Vehicle
VinFast VF 9
The seven-seat flagship, sharing the VF 8's high-voltage architecture, its motors and its LFP pack chemistry — so VF 8 information covers most of it and the battery-lease question applies here too. What the larger body adds is a thermal system with a longer coolant circuit and more loops to bleed, which is worth knowing because trapped air in an EV's battery-cooling loop produces temperature-derating faults that read as a pack problem and are not. The third row and its climate zone bring their own actuators and sensors. As on any EV, a flat twelve-volt battery presents as a completely dead car and is the first thing to eliminate.
Generations
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First generation 2023–present
The VF 8's powertrain in a seven-seat body; trapped air in the longer battery-cooling loop mimics a pack fault.
- Body styles
- SUV
- Platform
- VinFast VF 9
- Engines
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- 92 kWh electric — electric · 300 kW (402 hp) · LFP
- 123 kWh electric — electric · 300 kW (402 hp)
- Transmissions
- Single-speed reduction
- Drivetrain
- Four-wheel drive
Information, not instruction
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