The Chinese auto company BYD shows off their Yangwang U9 model, an electric supercar with four motors, fast charging, a top speed of 243 mph, and individual wheel drive system. It also doesn't need a driver. Ys, it's a good-looking car, but the point of this video is to show us the Yangwang U9's ability to leap. Watch carefully, and you'll see the wheels retract into the body like a low rider, and then suddenly extend while at speed to leap over obstacles or holes in the road.
That's pretty cool, both to watch and as a technological innovation. But the Yangwang U9 costs around $233,000, and you can't buy one if you live in the United States. Still, if you could spend that kind of money on a car, would you sit in the passenger seat and let it drive you around? Would you take it to top speed on roads that have potholes? (via kottke)
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
The Yangwang U9's "Leaping Function"
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That's the thing, most of us cannot comprehend the super rich. I once knew 2 doctors who worked at the same place. One of them bought his dream car, a 500sl. Not a small purchase for him at the time. The other bought an identical car just to spite the first. The purchase was nothing to his income and he drove it like a high school kid drives his 10 year old mustang. A $233k supercar? That's cheap for the super rich. Where is my American sub $20k electric car with 400 miles of range?
I feel for you, Anonymous, but, me, my main disappointment is that it doesn't sound like the Mach 5 when the jumping action occurs. I'm a child of the 60s, and early anime defined my life. I expected the Mach 5 before the Jetson's flying cars, but, we could comfort ourselves using Marine Boy's gear under the water, except for the (I was very, very young!) electric boomerang. Which he would throw... under sea water. Did I mention I wasn't even four when these came out? They were just starting to tell us kids "don't touch anything electrical with wet hands!" So it's not like OKAY OKAY, ELECTRIC BOOMERANG SHOULD HAVE CLUED ME IN, FINE!
Gotta say, if half the stuff I hear about BYD is true my next vehicle will be one of theirs.
Apart from the blatant but unspoken fact that China undercuts everyone by paying their workers less, this car would be called Jumping Jack Frash in my country, as we have SO MANY pot holes on our roads.
I will wait, my $233k ... wait, is that in Americano dollars ? ... I will wait, my $391k in my hand, for the BYD which copies the Harrier Hawk jet, so it is constantly riding on 4 blasts of high pressure air, 50mm off the road surface.
Jumping Jack Frash ... I imagine the chingchap have the same linguistic issues as the sushijap, and fail to properly pronounce the L.
So, and you know the song ... Mispronounce the L in lover and it's ROVER.
William, we put up with your constant insults here because we laugh at you. But racism and slurs are a bright line for me. Consider this your final warning.
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