Yangwang U9

The U9 was developed by German car designer Wolfgang Egger, who previously served as a head designer for Alfa Romeo, Audi and Lamborghini, and began working for BYD in 2017.^[2]

The U9 was first introduced on 6 April 2023, and went on sale in February 2024.^[1] Mass production officially started on 16 August 2024.^[3]

The U9 achieved an uncertified Nürburgring Nordschleife lap time of 7 minutes and 17.9 seconds in November 2024. It also achieved a straight-line top speed of 391.94 km/h (243.54 mph), making it the fastest Chinese car in serial production.^[4]

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The U9 is equipped with four 240 kW (322 hp; 326 PS) electric motors providing a total power output of 960 kW (1,287 hp; 1,305 PS) and a maximum range of 450 km (280 mi) on the China Light-Duty Vehicle Test Cycle (CLTC). BYD reported a 0–100 km/h (62 mph) acceleration time of 2.36 seconds, and a 1⁄4 mi (402 m) drag race time of 9.78 seconds.

The U9 is built with an 800V electrical architecture, with a maximum DC charging power of 500 kW. The charging duration between 30% and 80% is 10 minutes. The U9 also supports dual charging, or plugging in two chargers simultaneously to increase charging speed.

Like the U8, the U9 features BYD's proprietary "e⁴" (易四方) individual wheel drive system, which enables the vehicle to redistribute torque among the four wheels in case of traction loss or a tyre puncture at speed; and the "DiSus" (云辇) active suspension system, which allows the wheels' ground clearance to be readjusted individually and even to perform a brief vertical jump.^[5] The active suspension consists of three different systems; DiSus-C controls variable damping, DiSus-A controls the air suspension, and DiSus-P controls the hydraulic system.^[6] Regarding the vertical jump, the U9 will shrink first, then bounce up, launching all four wheels off the ground at the same time.^[5] BYD has not announced the specific reason for the jump function on the U9, but the function demonstrates the "DiSus-X" body control system.

It was launched in 2024 with a price of 1.68 million Yuan (USD 236,000; EUR 215,000).^[7]

In August 2025, specifications of the U9 Track Edition were released by the MIIT. It retains the individual wheel drive system, but changes the motors to the TZ240XYA model which output to 555 kW (744 hp; 755 PS) each for a total of 2,220 kW (2,977 hp; 3,018 PS), making it the most powerful production car ever built.^[8] It is equipped with smaller 20-inch wheels with the front tire width increasing from 275 mm to 325 mm to match the rears.^[9] In August 2025, an engineering test sample of U9 Track Edition broke the record for the fastest top speed of an electric car, which reached 472.41 km/h (293.54 mph).^[10]

On 14 September 2025, BYD officially unveiled the Yangwang U9 Xtreme, a track-focused version of the U9. It is currently the most powerful production model of the U9. It achieved a maximum speed of 496.22 km/h (308.33 mph) at Germany’s ATP Automotive Testing Papenburg. Later on, it was excluded from the Wikipedia list of production car speed record, due to it being tested only one direction whereas Guinness requires a car to be tested in both direction within one hour for it to be a valid record.^{[11] [12]}It was driven by German track specialist Marc Basseng. Yangwang also announced a Nürburgring Nordschleife lap time of 6 minutes 59.157 seconds. Production will be limited to 30 units for global markets.^{[13][14][15][16]}

The U9 was added into Gran Turismo 7 as a playable vehicle alongside the Renault Twingo and the Porsche 911 Turbo S Leichtbau as a part of update 1.69, released in 22 April 2026.^[17]