COP28: The planet is saved, here is the BYD Yangwang U8
- Published on 09/12/2023 10:08
- Modified on 26/09/2025 23:36
The Chinese manufacturer BYD begins marketing an electric SUV weighing 3.5 tons and boasting 1197 horsepower…
Humans are despairing. They justify their switch to electric vehicles by citing the preservation of the planet, and here they are falling back into their most trivial, even brainless, habits.
Rather than arguing over long-term CO2 emission targets that no one will be responsible for, the world’s leaders gathered at the COP28 could already regulate certain sectors that are set to be extremely resource-intensive, extracting from the earth’s soils. Like the automotive industry and transportation.
Thus, BYD is marketing in China a new SUV with specifications as crazy as its ugly appearance. Meaning XXL. Just judge for yourself: 5.3 meters long, 2 meters wide and high, 3.46 tons unloaded, four electric motors of 220 kW each, 1280 Nm of torque, and 880 kW of power, or 1197 horsepower. The height of absurdity, this “ship” can float for 30 minutes in a lake and move at a speed of 3 km/h… which totals 1.5 km in the end. What’s the point in the fancy neighborhoods of Shanghai or Beijing?
0 to 100 km/h would be completed in 3.6 seconds, and the top speed limited to 200 km/h. For braking, better make an appointment on Doctissimo.
The best is yet to come: because this vehicle is so heavy, its “official” range is only 180 km. That’s about 100 real km. It must be said that the battery is ridiculously small: 49 kWh! To get around this problem, BYD has added a 2.0-liter internal combustion engine that operates as a generator.
This world is crazy and schizoid!
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This page is translated from the original post "COP28 : la planète est sauvée, voici le BYD Yangwang U8" in French.
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