The Chinese language electrical car model BYD has constructed the world’s quickest absolutely electrical supercar — smashing earlier data by hitting high speeds of 293.54 mph (472.41 km/h).
This document was set on the ATP Automotive Testing Papenburg check observe in northern Germany on Aug. 8 by BYD’s YANGWANG U9 Monitor Version.
With 2,960 horsepower and a power-to-weight ratio of 1,341.5 horsepower per ton (1,217 horsepower per tonne), the YANGWANG U9 Monitor Version raced previous the earlier EV pace document of 268.2 mph (431.62 km/h), set by the Rimac Nevera R in July.
This automobile is the youthful sibling to BYD’s first absolutely electrical supercar, the YANGWANG U9, which has 1,300 horsepower and was launched final summer season. The Monitor Version nonetheless bears a household resemblance to the usual U9 mannequin, sharing the identical aerodynamic design.
Additionally it is constructed upon the identical energy system, which has 4 unbiased electrical motors and four-wheel torque management, in addition to a physique management system, which retains the automobile as flat as potential when rushing up, slowing down or going spherical corners.
The lithium iron phosphate “Blade Battery” stays the identical, with its flat rectangular form permitting for environment friendly cooling and elevated vitality density, BYD representatives mentioned on the firm’s web site. This battery could be charged from 30% to 80% in simply half an hour.
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To overhaul the pace document of 233 mph (275 km/h) the U9 set in August 2024, BYD engineers inbuilt a temperature management system for the battery and motor that’s tailor-made to excessive situations. Additionally they added “the world’s first mass-produced 1200V ultra-high-voltage car platform”, BYD representatives mentioned in a assertion.
Which means, on common, the battery, motor, energy provide, air-con and different elements are introduced as much as 1200 volts.
“Final yr, I believed I would peaked. I by no means anticipated to interrupt my very own document so quickly” Marc Basseng, the German skilled racing driver who set the document, mentioned within the assertion. “However right here we’re, on the identical observe, with new applied sciences which have made it potential.”
This new document locations EV supercars inside touching distance of their gasoline counterparts. At the moment, the quickest highway authorized vehicles are the Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut, which is estimated to succeed in a high pace of 310 mph (500 km/h) — although this hasn’t been confirmed in the actual world but — and the SSC Tuatara, which has reached a pace of 295mph (475 km/h).
