Huawei's New EV Features "Crab Walk" Mode

So, imagine this—you’re stuck in a painfully tight parking space, boxed in on all sides, and the only way out is to execute a million-point turn. Annoying, right? Well, Huawei’s got a solution for that. Their new luxury flagship, the Maextro S800, can actually drive diagonally. Yeah, you read that right. It’s like something out of a sci-fi movie, except it’s real.

Now, here’s the catch—it’s only sold in China, and the price tag is no joke. A cool 1 million yuan (which, roughly speaking, is about £110,000). That kind of money gets you a high-end sedan that can ‘crab walk’ its way through just about anything, as demonstrated in a viral video where it elegantly drifts past a lineup of Maybachs. Pretty wild.

The way this thing moves is almost hypnotic. Nearly 5.5 meters long, yet it dances around obstacles like it’s half the size. The secret? A ridiculously advanced four-wheel steering system. Those rear wheels can pivot up to 16 degrees—way more than the 10 degrees you get on a Mercedes S-Class, and leagues ahead of the Rolls-Royce Ghost’s modest 5-degree turn. In simple terms, the back wheels follow the front wheels’ lead, making tight maneuvers look effortless.

The ‘crab walk’ function isn’t exactly brand new—GMC’s Hummer EV pulled off something similar a few years back. But on a full-sized luxury saloon, that’s a game-changer. Picture effortlessly weaving through traffic or gliding sideways into a tight parking spot. It’s not just cool—it’s practical.

And then there’s the power. This beast comes in different flavours. There’s a fully electric version, cranking out up to 863 PS, and an EREV (extended-range electric vehicle) variant, which pairs an electric drivetrain with a combustion engine acting as a generator. The EREV version comes in two power options: 530 PS and 863 PS. Battery details? Not much info on that yet, at least for the pure electric model. But we do know the range extender uses a 63.3 kWh NMC battery from CATL. The range? Depending on the propulsion system, it lands somewhere between 170 and 230 miles on the CLTC cycle.

A two-tone paint job, 20-inch wheels, a LiDAR sensor perched on the roof—Huawei didn’t hold back on making this thing look like a futuristic dream. But let’s be real: the star of the show is how it moves. A luxury sedan that slides sideways and glides like it’s floating? That’s something we don’t see every day. And honestly, I kind of want to take it for a spin myself.

While I may not be able to do that, we can get our hands on lots of more practical used cars in Milton Keynes at Hilton Car Supermarket. The secondhand vehicles are in premium condition and also available on finance.

Source and Images: Motor1