"Everywhere you look, there's a Chinese car company eating the world's lunch in one way or another. Last year, BYD catapulted past Tesla to become the world's biggest maker of electric vehicles by volume. China's EVs are often cheaper and higher-tech than offerings from other automakers. And now they're faster too. The BYD Yangwang U9 Track Edition just became the world's EV speed king after hitting a top speed of 293.5 mph (472.4 km/h). That's not too far off of the world's fastest gas cars."
"BYD has cranked the U9 way past 11 with the new track-focused edition of the model, which gets a quad-motor powertrain primed to break records. Each of the U9 Track Edition's electric motors generates 744 hp for a monstrous combined total of 2,960 hp sent to all four wheels. It's a lot more powerful than the 1,989-hp Rimac Nevera R, the previous record holder for EV speed ."
"When Yangwang tested the standard U9's top speed last year, it achieved a very impressive 243.54 mph (391.94 km/h). Impressive, sure, but not enough to bother the Nevera, which held the record for the world's fastest EV, with a peak of 268.2 mph (431.45 km/h). Now the U9 Track Edition has shattered the Rimac's numbers by hitting nearly 300 miles per hour."
The BYD Yangwang U9 Track Edition uses a quad-motor layout producing a combined 2,960 hp and achieved a measured top speed of 293.54 mph (472.4 km/h), surpassing the Rimac Nevera's 268.2 mph EV record. The standard U9 employs a dual-motor 1,287-hp setup with 0–62 mph in 2.36 seconds. The Track Edition's configuration yields power-to-weight above 1,000 hp per ton versus roughly 800 hp per ton for the Rimac. BYD is the world's largest EV maker by volume. Pricing for the Track Edition has not been announced but will likely exceed the $230,000 U9.
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