{"id":30298,"date":"2024-03-18T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latamobility.com\/?p=30298"},"modified":"2024-03-17T16:30:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T21:30:36","slug":"byd-unveils-a-car-capable-of-floating-on-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latamobility.com\/en\/byd-unveils-a-car-capable-of-floating-on-water\/","title":{"rendered":"BYD Unveils a Car Capable of Floating on Water"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>BYD <\/strong>took advantage of the Geneva Motor Show to present its <strong>Yangwang U8, a luxury plug-in hybrid SUV capable of floating in the event of an accident in the water.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As detailed by <em>Forbes<\/em>, the unit has an approximate weight of <strong>3.5 metric tons, the model can also park sideways like a crab or perform a complete turn on the spot thanks to four electric motors, one on each wheel.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BYD<\/strong>&#8216;s marketing manager in France, <strong>Guillaume Calvar<\/strong>, told <em>Reuters <\/em>news agency that the vehicle could perhaps reach certain European markets with limited distribution, but not necessarily exactly in its current form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the moment, the SUV is only on sale in China, although <strong>BYD <\/strong>does not rule out exporting it to other markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/latamobility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/YAN-2-1024x479.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/latamobility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/YAN-2-1024x479.png 1024w, https:\/\/latamobility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/YAN-2-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/latamobility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/YAN-2-768x360.png 768w, https:\/\/latamobility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/YAN-2-600x281.png 600w, https:\/\/latamobility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/YAN-2.png 1211w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: BYD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sales-leader\"><strong>Sales Leader<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BYD <\/strong>said that as of the end of January it had sold a total of 3,653 units of the <strong>U8<\/strong>, which is priced at $152,550 in China, since it began deliveries in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The automaker also unveiled the<strong> Yangwang U9 supercar in China on Sunday and opened pre-orders with a starting price of 1.68 million yuan.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reuters notes that <strong>BYD <\/strong>has not yet decided whether it will market its <strong>Yangwang <\/strong>luxury brand in the old continent. 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