BYD will launch its largest and most luxurious electric sedan outside China, with the United Arab Emirates as the venue. Yangwang general manager Hu Xiaoqing confirmed the choice this week. No specific launch date has been given, though the car is expected to make its official debut this month.
The sedan, from BYD’s top-tier Yangwang brand, is aimed at Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Mercedes-Maybach. Test images that Hu showed last month, with the car disguised, suggested a shape and size close to the Maybach S-Class or Rolls-Royce Phantom. Local reports put the length at around 5,500 mm. It has rear-hinged coach doors, a first for BYD, and the car was shown at BYD’s Flash Charging station, which hints at megawatt flash charging. Prices are rumored to start in the 2 million yuan range, about $300,000.
Solid-state batteries and a short list of specifics
Zheng Yu, Yangwang’s executive general manager, promised “unprecedented disruptive technology” but gave no detail. The car is reportedly the first to use BYD’s solid-state batteries. Executive vice president Stella Li told Carwow.es last month that BYD’s first solid-state vehicle will debut in 2027.
Yangwang’s current electric sedan, the U7, starts at 658,000 yuan ($98,000). It also sells the U9 electric super-coupe and the U8 plug-in hybrid off-roader. The extended U8L, from 1.45 million yuan ($217,000), is its highest-priced mass-produced model. Earlier Yangwang cars used a quad-motor e4 platform with 1,300 horsepower and the DiSus-X body control system, which lets a car “dance,” jump and drive on three wheels.
From the Seagull to the Tang
BYD is still best known for cheap cars such as the Seagull hatchback, which sells for under $10,000 in China. The range now runs from entry-level EVs to three-row SUVs, pickup trucks and supercars. The BYD brand has two families, Dynasty and Ocean, plus three sub-brands: Denza, FangChengBao and Yangwang. The company ended purely combustion-engine production in 2022, and in 2025 became the world’s largest electric carmaker, overtaking Tesla. It had earlier passed Volkswagen as China’s best-selling car brand, in 2023. Nearly 77 percent of its 2025 sales came from the Chinese market, so an overseas debut for a halo car is a notable choice.
Lower down the range, the third-generation Tang EV surfaced in a filing with China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The ministry’s listing shows a five-seat SUV, 5,045 mm long on a 2,950 mm wheelbase, with dual motors and all-wheel drive. The front motor makes 288 horsepower and the rear 402, for 690 combined. The battery is lithium iron phosphate, supplied by BYD’s Wuwei Fudi Battery Co.
BYD says it will use Blade Battery 2.0 and Flash Charging, good for 10% to 70% in five minutes. Packs of 88.682 kWh and 105.792 kWh are planned, with CLTC ranges of 730, 830 and 850 km. Lu Tian, general manager of the Dynasty lineup, showed two screens, a stretched 35.4-inch integrated display and a 30-inch panoramic one. The car also gets DiSus-A suspension control and the God’s Eye B driver-assistance system. Launch is expected by the end of 2026. The larger Great Tang starts at 239,900 yuan ($35,500) and has sold over 10,000 units in its first three months.
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