BYD’s Yangwang U8 is the luxury off‑roader that looked at a LandCruiser and said, “hold my bubble tea.”
It packs four electric motors with crazy torque vectoring, a range‑extender petrol engine to keep the electrons flowing, and party tricks like a “tank turn” and even emergency flotation for water crossings.
Despite its size, it sprints to 100 km/h in around 3–4 seconds, then calms down to waft like a lounge room on air suspension.
In China it’s priced around the million‑RMB mark (roughly AUD 220k–250k), which tells you the target is “executive mine site” rather than school drop‑off.
Australian timing hasn’t been confirmed as of now, and right‑hand‑drive plans are still the big question.
If it lands here, expect flagship pricing and headlines; until then, it remains the most outrageous science project you can actually buy—just not locally yet.
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