BYD announces its new EV sedan: Yang Wang U7, with the world’s first mass-produced electromagnetic suspension
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BYD announces its new EV sedan: Yang Wang U7, with the world’s first mass-produced electromagnetic suspension
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* Yangwang U7 is BYD’s latest luxury sedan with 4 electric motors
* theoretical max power 1306 hp
* suspension is based on linear motor
* suspension can absorb energy to charge the car battery
* [a promotions video](https://twitter.com/TaylorOgan/status/1783350198502388174) of the suspension system on twitter
Latest joke in China’s EV community is if you are stuck on the road with a depleted battery, the desperate move to charge the car battery is making love in the car
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CG video of the tech –
[https://twitter.com/thinkercar/status/1783335076425769200](https://twitter.com/thinkercar/status/1783335076425769200)
So it’s basically [Bose’s suspension from a couple of decades ago](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8sVDenpPOE) (sorry for potato quality, it was posted to Youtube in 2008), but commercialised. I’m surprised it’s taken this long to get to a viable point, but I’m guessing it’s adding quite a bit of weight and complexity to provide something that a lot of people probably won’t appreciate.
FWIW, Bose’s implementation (or at least the algorithms and IP) [was sold to ClearMotion](https://www.extremetech.com/cars/259042-bose-sells-off-revolutionary-electromagnetic-suspension), [who are supplying it to Nio.](https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/clearmotion-supply-smooth-suspension-tech-nios-et9-ev-2023-12-23/)