{"id":49510,"date":"2026-11-06T23:35:04","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T22:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/06\/byds-yangwang-u9-xtreme-is-the-first-production-car-to-go-past-500-km-h\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T23:35:04","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T22:35:04","slug":"byds-yangwang-u9-xtreme-is-the-first-production-car-to-go-past-500-km-h","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/06\/byds-yangwang-u9-xtreme-is-the-first-production-car-to-go-past-500-km-h\/","title":{"rendered":"BYD&#8217;s Yangwang U9 Xtreme is the first production car to go past 500 km\/h"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BYD&#8217;s ultra-premium Yangwang brand has been chasing ever-higher top speeds with its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arenaev.com\/byd_officially_unveils_the_3000horsepower_yangwang_u9_xtreme-news-5342.php\">U9 Xtreme<\/a>, which already hit 496.22 km\/h at Germany&#8217;s ATP Papenburg proving ground in September 2025. Today, the FIA says the limited-run EV reached 503.17 km\/h on November 1 during a high-speed run in Abu Dhabi &#8211; making it the first production car past the 500 km\/h mark, according to the federation.<\/p>\n<p>German racer Marc Basseng was behind the wheel on a closed stretch of Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed International Road (E11) in Abu Dhabi&#8217;s Al Dhafra region. After peaking at 490 km\/h on October 31, engineers tweaked the aerodynamics, suspension, and tire pressures overnight, and the second run the next day delivered the 503.17 km\/h figure.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"echo_read_more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arenaev.com\/byds_yangwang_u9_xtreme_is_the_first_production_car_to_go_past_500_km_h-news-6346.php\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0More Info >>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BYD&#8217;s ultra-premium Yangwang brand has been chasing ever-higher top speeds with its U9 Xtreme, which already hit 496.22 km\/h at Germany&#8217;s ATP Papenburg proving ground in September 2025. Today, the FIA says the limited-run EV reached 503.17 km\/h on November 1 during a high-speed run in Abu Dhabi &#8211; making it the first production car<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":49511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[36,108],"class_list":["post-49510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tech","tag-mixtv","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}