The 3,000-hp Yangwang U9 Extreme is the world’s fastest EV at 308 mph, and its purposeful design looks even sharper up close. Called the U9 Extreme, it moves the conversation beyond mass-market EVs ...

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 “world’s fastest car” crown and ...

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 ...

Electric thunder doesn’t rumble; it arrives like a silent guillotine. On a German oval shaped by wind and nerve, a Chinese hypercar just wrote its phone number in the air: 308.3. That’s miles per hour ...

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 ...

It has been less than a month since Chinese performance brand Yangwang claimed to have set an outright speed record for a production electric vehicle with its U9 Xtreme, hitting a top speed on a ...

Well, that was fast. Just weeks after the BYD Yangwang U9 became the world's fastest electric production car by going 294 miles per hour, it has done it again by exceeding 308 mph. The previous record ...

The Bugatti Chiron Super Sport has a confirmed top speed of over 304 mph, making it, until now, the world’s fastest production car. The Yangwang U9 Xtreme, an all-electric Chinese hypercar, just broke ...

The luxury brand, which is owned by BYD, says the limited edition variant was able to circle the track known as the “Green Hell” in just 6:59.157 minutes earlier this month, easily besting the ...

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 ...

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 ...