Source: Douyin - Bao 8 with a footplate on the wheel driving through the city on three wheels
- The DiSus-P Ultra system lifts the wheel by 300 mm
- On three wheels officially up to 15 km/h
- Price from 419,800 yuan (about €56,000)
A video is spreading on Chinese social media showing a big SUV Fang Cheng Bao 8 from BYD driving down a street in Lien-jün-kang using only three wheels. The left front wheel is lifted in the air, with a yellow-and-red footplate attached—like the kind typically used to block improperly parked cars. So the driver most likely simply lifted it and drove off.
The video was posted by a user on the Chinese network Douyin and, according to the CarNewsChina website, the car is traveling along a normal two-lane city road where other cars are parked and pedestrians are walking. Who was driving the vehicle and whether anyone punished them for it is not known yet, and BYD has not commented on the video.
DiSus-P Ultra lifts the wheel hydraulically
Behind it is the DiSus-P Ultra system—hydraulic body steering that BYD built into the Bao 8. Each wheel can lift independently by up to 300 mm, the chassis height changes within a 200 mm range, and it can lift up to 9 tons. This way, if a problem occurs, you can swap the wheel even without a jack.
BYD already demonstrated three-wheel driving back in May at the Bao 8 Flash Charge Edition presentation. On the test track, the car lifted one wheel and continued on the remaining three at speeds up to 15 km/h. According to BYD, it isn’t a flashy trick, but an emergency feature that gets you to the service even with a torn tire.
An emergency feature in the hands of an inventive driver
On the test track it was under control, but on a public street it’s a different situation. CarNewsChina points to an article about 21 from a Chinese road safety law that prohibits driving a car with safety defects, and it highlights that driving between cars and pedestrians is different from a demo on a closed track. However, the video by itself doesn’t prove that the driver violated anything, and no one has reported any fine yet.
For the owner, though, it’s a surprisingly effective way to get rid of the footplate. Police and city parking services in China may have to come up with a different way to block cars with this kind of suspension.
Bao 8 costs from 56 000 €, won’t be coming to us yet
Fang Cheng Bao 8 is a large off-road SUV from a brand that belongs to the BYD group. The Flash Charge Edition version with the DiSus-P Ultra chassis arrived on the Chinese market on May 13 and starts at 419,800 yuan (about €56,000). It also supports fast charging with BYD Flash, which we covered for the BYD Atto 8.
Outside China, the same car is sold under the luxury BYD brand as the Denza B8, for example in Australia or Malaysia. In Europe, Denza currently offers other models and hasn’t confirmed B8 sales—so you can’t buy it officially in Slovakia yet. How BYD is doing with its fast-charging system is also shown by the electric wagon Fang Cheng Bao Formula S GT.
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