BYD's luxury brand, YangWang, has set a new record of 308 miles per hour with its U9 Extreme electric hypercar. With this achievement, the Chinese automaker is now the record holder, dethroning the ...

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 Extreme is the fastest car in the world. After hitting 308.4 mph (496.22 kph) in September 2025, it bloodied the noses of Koenigsegg, Rimac, Bugatti and plenty of others, while making ...

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 ...

It is the most expensive sale at the event, but also the most expensive production model that BYD has ever produced.

A Nürburgring Nordschleife lap time has long been one of the top benchmarks for production car performance. Whether it's still the automotive trophy it once was is certainly up for debate, but ...

BYD’s all-electric hypercar, the Yangwang U9 Xtreme, is now the world’s fastest production car, having hit 308.4mph at ATP Papenburg’s high-speed oval circuit in Germany with German test driver Marc ...

A new hypercar has dethroned Bugatti's record for the fastest production car, and unsurprisingly, it's an electric vehicle. During a livestream at the Automotive Testing Papenburg testing site in ...

A Nürburgring Nordschleife lap time has long been one of the top benchmarks for production car performance. Whether it's still the automotive trophy it once was is certainly up for debate, but ...

Earlier this year, Chinese tech giant Xiaomi posted an incredible Nurburgring lap time with its obscenely powerful SU7 Ultra battery-electric vehicle. Driven by Vincent Radermecker at speeds that ...

Billionaire Nick Poltis is the only Australian to get his hands on BYD’s radical hypercar, the Yangwang U9 Xtreme. He is one ...

BYD has sold its most expensive production model ever, the $2.76 million Yangwang U9 Xtreme, at the 2026 Beijing Auto Show. Limited to 30 units globally, the electric hypercar boasts over 3,000 ...