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BYD Just Put an Electric Car on Top of the Speed Food Chain
Photo by JustAnotherCarDesigner, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.Dear Cherubs, the speed wars have entered their electric era, and the latest headline is the kind that makes petrolheads stare at the dashboard in silence. BYD says its YANGWANG U9 Xtreme hit 496.22 km/h at the ATP Automotive Testing Papenburg track in Germany on 14 September 2025, claiming the title of the world’s fastest production car.
That number is not a typo, not a marketing sneeze, and not one of those “in ideal conditions, on a downhill, with a prayer” moments. It is a certified top-speed run on a German test track, and it resets the conversation about what an electric car can do when engineers stop being polite and start being extremely ambitious.
THE MAGIC NUMBER
On paper, the recipe sounds almost rude. Autoweek reports the U9 Xtreme uses a 1,200-volt electrical system, four motors spinning up to 30,000 rpm, and a combined output of roughly 3,000 horsepower. That is not “a bit quick”; that is “the laws of common sense have requested a meeting.” The car also leans on BYD’s Blade Battery, semi-slick tires, and active suspension to keep all that energy pointed forward instead of auditioning for orbit.
Bugatti has long worn the speed crown with the Chiron Super Sport 300+, and the company says its record run reached 490.484 km/h. So this was not a polite nudge past an old benchmark; it was a full-throttle rewrite of the leaderboard. The symbolism is hard to miss: electric performance is no longer just about silence and efficiency. It can also be absurd, dramatic, and frankly a little smug.
WHY IT MATTERS
The bigger story is not merely one car going very, very fast. It is that Chinese automakers are now building halo machines that force the old European script to refresh itself. A few years ago, the EV conversation was mostly range anxiety, charging stops, and whether “quick” counted if it came with no drama. Now the conversation includes certified speed records, 3,000-hp outputs, and the mildly terrifying phrase “production car.”
There is, of course, a useful asterisk. These record runs are done on a certified test track, with a highly specialized limited-production car, not in the real-world chaos of commuters, roundabouts, and delivery vans that behave like they pay no taxes. BYD says only 30 units of the U9 Xtreme will be built, which is just enough to make it exclusive and just few enough to keep most of us from finding out how much a 496 km/h headache costs. Still, the message lands cleanly: the fastest production car in the world is now electric, and the future arrived wearing racing gloves.
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The Thisclaimer logo blends a classic warning symbol with a brain icon to represent critical thinking, curiosity, and thoughtful disclaimers. #automotiveNews #bugattiChiron #byd #chinaCars #electricHypercar #evPerformance #news #productionCar #speedRecord #u9Xtreme #yangwang
BYD Media — https://www.byd.com/mea/news-list/yangwang-u9-xtreme-is-the-worlds-fastest-production-car-with-top-speed-of-496kmh
BYD Media Site — https://bydukmedia.com/en/news-articles/yangwang-u9-xtreme-is-the-world%E2%80%99s-fastest-production-car%2C-with-top-speed-of-496.22km/h.html
Autoweek — https://www.autoweek.com/news/a68000290/u9x-fastest-production-car-ever/
Autoweek — https://www.autoweek.com/news/a69110131/yangwang-u9-xtreme-nurburgring/
Bugatti Newsroom — https://newsroom.bugatti.com/en/press-releases/first-bugatti-chiron-super-sport-300-ready-for-launch
Wikimedia Commons image — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yangwang_U9_001.jpg -
just another #fpv #quadcopter #speedrecord
still not quite 700km/h, but another tiny step up from the previous 650 to like ~680km/h
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9n1h0rn9No -
just another #fpv #quadcopter #speedrecord
still not quite 700km/h, but another tiny step up from the previous 650 to like ~680km/h
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9n1h0rn9No -
Seriously, a production car that goes almost 500km/h. Electric obviously. 3000hp doesn’t come out of hydrocarbon explosions and crankshafts just quite as easily.
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Seriously, a production car that goes almost 500km/h. Electric obviously. 3000hp doesn’t come out of hydrocarbon explosions and crankshafts just quite as easily.
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BYD's Yangwang U9 Xtreme hits 496.22 km/h, now the world's fastest production car. Faster than the current record in 2019 by Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+.
#BYD #YangwangU9Xtreme #WorldsFastestCar #SpeedRecord #Hypercar #ElectricCar #EV #AutomotiveNews #Supercar #Bugatti #ChironSuperSport #CarNews #PerformanceCar #ElectricVehicle
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The Aspark Owl SP600 just made history! Unofficially becoming the world's fastest EV, it hit a top speed of 272.6 mph (438.73 km/h) on a long road in Germany. With a 64kWh battery, 2,012bhp, and 1,475 lb-ft of torque, this Japanese electric supercar is a force to be reckoned with. Developed by Manifattura Automobili Torino, the Owl SP600 has undergone rigorous testing to achieve this milestone.
#AsparkOwl #ElectricVehicle #FastestEV #Supercar #SpeedRecord #AutomotiveNews #EVRevolution #Aspark #TopSpeed #ElectricSupercar
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Breaking Land Speed Records With An RC Car - Building and running a land speed record car is an expensive business that require... - https://hackaday.com/2023/07/19/breaking-land-speed-records-with-an-rc-car/ #transportationhacks #speedrecord #mischacks #jetcar #r/ccar
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Breaking Land Speed Records With An RC Car - Building and running a land speed record car is an expensive business that require... - https://hackaday.com/2023/07/19/breaking-land-speed-records-with-an-rc-car/ #transportationhacks #speedrecord #mischacks #jetcar #r/ccar
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La génesis de un bólido aéreo: el Bugatti 100P.
#Aviation #AirRaces #SpeedRecord #30s
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Croatian electric car maker Rimac says it has set a new EV speed record. The Nevera, its second production vehicle, was just clocked in Germany going a blistering 412 kilometres per hour.
That pace – a third of the speed of sound, says test driver Miro Zrnčević – was a target Rimac set when it unveiled the €2 million supercar in 2018. It wasn't able to verify the vehicle's capabilities until this recent test.
https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/16/croatian_ev_maker_rimac_sets/
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Croatian electric car maker Rimac says it has set a new EV speed record. The Nevera, its second production vehicle, was just clocked in Germany going a blistering 412 kilometres per hour.
That pace – a third of the speed of sound, says test driver Miro Zrnčević – was a target Rimac set when it unveiled the €2 million supercar in 2018. It wasn't able to verify the vehicle's capabilities until this recent test.
https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/16/croatian_ev_maker_rimac_sets/