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495kmh Yangwang U9 Xtreme is now the world’s fastest production car

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 Basseng at the wheel. The rapid U9 Xtreme unseats the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+, which managed 304.8mph in 2019, the 272.6mph Aspark Owl, and […]

  • By Matthew MacConnell
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