VIDEO: the speed record of 472 km/h by the BYD Yangwang U9
This page is translated from the original post "VIDÉO : le record de vitesse à 472 km/h de la BYD Yangwang U9" in French.
- 27/08/2025 18:18
The Yangwang U9 Track Edition has made automotive history by shattering the world speed record for an electric vehicle.
On the Papenburg track in Germany, German driver Marc Basseng propelled the machine to a staggering 472.41 km/h. A dizzying figure that places the U9 in a very select club, alongside the wildest thermal hypercars.
The record video is breathtaking. It shows the U9 catapulted by its four motors of 555 kW each, delivering over 3,000 combined horsepower. But you also feel the physical limits of such a challenge: beyond 450 km/h, the car seems less anchored to the ground, constrained by the air that becomes a true barrier. Basseng, clear-headed, eases off the throttle slightly. Yet, the sensation is clear: the U9 could have gone even faster.
Technically, the performance relies on the world’s first 1,200 V production platform, paired with a state-of-the-art thermal management system. The active DiSus-X suspension and real-time torque vectoring contribute to maintaining the balance of a car that weighs over 2.5 tons. But at over 470 km/h, this mass accumulates colossal kinetic energy, equivalent to several kilos of TNT. This serves as a reminder that this missile on wheels has a place only on a closed and secure track.
The driver, already a record holder in 2024 at 375 km/h, admits he was surprised by the machine’s capabilities: “I thought I had reached my limits last year. But this car redefines what we thought was possible.”
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The Yangwang U9 Track Edition perfectly illustrates the paradox of electric supercars: fascinating technological feats capable of pushing the laws of physics, but which should never leave the racetrack. On open roads, such power would be uncontrollable. On track, it becomes the embodiment of a future where electric no longer just competes… but surpasses.
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