BYD’s Denza Z9 Has Tri-Motor Powertrain, Starts At $49,000

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Last Updated on: 20th November 2024, 01:59 am

BYD’s newest vehicle is the Denza Z9. It comes in either a full electric (BEV) powertrain or a plugin hybrid (PHEV) powertrain. The tri-motor powertrain has a unique feature, but before we get to that, here are some specs regarding the BEV version:

• 0–100 km/h in 3.4 seconds
• length — 5,180 mm
• width — 1,990 mm
• height — 1,500/1,518 mm
• wheelbase — 3,125 mm
• front motor: 230 kW of power, 430 Nm of torque
• rear motors (each): 240 kW of power, 360 Nm of torque
• 100 kWh Blade battery
• 630 km (391 mile) range
• starting price = RMB 354,800 ($48,989), or RMB 384,800 ($53,132)

(Note: The PHEV options have a slightly lower starting price and slightly less power.)

Pretty.

Regarding its special feature, reader Larry Evans provides the details: “That Z9 ($46k) has independent steering of each rear wheel, which helped the S-Class sized car set the record for the world’s fastest moose test (with and without a driver).” Here’s a video highlighting that:

Well done, BYD. Well done. It looks like those 110,000+ R&D engineers are doing their jobs — or at least some of them.

As noted earlier today, a Z9 was logged as BYD’s 10 millionth new energy vehicle. It was delivered to Feng Ji, founder and CEO of Game Science, at the 2024 Guangzhou auto show earlier this week.

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• BYD Launching ~10 Models Within A Year, While Tesla Launches 1
• BYD Added A Tesla-Worth Of Production Capacity Over The Past 3 Months …
• BYD Sales Up 36.5% in 2024 — Charts
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