{"id":7179,"date":"2026-08-07T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/okdiario.com\/techy\/en\/?p=7179"},"modified":"2026-08-06T18:54:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T23:54:58","slug":"byd-is-about-to-push-a-production-car-past-500-km-h-and-ten-years-ago-the-company-was-only-making-batteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/okdiario.com\/techy\/en\/byd-is-about-to-push-a-production-car-past-500-km-h-and-ten-years-ago-the-company-was-only-making-batteries\/7179\/","title":{"rendered":"BYD is about to push a production car past 500 km\/h, and ten years ago the company was only making batteries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BYD is preparing to send its Yangwang U9 Xtreme back to Germany in November 2026 with one blunt goal. The nearly 3,000-horsepower electric hypercar<\/a> will try to become the first production model to exceed 311 mph in a verified run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The target looks realistic because the U9 Xtreme already reached 308.4 mph at ATP Papenburg in September 2025. Yet the remaining 2.4 mph could settle only part of the argument, since the meaning of \u201cfastest production car\u201d changes with the rules being used and how closely the record machine matches the cars delivered to customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only 2.4 mph from history<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At the 2026 Goodwood Festival of Speed, BYD Executive Vice President Stella Li backed a second attempt after the test team said the car still had unused performance. The plan is to return in November and push beyond the symbolic 311 mph line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That may sound like a tiny improvement. At more than 300 mph, though, another 2.4 mph is nothing like nudging the cruise control on an empty highway, because aerodynamic resistance and heat become increasingly difficult to manage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s terrific that the fastest production car in the world is now electric,\u201d Li said after the 2025 run. The new attempt suggests BYD sees 308.4 mph as a stepping stone rather than the finish line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A shorter runway than Bugatti had<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The setting makes the first result even more striking. ATP Papenburg\u2019s<\/a> high-speed oval is 7.6 miles long, but each straight measures only about 2.5 miles, leaving the car very little time to accelerate, stabilize, and slow down safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BYD’s Yangwang U9 Xtreme hypercar prepares for a historic November 2026 attempt to exceed 311 mph.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Bugatti\u2019s Chiron Super Sport 300+reached 304.773 mph in 2019 on a 5.5-mile straight at Ehra-Lessien. BYD beat that peak figure on a much shorter straight, and the U9 Xtreme team reportedly believed there was still performance left before the braking point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The record has an asterisk<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BYD has published 308.4 mph as a peak top speed, just as Bugatti published its earlier 304.773 mph result. That makes the U9 Xtreme the faster car under that like-for-like comparison, but it is not the same procedure traditionally used for an undisputed production-car speed record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A two-way average requires a car to run in opposite directions so wind and road gradient have less influence on the result. SSC North America\u2019s Tuatara completed that test at an average of 282.9 mph, using northbound and southbound passes measured by Racelogic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That does not make BYD\u2019s speed less real. It means two different scoreboards are often being treated as one, which is why a 311 mph peak run would be historic without ending every argument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What makes the U9 Xtreme so fast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The U9 Xtreme uses four independent electric motors, one for each wheel, with total output of nearly 3,000 horsepower. Its 1,200-volt electrical architecture, high-discharge lithium iron phosphate Blade Battery, and motors capable of turning at 30,000 rpm are built to release enormous power<\/a> in a very short window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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