{"id":243633,"date":"2025-09-21T10:16:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T10:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/243633\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T10:16:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T10:16:20","slug":"308-mph-yangwang-u9-xtreme-is-fastest-production-car-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/243633\/","title":{"rendered":"308 mph Yangwang U9 Xtreme is fastest production car EVER"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Move over, Bugatti! The new Chinese Yangwang U9 Xtreme electric hypercar just blasted its way to a staggering, 308.4 mph top speed on a German test track, seizing the \u201cworld\u2019s fastest car\u201d crown and busting the last traces of the myth that electric cars are slow.<\/p>\n

Just weeks after BYD announced that the nearly 3,000 hp, all-electric Yangwang U9 Track Edition model set\u00a0a new global speed record\u00a0for electric vehicles after hitting a ridiculous 472.41 km\/h<\/a> (~293 mph), the Yangwang crew returned to Germany\u2019s Automotive Testing Papenburg GmbH (ATP) test track with the U9 Xtreme with its sights set on a new goal. They didn\u2019t want the world\u2019s fastest EV title \u2013\u00a0they wanted the world\u2019s fastest production car title. Period<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The BYD Yangwang crew got that record<\/a>, rocketing all the way to 496.22 km\/h \u2013\u00a0that\u2019s 308.4 mph to you and me!<\/p>\n

\u201cThis record was only possible because the U9 Xtreme simply has incredible performance,\u201d explains German GT racing driver Marc Basseng<\/a>, who piloted the Chinese EV on its record-setting run. \u201cTechnically, something like this is not possible with a combustion engine. Thanks to the electric motor, the car is quiet, there are no load changes, and that allows me to focus even more on the track.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Yangwang U9 features the world\u2019s first mass-produced 1,200V ultra-high-voltage vehicle platform. Developed by BYD, the car is powered by the company\u2019s latest li-ion phosphate batteries in BYD\u2019s now-familiar \u201cblade\u201d configuration.<\/p>\n

The U9 Xtreme\u2019s record-setting run dethrones the previous Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+, which managed 304.8 mph back in 2019. The Bugatti now has to settle for the lesser \u201cworld\u2019s fastest combustion-powered production car\u201d title, which is objectively lame.<\/p>\n

Definitely NOT lame<\/p>\n

\"\"Yangwang U9 Xtreme; via BYD.<\/p>\n

The company says it\u2019s selling \u201cno more than 30\u201d of the Xtreme U9 EVs<\/a>, presumably to customers with incredibly long driveways. The Xtreme version features smaller, 20\u2033 wheels (instead of 21s), and gets wider, 325 mm tires (up from 275 mm) to match the rears. The fronts also ride on a narrower track.<\/p>\n

You can watch Marc Messang put the 3,000 hp Yangwang U9 Xtreme electric hypercar to the test in the video, below, then let us know what you think of China\u2019s first-ever world record-setting vehicle in the comments section at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n

Fastest production car EVER<\/p>\n

SOURCE<\/strong>: CarNewsChina<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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