BYD's Yangwang U9 "Xtreme" supercar recorded a blistering top speed of 496.22km/h (308 miles per hour) at a test track in Germany earlier this month.

The new Yangwang U9 Xtreme hypercar set a new global production-car speed record. In a test, it reached 308 miles per hour. It took the lead from the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+. The Yangwang ...

BYD announced that the YANGWANG U9 Xtreme has achieved a new lap record for Electric Super Sports Cars around the Nürburgring ...

The U9 Xtreme becomes the first car in the electric super sport class to breach the 7 minute mark with a time of 6 min 59.157 sec.

Yangwang, the luxury sub-brand of BYD, has set a new global production car top speed record of 496.22km/h at the ATP ...

A Chinese EV is now the fastest production car in the world. The YangWang U9 Extreme broke the 300 mph barrier earlier this month and dethroned the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+. Just 30 units of ...

The Yangwang U9 Xtreme, BYD’s electric hypercar, has set a new Nürburgring Nordschleife lap record, becoming the fastest ...

Just last month, the Chinese electric hypercar set the world record for the fastest production car, clocking up a top speed ...

There’s apparently a new top-speed sheriff in town. On September 14 at Germany’s ATP Automotive Testing Papenburg track, German sports car driver Marc Basseng Piloted the Yangwang U9 Xtreme hypercar ...

John Neff is a veteran automotive journalist with over two decades of experience leading major outlets such as Autoblog and Motor1. Beginning his career as Editor-in-Chief of Speed, Style & Sound, he ...