, get user feedback and to assess where the weak points are in the design - hence why their product development cycle can sometimes be so rapid. It's not very ethical at all and in some cases it could go so far as to danger peoples lives if there is a serious fault. I'd consider a car like this once I see Chinese brands prioritise quality and thorough development over speed and cheap prices.
I hope they bring to the USA. I’ll buy it. I would love to see Tesla have competition, and BYD is going for a lot of new things. They’ve also are working on an electric car that doesn’t have rotors and pads for braking, it uses the electric motor accelerate, regenerate, and brake. I love the idea of two charges, 10 mins is less than the interval between track sessions. I don’t know about the suspension but I would love to try something new.
So do I. Competition is good for consumers. Tesla is way overpriced!
Make sure you submit an application to byd
@@BTMMHACKThe US government banned it with high tariffs.
BYD is banned in America for being incredibly unsafe as China is notorious for stealing tech and it being HALF as good if that. I’m studying to get a transportation design degree(design cars for a living) There’s a reason you don’t see any in-depth tech reviews of these BYD cars. And theres multiple reasons they’re not coming to the US. They’re not good.
@@skinnycol809 , are u nuts? Do u think the Aussies and the Kiwis and the Thais and thousands and thousands of people around the world using BYD would buy BYD cars if they are unsafe? Go to Lancaster, California. BYD has a plant there that supplied electric buses throughout the US. Educate yourself before making comments.
That's numberwang!
Geely should create a hypercar brand called Longdong
😂😆 amazing!
God damnit I came here to say that. 😂
@@RichardEricCollins 😂😆
I see comments making fun of the luxury brand name for BYD. Why is it ok for Indians or Africans to keep their native names and not OK for the Chinese? Maybe it will spark the curiosity of openminded folks to learn what the words 仰望 mean, how it's pronounced in Mandarin (Google Translate is available almost everywhere in the West), or what BYD stands for. Or maybe that's wishful thinking or too much to ask of those who are not Chinese (most of whom are curious about the world outside of China)? It's a shame that most in the West have little interest in what really happens in China, the various Chinese cultures, dialects or languages, history, and its diverse peoples. I guess it won't really matter because they will not sell many of these outside of China anyway thanks to the blatant hypocritical protectionism imposed by the US / Europe. No matter, the extra tariffs are simply taxes on Western consumers who are forced to pay them to their governments, driving up inflation in those countries because they have to either pay the extra taxes or buy the higher priced domestically made EVs or plug-in hybrids. The BYD cars for the regular folks for example (Seagull, Dolphin, Sealion, etc.) should be affordable to most with pricing from $10K - $30K without the tariffs.
Fantastic vehicles and world-beating technology. BYD has a bright future.
You haven’t seen them test out the touch screen for a reason.. China steals technology. This cars a joke.
@@skinnycol809 Troll
Warren Buffett certainly seems to think so...
Innovation and technology in China is simply amazing
I expect to the see the SUV in the next James Bond movie.
google the next Bond villain car
dongfeng m-hero 917
Let’s hope not, or that would be a triumph of marketing over taste.
That would be... the next Jacky Chan movie...
the parked BYD SUV lauched 2m into air after the battery, looked great on mobile phone but would look better on a 8k camera and they could save money as they wouldnt have to use explosives
Why not the Zeekr 007
brilliant !! I was telling people about BYD about 10 years ago and they did not believe me.
what were you telling them
@@pioter-ji1bo that BYD had the intention to design and build high-end motor cars to compete with the popular big European brands.
@@masterwatch I think they pretty much beat most European brands, at least imo. Also, compared to other Chinese brands, I think BYD's designs are among the best looking.
@@TD1237 they are super looking.. I do like them myself.
Buffett believed it and bought their stock.😉
Not a fan of EV cars in general but it's amazing that Chinese car manufacturing have come such a long way.
Hope to see them improve further on exterior looks in the future 👌
yang wang means to be in awe of something! definately awesome!
That Yangwang U9 certainly has the skyline GTR-Supra-Mazda 7 vibes against expensive european cars back then!
It was a phenomenal period for the Japanese cars back then during the ICE era and the chinese is doing it in the EV era!
Robert's description of the U9's suspension reminds me of the Active Suspension that Lotus was developing back in the 80s.
Bose came up with the idea, but they failed to bring it to the market.
@@xiebaiqin I remember the promo material of that thing. I loved it!
The Americans can bash all they want but the Chinese knows how to design, engineer and build impressive vehicles, and these relatively new manufacturers achieved far more than even long established American car companies (GM, Ford, Chrysler). American EV startups have been struggling long to get their first models to market (Fisker, Lordstown, Canoo, Faraday, etc.) only to fail miserably, while Tesla has many issues of their own and their long delayed new model, the Cybertruck has been a joke in the automotive industry with quality issues akin to Russian cars from the 80s and 90s (but suckers seem to flock to their hype despite it). If and when these Chinese car manufacturers enter here in America they would quickly be a huge threat and will change the car industry drastically in North America.
First, GM built an all-electric super-SUV a couple years ago- the Hummer EV. Secondly, not all North American EVs are as bad as the cybertruck, some are very good. Third, this infomercial posing as a yt channel said nothing about the quality of this brand. There are many reasons to be skeptical.
@@dmrr7739 They're so good the US government slapped a 100% tariff on the Chinese imports to protect the industry.
There's a video head to head driving test of the U8 versus the g wagon from Mercedes on RUclips with English dubbing. Very interesting. The channel is gilevich Sergey. Worth a view.
GM and Ford built wayyyy better cars in China, just saying 😂
@@fiercecat410 hahaha better . always in the shop hahaha
I'd buy one if I had the cash, and somewhere to drive it. so cool!!!! well done BYD
Rip tesla roadster
The American and EU Auto industry again is the worst so the US government has to step in and make sure that Americans have no other choice because the Chinese Auto companies are off the chart amazing I'm the EV segment.
The roadster will leave it for dead on every performance metric. But this nay be more "luxury"
@@hedleypepper1838yeah... when it finally releases in 2078...
@@hedleypepper1838 When? In 20 years?
@@hedleypepper1838 What are you talking about? The Roadster doesn't exist.
It's the Swiss knife of cars. I want them both. Porsche and others need to step up.
They need to step down. They lied to us, posioned us, tricked and brainwashed us for over 6 decades. It's time for them to pack up and leave the field. But they are people without honor, without spines, without mentionable genitalia. So they will continue to exploit you and everyone you know. You don't need to show compassion towards those people. The moment you turn your head, they will grab everything you have - money, health, brainpower - everything.
Lol no
@@MaticTheProtoLOL YES 😊
@@manuelbarreto7032 how is this a swiss knife
@manuelbarreto7032 nope they are unreliable
Looks very impressive, really like U9 design and interior! Cant wait to see a test drive!
You know the thing is bonkers when Robert explains stuff like a teenager in love.
Camera rear view mirror is silly in a Polestar 3, where they could have a window if they wanted one. But in the U9 - a vehicle which by design would barely have any rear visibility normally - makes perfect sense
I like this guy. Knowledgeable and truly passionate. I'm not a car guy, but I might subscribe
Smegggg ;)
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Munro Live is open minded ,plentiful knowledge on chinese Evs😉
Knowledgeable ? Mf said this car is faster than Rimac Nevera in a straight line lmfaoooo. He's a retard
The development in the last 15 years is genuinely insane. Circa 2008 I ran a car that I converted to veg oil, with passing interest in electric motorbikes and ethanol power. Electric was barely on the radar, especially for cars -just the BWiz, milk floats and some Tesla Lotus thing. And now here we are🤪
I'm just happy it's not RIDICULOUSLY PRICED! XIAOMI ULTRA IS ANOTHER BEAST DESTROYING THE SPORTS CAR MARKET! 🔥
Astonishing U9. All things considered, amazing value for what it is. They should make a petrol version. Apologies for suggesting this. Slapped wrists.
Imagine doing your driving license test in that SUV. The examiner says, "Go up this cul-de-sac and do a u-turn at the end." You hit the button for a tank turn and drive back to the main road.
That is the SUV that Tesla promised, but BYD delivered. and it does not look like a 5 year old draw the car. Great stuff.
My next car buy will be definitely BYD.
From India !
Saving the environment one 3 ton suv and one hypercar at a time.
As long as it replaces their campfire engine counterparts
Compared with v12 engine, it does.
True for SUVs (I hate that electrification is used as an excuse for making huge vehicles)
However electric supercars aren't a meaningful environmental concern. They're designed to be aerodynamic and (relatively) light, so they don't use much more energy than normal electric cars except for when you're driving them hard.
Unlike with ICE engines, larger electric motors aren't significantly less efficient at low power than smaller ones.
Not like theyll sell that many anyway, the main purpose of supercars is marketing.
Go on, Greta! Go find a politician to nag! Boys like big cars, with lower tail pipe emissions, less cancer causing toxins.
60% of vehicle sold in China are NEV and the Chinese auto market is bigger than North America and Europe put together and BYD is the top seller.
Yangwang just rolls of the tongue. I'd love to say I have a Yangwang!
Never heard word “BONKERS” repeated so many times, this guy is absolute BONKERS!
*It's DAMN AMAZING CAR man I mean he even ran out of words*
@@robertgittings8662 Haha I can feel it
That’s Numberwang! 🎉
😂😆
I think Toyota has a problem, a big problem looming in the near future.
it already has.... the BYD hybrid is way better than toyota one
Toyota is known for the reliability of their cars. Every time you see a couple of guys with AKs sitting in the back of a pickup truck on the news, what is written across the back of the truck? That's right. It took decades to get to this point. High-Tech is nice, but BYD still have to prove their cars can stand the test of time.
In China, Toyota sales has dropped double digit percent last year, this year so far it's something -20%.
Is that why Toyota is closing plants in China and Thailand? Please stop exposing your ignorance in a public forum!
@@meltdown6165 BYD EVs have been used as taxi cars in China for more than a decade and their reliability is quite good.
That overcapacity looking real good right now.😅
So when they named the company build your dreams they actually meant it?
If your dreams end up in disappointment then yes! BYD are letting lots of customers outside of China down due to their Chinese way of dealing with issues. They just pretend problems don't exist and if they do, it's your fault.
The name was chosen casually, based on the place where the company is located, "Yadi Village". In fact, they did not expect the current scale of development.😮
The name was chosen casually, based on the place where the company is located, "Yadi Village". In fact, they did not expect the current scale of development.
they founded the business in the YaDi village which is a small small village in Shenzhen, they decided to call it YaDi Electronics, so YD in the beginning. then they realized that people sometimes rank brands alphabetically and YD is not that ranking friendly, the solution is simple, add a B in the front. No idea why they didn't add a A. The whole Build Your Dream thing is just the result of marketing many many years after the name BYD was adopted.
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That Yang Wang is perfect for Emergency Service Vehicles . Every unit is Self sufficient mini relief mission.
A build in PowerPack - huge storage capacity- 4x4 and floats !! ..
If they have this tech for cars, what have they got for their military.😱
No one will say, no one will ask, but everyone knows.🤫
thats y china government banned tesla driving around some military related area ,bcoz of the data collected by tesla 360° camera
With nearly ALL their car makers has megafactories that rival Tesla. Imagine when a wa... needs arises, their leader can just snap a finger and they have a few.... thousands production lines that make drones, missiles, tanks, etc, overnight. Remember they built a fully equipped hospital in like a week during covid.
I wonder why people still trying to piss them off.
Please keep believing china is a paper 🐯
oh, are you talking about their truck & jeep maker 'Donfeng'? Recently they just release a civilian version suv with a phased array satellite internet terminal on its top😂
Thanks for covering the U8! Great episode.
I hope the owners of the car haven't seen Robert's attempt at driving the truck before they let him behind the wheel, and if they have go fast before they can stop you 😜
A splendid review!!! Thank you.