BYD’s $250,000 U9 Xtreme just beat every EV at the Nürburgring with a sub-7-minute lap

A new electric monster just made history at the Nürburgring.

BYD’s $250,000 Yangwang U9 Xtreme just smashed through the seven-minute barrier on the Green Hell.

The all-electric hypercar didn’t just set a record, it changed the game for EV performance.

It’s fast, furious, and quietly rewriting the rulebook on what an electric car can do.

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The sub-seven-minute U9 Xtreme Nürburgring lap

The Yangwang U9 Xtreme has become the first electric production car to lap the Nürburgring in under seven minutes.

It finished the 20.8km circuit in 6 minutes and 59 seconds, beating Xiaomi’s SU7 Ultra by five seconds.

Behind the wheel was German racer Moritz Kranz, who’s done nearly 10,000 laps around the track.

But none quite like this.

The car runs on a 1,200-volt electrical system and four electric motors that spin up to 30,000 rpm, together making over 3,000 horsepower.

That’s more than most Formula One cars.

It also uses Giti semi-slick tires, carbon-ceramic brakes, and an intelligent body-control system that keeps it flat through corners.

Even the cooling system was redesigned so the battery could survive full-throttle laps without overheating.

But all that tech doesn’t mean mass production.

Far from it.

BYD says the U9 Xtreme will be limited to just 30 cars.

Each one is hand-built, and at $250,000 it costs less than a Porsche Taycan Turbo S but laps faster than any EV in history.

In short, it’s the most extreme road-legal EV ever made and proof that BYD can build a true performance car.

BYD’s hypercar keeps breaking records

The Nürburgring win isn’t BYD’s first record, it’s just the latest.

Last year, the standard U9 hit 233mph at a German test track, ranking among the top three quickest electric cars ever built.

Then earlier this year the Yangwang U9 Track Edition pushed things even further, hitting 293mph and officially making it the fastest EV in the world.

Now at 6:59, BYD didn’t just break a record – it broke a stereotype.

A few years ago, no one would’ve believed an electric car could take the Nürburgring crown.

Now, it’s not just competing with the best.

It’s beating them on their own track.

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