Yangwang, BYD's luxury brand, showed the all-electric Yangwang Altior at its world premiere in Abu Dhabi on Nov. 7, 2026. BYD's press release describes a long four-seat sedan with a claimed all-electric range of more than 1,000 km on the CLTC cycle. It gives no price or on-sale date.

What BYD confirmed

All of this is from BYD's German press release dated Nov. 7:

  • Name and design: Altior is Latin for "higher"; the Chinese name is Dingyao. The design is inspired by the ancient Chinese ding bronze vessel and took three years.
  • Size: 5,600 mm long, 2,030 mm wide, 1,590 mm high, with a 3,500 mm wheelbase and 21-inch wheels.
  • Cabin: four seats, including two rear "Zero-Gravity" Executive seats with massage. Other listed features are a 21.4-inch electric roof screen, a 5.5-litre rear fridge, a 39-speaker Dynaudio Platinum Evidence audio system and a 532-litre boot.
  • Doors: counter-opening coach doors that open up to 80 degrees at the front and 90 degrees at the rear.
  • Drive: four independently controlled electric motors on BYD's e4 platform, with torque adjusted more than 100 times a second. BYD lists a tank-turn function and an emergency floating ability.
  • Chassis and assistance: DiSus active body control and God's Eye A driver assistance, built on BYD's own algorithms.
  • Battery: a second-generation Blade battery with a range BYD puts at more than 1,000 km on the CLTC cycle. FLASH Charging is mentioned.
  • Editions: Executive Edition and Bespoke Edition. The first Bespoke is "Shanhe Dingyun", a limited run with brown-gold paint and a jade-inspired interior.

BYD says charging specifications and further technical details will be announced separately. Executive Vice President Stella Li is quoted, in our translation from the German release, as saying the car has luxury in every fibre and power in its soul.

About that range

CLTC is a Chinese test cycle that is more lenient than the cycles used in the US and Europe. Real-world range will be lower. BYD has not published a figure on another cycle, and we are not converting or estimating one.

What is only reported

BYD's release does not include the following. They come from two outlets' Nov. 7 reports, and none of it is BYD-confirmed.

From CnEVPost:

  • The first version open for pre-order, the four-seat Shanhe Dingyun edition, is capped at 399 units worldwide.
  • It requires a 300,000-yuan deposit in China.
  • The expected price is about 2.08 million yuan, and the report says that figure is not final.
  • A five-seat version will follow the first four-seat batch.

From CarNewsChina:

  • It calls 2.08 million yuan an official pre-sale price for that edition, so the two outlets disagree on how firm the price is.
  • It describes a 1,000V architecture with megawatt-level flash charging and reports that BYD says it charges from 10% to 70% in about five minutes. The first report above does not give these figures, and BYD's German release gives no such figure.

Neither report gives a delivery date, so we are not giving one.

What we don't know yet

  • The final price, and whether the Executive Edition costs less than the Bespoke.
  • Motor power output and any acceleration or top-speed figures.
  • Confirmed charging power and times: BYD's release says they will be announced separately, and the five-minute claim above is reported only.
  • Whether and when the Altior will be sold in Europe or elsewhere outside China. The release came from BYD Germany, but it announces no European plans.

What this means for you

The Altior is a four-seat Yangwang sedan that puts the rear seats first, with the two Executive seats and a rear console at the centre of BYD's description. BYD describes the battery, motors, chassis control and driver assistance as its own technology. Whether the claims hold up depends on the missing specs and on independent testing.

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