Overview
- Track officials validated the 6:59.157 Nordschleife lap and posted the onboard video, with German racer Moritz Kranz driving.
- The time is the quickest certified production EV lap to date, roughly five seconds faster than Xiaomi’s SU7 Ultra and ahead of Porsche’s Taycan Turbo GT.
- Yangwang’s U9 Xtreme runs a 1,200-volt platform with four motors of about 555 kW each for a combined output near 3,000 hp.
- Weeks earlier the same car recorded a one-way 496.22 km/h run at Germany’s ATP Papenburg, reported as a production-car top-speed milestone separate from two-way average standards.
- Output is reportedly limited to about 30 cars, prompting debate over ‘production’ status, and the lap remains slower than the manual Porsche 911 GT3’s 6:56.294.