Chinese automaker BYD continues to push the limits of electric performance. After overtaking Tesla in global EV sales, the company\u2019s luxury sub-brand Yangwang is now making headlines on the racetrack. Its flagship hypercar, the U9 Extreme, has set a blistering lap record at the N\u00fcrburgring Nordschleife, better known as the \u201cGreen Hell.\u201d<\/p>\n
Back in September, the U9 Extreme stunned the automotive world by hitting a top speed of 496 km\/h on a German test track \u2014 beating the legendary Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ by nearly 6 km\/h to become the fastest production car in the world.<\/p>\n
Now, the four-motor, 2,220 kW (nearly 3,000 hp) hypercar has added another trophy to its cabinet. Driven by German racer Moritz Kranz, the car clocked a lap time of 6:59.157 minutes at the N\u00fcrburgring, making it the fastest production EV ever on the Nordschleife.<\/p>\n
This record smashed the previous benchmark set earlier this year by Xiaomi\u2019s SU7 Ultra, which managed 7:04.957 minutes. While Xiaomi had briefly dethroned the Rimac Nevera, BYD\u2019s U9 Extreme has now reclaimed the crown for China, going more than five seconds faster.<\/p>\n
Although a prototype of the SU7 Ultra lapped in an eye-watering 6:22 minutes, it wasn\u2019t a street-legal production car and therefore doesn\u2019t count in the same category.<\/p>\n
BYD\u2019s vice president and European head, Stella Li, called the achievement a reflection of the brand\u2019s ambition:<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are dedicated to pushing the limits of what technology can achieve, and the N\u00fcrburgring is such a legendary challenge\u2026 The limited-edition U9 Extreme has proven that it\u2019s not only the world\u2019s fastest car in a straight line, but also a dynamic machine capable of conquering the toughest circuits.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Only 30 units of the Yangwang U9 Extreme will be built, each priced at 1.68 million yuan (around \u20ac200,000). The car is a showcase of cutting-edge engineering:<\/p>\n 1,200-volt electrical architecture (vs 800V in most modern EVs)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Signature LFP blade battery with a discharge rate of 30C \u2014 around 10x higher than everyday EVs<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Electric motors spinning up to 30,000 rpm<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Adaptive DiSus-X suspension, specially tuned for the N\u00fcrburgring run<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Nearly 2.5 tonnes in weight, running on semi-slick tires<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chinese automaker BYD continues to push the limits of electric performance. After overtaking Tesla in global EV sales, the company\u2019s luxury sub-brand Yangwang is now making headlines on the racetrack. Its flagship hypercar, the U9 Extreme, has set a blistering lap record at the N\u00fcrburgring Nordschleife, better known as the \u201cGreen Hell.\u201d From World\u2019s Fastest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[140,141],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6956","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-automobiles","8":"category-cars"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6956"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6959,"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6956\/revisions\/6959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The Tech Behind the Record<\/h3>\n
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