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The Chinese electric automaker BYD has engineered the globe’s quickest all-electric hypercar — surpassing prior marks by achieving peak velocities of 293.54 mph (472.41 km/h).
This accomplishment took place at the ATP Automotive Testing Papenburg proving ground situated in northern Germany on August 8, courtesy of BYD’s YANGWANG U9 Track Edition.
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This vehicle is the younger relation to BYD’s premiere completely electric supercar, the YANGWANG U9, which boasts 1,300 horsepower and debuted last summer. The Track Edition still displays a familial likeness to the regular U9 model, possessing an equivalent aerodynamic contour.
It is likewise predicated on the same power framework, which incorporates four separate electric propulsion units and four-wheel torque regulation, alongside a body regulation arrangement, which maintains the vehicle as level as plausibly attainable when accelerating, decelerating or navigating curves.
The lithium iron phosphate “Blade Battery” is preserved, with its slender rectangular configuration permitting effective refrigeration and amplified energy accumulation, BYD representatives conveyed on the company’s webpage. This battery is capable of being replenished from 30% to 80% within merely half an hour.
To eclipse the velocity benchmark of 233 mph (275 km/h) the U9 accomplished in August 2024, BYD engineers incorporated a heat management mechanism for the battery and motor that is suited for intense environments. They further integrated “the planet’s inaugural mass-manufactured 1200V ultra-high-voltage vehicle chassis”, BYD spokespersons declared in a release.
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This signifies that, on typical terms, the battery, motor, power reservoir, air conditioning and alternative constituents are elevated to 1200 volts.
“A year ago, I contemplated I had achieved my zenith. I never envisioned surpassing my personal record so promptly” Marc Basseng, the German professional racing pilot who achieved the benchmark, articulated in the declaration. “However here we stand, at the identical circuit, equipped with novel technologies that have rendered it feasible.”
This fresh attainment positions EV supercars in proximity to their gasoline counterparts. Currently, the swiftest road permissible cars are the Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut, which is assessed to attain a maximum velocity of 310 mph (500 km/h) — although this remains unverified in a practical setting — and the SSC Tuatara, which has clocked a velocity of 295mph (475 km/h).
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Sophie is a U.K.-based staff writer at Live Science. She covers a wide range of topics, having previously reported on research spanning from bonobo communication to the first water in the universe. Her work has also appeared in outlets including New Scientist, The Observer and BBC Wildlife, and she was shortlisted for the Association of British Science Writers’ 2025 “Newcomer of the Year” award for her freelance work at New Scientist. Before becoming a science journalist, she completed a doctorate in evolutionary anthropology from the University of Oxford, where she spent four years looking at why some chimps are better at using tools than others.
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