An emerging brand with a growing Australian following promises to take on the world’s best cars with eye-popping technology.
China’s BYD will take on the likes of Porsche and Ferrari with a wild-looking supercar featuring breakthrough technology.
The manufacturer says its YangWang luxury brand will offer a hi-tech electronically controlled suspension that should transform the handling of its cars.
BYD’s YangWang U9 has wild suspension technology.
Capable of leaning into corners, resisting body roll, jumping off the ground or resisting weight transfer during heavy braking or acceleration, the suspension promises to defy physics.
It’s not a completely original idea.
Introducing BYD’s DiSus System — the most advanced vehicle body control system of the industry globally.
BYD DiSus System assures the safety and reliability required in different driving scenarios, empowering an upgrade across BYD brands.
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Audi introduced similar tech in its range-topping A8 limousine that can raise one side of the car to protect passengers during a side-impact smash.
The YangWang is capable of leaping into the air …
It also looks to blend elements of the active anti roll bars in Porsche’s 911 Turbo, the E-Active Body Control in Mercedes SUVs, the TrueActive suspension supplied by Multimatic for the Ferrari Purosangue and clever “Cheetah Stance” found in American versions of Tesla’s Model S.
… without crashing into the ground.
BYD president Wang Chuanfu said the body control system represents an important breakthrough.
“The BYD DiSus System is the first self-developed intelligent body control system launched by a Chinese automobile company, marking the breakthrough from zero to one,” he said.
“The BYD DiSus System will further secure the globally pioneering stance for BYD in the industry.”
BYD’s Atto 3 is one of the most popular electric cars in Australia.
BYD presented the technology publicly with its YangWang U9 supercar, a model that promises to combine 820kW and 1280Nm thrust with a huge battery capable of returning more than 700 kilometres of driving range.
The manufacturer says a version of the technology will debut in its YangWang U8 four-wheel-drive that shapes up as an electric alternative to the Land Rover Defender.
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