Electric vehicles, by their noiseless operation and zero tailpipe emissions, may seem like the choice of the upstanding citizen. But that doesn’t mean driving an EV automatically makes you a responsible driver. Especially not when you own something as “viral” as the Yangwang U9, an all-electric hypercar that can jump over obstacles and even drive on three wheels.
Thanks to its clever electrically controlled suspension, the 1,287 horsepower missile has another party trick: it can dance. As one owner found out when he demonstrated the feature on a busy street in China, drawing crowds and holding up traffic, popping a move in your electric car can get you in trouble with the police.
In the videos that are doing the rounds, the owner of the Yangwang U9 can be seen demonstrating the car’s trick dance moves on a busy road. With onlookers lined up on the street, the driver seems completely involved in the performance and not necessarily the traffic around him.
This is unfortunate because he would have spotted the police cruiser creeping up alongside before he got pulled over. The police are then seen taking the owner’s details, presumably handing him a ticket for… dancing? It’s more likely a ticket for obstruction of traffic, but it’s quite a far cry from supercar owners getting in trouble with the police for loud exhausts, burnouts, drifts and speeding.
Considering the Yangwang U9, built by BYD the top-selling manufacturer of EVs in the world, has a bunch of tricks up its sleeve, this sort of lawlessness is a new aspect of electric vehicles that people will have to come to terms with: owners, and law enforcement both.
