Within the minds of many Chinese language residents, February 25 marks the true begin of a brand new yr’s work.
(A regulatory submitting picture of the Yangwang U9.)
BYD’s (OTCMKTS: BYDDF) premium model Yangwang will formally launch its U9 electrical supercar a few week from right now, kicking off new mannequin launches after the Chinese language New Yr vacation.
Yangwang will maintain a launch occasion for the U9 in Shanghai on Sunday, February 25, in line with an invite shared right now by native automotive media outlet Yiche.
Yangwang has but to announce the launch date on its official channels, and the model shared a video of the U9 on Weibo on February 10, the primary day of the Chinese language Lunar Yr 2024, to rejoice the Chinese language New Yr.
This yr’s Chinese language New Yr vacation runs from February 10-17, and February 18 will likely be a piece day, though it is a Sunday.
Within the minds of many Chinese language residents, after the Lantern Pageant on February 24, February 25 — the sixteenth day of the primary month of 2024 on the lunar calendar — marks the true begin of the brand new yr’s work.
(A regulatory submitting picture of the Yangwang U9.)
BYD formally launched Yangwang — a model aiming for a price ticket on the RMB 1 million ($139,000) stage — on January 5, 2023, when it gave the hardcore off-road SUV U8, in addition to the supercar U9, their debuts.
The Yangwang U8 was formally launched on September 20, 2023, with deliveries starting on November 24. Final month, Yangwang revealed its first sedan, the U7, which it stated can be priced within the RMB 1 million vary.
The Yangwang U9 made it right into a draft mannequin catalog launched by China’s Ministry of Business and Data Know-how (MIIT) on December 8, which is the final main regulatory course of by which a mannequin may be offered in China.
(A picture of the U9 launched by Yangwang.)
The electrical supercar has just one submitting web page, displaying that it is going to be constructed at a manufacturing facility in Shenzhen, the place BYD is headquartered.
The Yangwang U9 has simply two seats, a complete mass of two,475 kilograms and helps a prime velocity of 300 kilometers per hour.
It measures 4,966 mm in size, 2,029 mm in width and 1,295/1,338 mm in peak. Its peak is 1,295 mm with the non-compulsory electrical spoiler and 1,338 mm with the non-compulsory carbon fiber fastened spoiler.
The mannequin is provided with 4 electrical motors, every with a peak energy of 240 kW, in line with the submitting.
The Yangwang U9 relies on the quad-motor unbiased drive know-how platform e⁴ and may dash from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in lower than three seconds, BYD stated when it let the mannequin debut final yr.
(A picture of the U9 launched by Yangwang.)
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