BYD Built a Car That Floats in Floods. It Might Get More People Killed.
BYD’s Yangwang U8 can float in floodwaterβan engineering marvel that masks a deadly moral hazard. When survival becomes a marketing feature, caution becomes optional. The real cause of flood deaths isn’t vehicle capability; it’s driver behavior. And every safety feature sold as a superpower becomes a psychological license to do something stupid.