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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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