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Alistair Charlton

BYD just set a new electric car speed record of over 290 mph

Yangwang U9 Track Edition.
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BYD sub-brand Yangwang has just set a new speed record for electric production cars. Powered by four electric motors producing a total claimed output of 3,000 horsepower, the Chinese company's U9 Track Edition reached 293 mph.

The regular Yangwang U9 supercar is available in China, where it is priced from the equivalent of around £190,000. BYD says it plans to bring the Yangwang brand to Europe in the future.

Yangwang, a sub-brand of the Chinese car company BYD, has just set a new EV speed record of 293.54 mph.

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