Yangwang

Yangwang Auto
Product type	Automobiles
Owner	BYD Auto
Country	China
Introduced	2023
Markets	China
Website	yangwangauto.com
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	仰望
Traditional Chinese	仰望
Literal meaning	look up; admire
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yǎngwàng
Wade–Giles	yang3-wang4
IPA	/jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ wɑŋ⁵¹/
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	yéuhng mohng
Jyutping	joeng5 mong6
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	giáng-bōng

Yangwang Auto is a Chinese brand of luxury electric cars. It is owned by BYD Auto and sold by Shenzhen Yangwang Auto Sales Co., Ltd.^[1]^[2] The brand was introduced in January 2023. Yangwang cars are priced over CN¥1 million (about US$140,000) in China and compete with luxury European brands.^[3] As of 2024, Yangwang is positioned above other BYD brands, Denza and Fangchengbao.

History

The Brand was introduced by BYD in 2023 as a Luxury brand and Yangwang cars are mainly sold in China Yangwang is also the first brand to use BYD's unique "e4" (易四方) platform, which features individual wheel drive (IWD) technology. This platform allows each wheel to be driven independently, The Yangwang logo represents the Chinese character for "lightning" or "electricity" in an ancient writing style.^[4]