Yangwang U9 Xtreme sets Nürburgring electric hypercar record

The Yangwang U9 Xtreme has broken the lap record for electric super sports cars at the Nürburgring in Germany.

Yangwang ‘s engineering team has been conducting long-term testing at the 20.832km Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit since July 2024 – and the extensive on-track data gleaned from this process has been fed into the development of the U9 Xtreme.

Yangwang’s U9X lapped the Nürburgring in 6 mins 59.157 seconds – slicing more than five seconds off the previous record time in the Electric Super Sports Cars class and becoming the first such vehicle to dip under the seven-minute barrier.

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