Starting from 628,000 yuan, BYD's flagship sedan, Yangwang U7, is officially launched | The Frontline

On the evening of March 27th, Yangwang U7, the flagship sedan under the Yangwang brand, was officially launched. The new car is available in two versions. The starting price of the five - seat version is 628,000 yuan, and that of the four - seat version is 708,000 yuan. The pure - electric and plug - in hybrid versions have the same price.

This is the third model of BYD's Yangwang brand. The new car is equipped with Yangwang's iconic e - Quad technology. It has more than 1300 horsepower and can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.9 seconds. It also has innovative capabilities such as all - terrain in - place turning, stable driving after high - speed tire blowout, and parallel sideways parking.

Meanwhile, the Yangwang U7 is also equipped with BYD's Yunlian - Z system, which is an intelligent floating body control system. Wang Chuanfu, the chairman and president of BYD, introduced that the electromagnetic principle technology behind Yunlian - Z was mainly used in aircraft carrier electromagnetic catapult systems and maglev trains in the past. This is the first time it has been applied to the automotive field, which can provide users with a smoother driving experience.

Based on this, BYD said that this is the first time in the mass - production of new energy vehicles to achieve full electrification of the suspension system on the basis of the battery, motor, and electronic control. New energy vehicles have officially entered the "Four - Electric Era".

According to BYD, the current automotive suspension systems in the industry generally use oil as the medium for adjustment, which has objective physical limitations such as a long energy transfer path and limited response control speed and accuracy.

For this reason, BYD invested tens of thousands of people and spent 7 years trying to break through the upper limit of oil control and created the world's first intelligent floating body control system - Yunlian - Z. The electric suspension of Yunlian - Z features the world's first floating motor direct - drive technology, which can directly convert electrical energy into kinetic energy output without using an oil medium, realizing intelligent electric direct - drive for vertical body control.

According to official information, the peak power of the suspension system of Yunlian - Z can reach 50kW, which is the highest level in the current vertical control field. In terms of detection, the sensors of Yunlian - Z have a detection response speed of 50 microseconds. They can capture the vehicle's body posture 4000 times in the blink of an eye, which is 20 times faster than the industry's mainstream level. The detection accuracy is as high as 10 microns, which can detect minute displacement information equivalent to one - tenth of the thickness of a piece of paper.

At the control execution level, Yunlian - Z can complete the full - link execution within 5 milliseconds, which is dozens of times faster than traditional active suspensions. This enables the Yangwang U7 to calmly handle random potholed and bumpy roads.

In addition to the Yunlian - Z electric suspension, the Yangwang U7 is equipped with multiple BYD technologies. For example, the e - Quad, which is standard across all Yangwang models, features four - wheel independent torque vector control, which can independently control the four wheels in milliseconds, enabling in - place turning, fixed - wheel rotation, parallel sideways movement, etc. In addition, the Yangwang U7 is also equipped with a two - way 20° intelligent rear - wheel steering system. Combined with the e - Quad, this D - class vehicle has the same flexibility as an A0 - class car.

In terms of intelligent driving, the Yangwang U7 is equipped with the Tian Shen Zhi Yan A platform solution. The whole vehicle is equipped with 32 intelligent driving sensors, including three lidars. At the same time, it uses dual Orin X chips with a computing power of up to 508 TOPS, achieving L2+ high - level intelligent driving assistance capabilities. BYD said that the urban navigation function will be available upon delivery and can be used nationwide.

Based on these capabilities, the Yangwang U7 can achieve full - digital coordinated control of the vehicle's body posture in six degrees of freedom in the longitudinal, lateral, and vertical directions, significantly reducing system delay. For example, in the high - speed two - wheel tire blowout test, at a speed of over 160 km/h, the driving posture and direction of the Yangwang U7 were not significantly affected at the moment of tire pressure loss.

BYD also said that the four - redundancy design of the Yangwang U7, including braking redundancy, steering redundancy, driving redundancy, and power supply redundancy, is all in preparation for L3 - level autonomous driving.

These product technologies reflect BYD's insights and understanding of high - end sedans. BYD hopes to impress high - end market users with cutting - edge technologies.

In addition to new technologies, BYD also put a lot of effort into the exterior and interior design of the Yangwang U7. The Yangwang U7 is available in four colors: Moonstone Silver, Obsidian Black, Fluorite White, and Argyle Purple. The front face is inspired by the bronze masks of the Sanxingdui culture. Inside the cabin, there are two color options: Cloud Brocade Red and Pearl Satin White. The whole vehicle is equipped with 23 Dynaudio Platinum Evidence Series Hi - End speakers.

However, the body sizes of the pure - electric and plug - in hybrid versions are slightly different. The lengths are 5265mm and 5360mm respectively, and the wheelbases are 3160mm and 3200mm respectively. The pure - electric version is equipped with a 135.5kWh high - performance blade battery exclusive to Yangwang, providing a pure - electric cruising range of 720km under the CLTC standard. The plug - in hybrid version has a battery capacity of 52.4kWh and a comprehensive cruising range of up to 1000km.

BYD said that the Yangwang U7 will be gradually available in stores, and users can visit Yangwang centers and showrooms across the country for test drives.