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California Governor Gavin Newsom lauds BYD's technology after experiencing Yangwang U8 in Shenzhen,"We got to get this next level technology to US"

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California Governor Gavin Newsom lauds BYD's technology after experiencing Yangwang U8 in Shenzhen​

Oct 24, 2023 16:09 GMT+8

"This is another leap in the technology, I mean, next level leap," Newsom said after experiencing the tank turn feature of the Yangwang U8 in Shenzhen.


(Image credit: SZTV News)

California Governor Gavin Newsom, who is visiting China, experienced BYD's (OTCMKTS: BYDDY) ultra-luxurious Yangwang U8 and gave a thumbs-up to the new energy vehicle (NEV) giant's technology.

Newsom arrived in Shenzhen today and took BYD's electric vehicle for a test drive, local SZTV News reported.

The California governor sat in a Yangwang U8 and experienced the off-road SUV's tank turn feature.

"This is another leap in the technology, I mean, next level leap," Newsom said after experiencing the feature.

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Yangwang, BYD's luxury brand launched on January 5, officially released its first production vehicle, the Yangwang U8, on September 20 at a starting price of 1.098 million yuan ($150,300), with deliveries expected to begin later this month.

The Yangwang U8 is already in production with over 30,000 orders, Shaanxi Daily said in an October 20 story.

Newsom's trip, which runs through October 29, is his first visit to China since he was elected governor of California in 2019, making him the first US governor to visit China since the Covid pandemic.

Shenzhen is the first city the California governor has visited in the Chinese mainland, and he visited Hong Kong yesterday.

Shenzhen's achievements over the past few years have been very impressive, especially the coverage of the city's electric bus network in just a few years, Newsom said, according to SZTV News.

The current environmental change problem is serious and people need to actively seek solutions, he said, adding that China is leading in this area and he hopes to share and learn from each other.

In 2017, Shenzhen's buses were completely replaced by electric ones, making it the first city in the world to achieve the accomplishment, the SZTV News report noted.

Newsom and his team visited one of Shenzhen Bus Group's stops and showed keen interest in the different types of BYD electric buses parked there, according to the report.

BYD sold 287,454 NEVs in September, including 286,903 passenger vehicles, and 511 commercial vehicles, according to information released by the company earlier this month.

 
We got to get this next level technology to the States!

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World Record BYD Yangwang U8 Challenge World Desert Everest Bilutu Peak​


he Bilutu Peak is located deep in the Badain Jaran Desert, with an altitude of 1611 meters and a relative height of 589 meters. It is known as the "World Desert Everest". The sand surface is highly mobile and the terrain is complex and varied. Some sections of the climbing route have a slope as steep as 45°.

The difficulty of climbing to the peak is much higher than that of the Ganba Dagu V-shaped valley. It remains a challenge to this day. To date, there is no publicly available video record of a new energy vehicle reaching the summit, which is a peak that off-road enthusiasts aspire to conquer.

On April 14, 2023, at 16:12, Yangwang U8 successfully reached the summit of Bilutu Peak, creating a new world record with a time of 2 minutes and 6 seconds.
 
On April 14, 2023, at 16:12, Yangwang U8 successfully reached the summit of Bilutu Peak, creating a new world record with a time of 2 minutes and 6 seconds.

Did you even watch the video?? It's the 360 tech using opposing wheel spins has been done before in an SUV...not the hill climb part.
 
It's a next level technology as he said, and who said BYD invented this technology?

:rolleyes1: You are correct. I don't know why I should ever make an assumption China invented anything when I read posts about BYD's next level technology.
 
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