Yangwang U9 Xtreme Hits 496 KM/H To Become Fastest Production Car In The World

BYD’s Yangwang sub-brand has officially claimed the rubric of the world’s fastest accumulation car. A peculiar Xtreme variation of the Yangwang U9 hypercar reached a staggering 308.4 mph (496 km/h), beating the erstwhile benchmark of 304.48 mph (490 km/h) acceptable by the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+.

The grounds was acceptable astatine the Automotive Testing Papenburg (ATP) high-speed oval successful Germany, with German operator Marc Basseng down the wheel. “This grounds was lone imaginable due to the fact that the U9 Xtreme simply has unthinkable performance,” Basseng explained. He added that specified a feat would not beryllium achievable with a combustion engine, noting that the electrical setup eliminates load changes and allows for greater absorption connected the drive.

The U9 Xtreme is an improvement of the modular U9 sold successful China. Basseng himself had antecedently clocked 233 mph (375 km/h) successful the U9 backmost successful 2024, but the Xtreme benefits from important upgrades that marque apical speeds supra 300 mph possible. Earlier this year, a U9 Track Edition reached 292 mph (470 km/h), becoming the fastest EV astatine the time. That mentation has present been rebranded arsenic the U9X pursuing the outright velocity record.

This exemplary runs a 1,200-volt electrical system, the archetypal ever successful a accumulation car, compared to the modular U9’s 800-volt setup. It uses a lithium-ion phosphate artillery successful BYD’s trademark ‘blade’ layout. Power comes from 4 precocious electrical motors susceptible of spinning astatine 30,000 rpm and generating 2,959 hp (2,207 kW). To execute specified performance, the car relied connected specially revised DiSus-X suspension and semi-slick tyres, though its kerb value tips the scales astatine 2,480 kg.

Yangwang has announced that lone 30 units volition beryllium made available, aimed astatine collectors bold capable to tame specified a machine. The U9 Xtreme is the archetypal EV to clasp the “fastest accumulation car” crown, marking a turning constituent wherever electrical hypercars statesman challenging accepted petrol giants for outright records.

Attention volition present crook to the Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut, which is claimed to beryllium susceptible of 310 mph (499 km/h) and could soon enactment its numbers to the test. The large question is whether the U9 Xtreme mightiness yet instrumentality connected the EV onshore velocity grounds of 341.264 mph (549 km/h), inactive held by the Buckeye Bullet 3.

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