Liquid-cooled DC charging cables weigh as much as a garden hose filled with wet sand, and trying to twist one into a charge port is nobody’s idea of modern luxury. We talk a lot here about battery chemistry and peak charging curves, but the physical act of plugging in a car is at best awkward. Last weekend in the Abu Dhabi desert, BYD showed off its answer to this daily irritation, and while everyone else was staring at the supercars, the real story was right next to them.
BYD flew journalists in from all over the world to watch the Yangwang U9 Xtreme hit a verified production-car record of 503.17 km/h on November 6, before revealing the Yangwang Altior ultra-luxury saloon the very next day.
