The new Yangwang U9 Xtreme hypercar set a new global production-car speed record. In a test, it reached 308 miles per hour. It took the lead from the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+. The Yangwang ...

Living with one of the world’s fastest cars in your garage must be difficult—unless you own a runway. Like having one of the most expensive bottles of whisky in your cabinet, you know that you’ll ...

BYD’s Yangwang U9 Track Edition packs 2,960 hp, dwarfing the Rimac Nevera’s 1,989 hp. It hit 293.54 mph, smashing the Nevera’s 268.2 mph EV record. There is no word on pricing yet, but it will likely ...

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 ...

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 ...

Land speed records are hardly a new phenomenon; the first such mark of 39.34 miles per hour was set by Frenchman Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat in an electric Jeantaud Duc carriage way back in 1898. That ...