08:03 26-05-2026

Voyah Taishan X8 Endures Extreme Jump Test: Battery and Body Survive

Voyah Taishan X8 heavy electric SUV jumps 20 meters from a 2.5m ramp at 100 km/h to test battery and body integrity. Outcome: battery safe, doors open, safety cage intact.

Voyah put the new Taishan X8 through a test that looked more like a scene from an action movie. They accelerated the heavy luxury electric SUV to 100 km/h and launched it off a big ramp — not to check the beauty of the flight, but to test how the body, battery, and suspension survive a hard impact.

The vehicle, weighing about 2,790 kg, climbed a ramp 2.5 meters high and flew about 20.2 meters. It was airborne for 0.72 seconds, and upon landing, the impact force reached about 23 tons-force. For a family EV, this is almost a cruel scenario. No ordinary owner would ever drive like this, but these exact tests show what happens to the structural frame under extreme loads.

After landing, some interior panels came loose and the suspension fully bottomed out, but the critical parts held. The 65 kWh battery pack suffered no critical damage, the safety cage didn't collapse, the pillars kept their geometry, and the doors opened normally. For an EV, this is key: a bottom impact to the battery pack is one of the most expensive and dangerous scenarios, especially in heavy SUVs.

The Taishan X8 is a large vehicle: length around 5,200 mm, width 2,024 mm, height 1,814 mm, wheelbase 3,091 mm. Under test conditions, its total weight reached about 3,250 kg, and 0-60 mph (96.6 km/h) is claimed in 5.55 seconds. That's a rare combination: a huge body, weight close to that of a commercial vehicle, and performance that was considered sporty not too long ago.

It's easy to dismiss such videos as a marketing gimmick, and partly that's true. Chinese brands are increasingly using spectacular tests to quickly get the point across: modern EVs from China are no longer experiments. But behind the flashy jump lies real substance — a robust battery, a stiff body, and doors that open after an impact are more important than any oversized screen.

Nobody will buy the Taishan X8 for ramp jumps. But after this test, the phrase "heavy Chinese electric car" no longer sounds like a criticism — it's part of an argument about safety margins.