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BYD sold more EVs last month than the US did all quarter, topping 300,000
BYD sold over 300,000 electric vehicles in October, a new record and more than the US managed in the entire...
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BYD sells over 300,000 EVs in a single month for the first time
BYD has just published its sales figures for October, and they include quite the milestone. The company sold 305,743 battery electric passenger vehicles last month, up 37% compared to October 2025, marking the first time its monthly EV sales have crossed the 300,000 mark. It's also BYD's third record month for EV sales in a row.
To put that into perspective, Kelley Blue Book estimates that 262,649 EVs were sold in the US in the entire third quarter of this year. That was the US market's best quarter in a year, up 6.1% from Q2, but still down 39.5% from Q3 2025, when buyers rushed to grab the federal EV tax credit before it expired.
Counting plug-in hybrids, BYD sold 490,168 new energy vehicles (NEVs) in October, up 11% year-over-year and its highest monthly total of 2026 so far. Plug-in hybrids alone went the other way, falling 17% to 177,382 units, so EVs made up about 63% of the company's passenger vehicle sales.
Exports keep growing too. BYD shipped 170,194 NEVs abroad last month, and its overseas passenger vehicle and pickup sales for the first ten months of the year reached 1,507,395 units. That means it has already passed the 1.5 million overseas sales target it set back in March, with two months to spare.
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BYD has just published its sales figures for October, and they include quite the milestone. The company sold 305,743 battery electric passenger vehicles last month, up 37% compared to October 2025, marking the first time its monthly EV sales have crossed the 300,000 mark. It's also BYD's third record month for EV sales in a row.
To put that into perspective, Kelley Blue Book estimates that 262,649 EVs were sold in the US in the entire third quarter of this year. That was the US market's best quarter in a year, up 6.1% from Q2, but still down 39.5% from Q3 2025, when buyers rushed to grab the federal EV tax credit before it expired.
Counting plug-in hybrids, BYD sold 490,168 new energy vehicles (NEVs) in October, up 11% year-over-year and its highest monthly total of 2026 so far. Plug-in hybrids alone went the other way, falling 17% to 177,382 units, so EVs made up about 63% of the company's passenger vehicle sales.
Exports keep growing too. BYD shipped 170,194 NEVs abroad last month, and its overseas passenger vehicle and pickup sales for the first ten months of the year reached 1,507,395 units. That means it has already passed the 1.5 million overseas sales target it set back in March, with two months to spare.
BYD sells over 300,000 EVs in a single month for the first time
What it achieved is more than what every automaker sold in the US in the third quarter, combined.
www.arenaev.com
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BYD's all-electric Denza N9 gets certified, key specs revealed
BYD's premium brand Denza launched the N9 large SUV back in March 2025, but so far it's only been available as a plug-in hybrid, despite early reports also mentioning an all-electric version. Today, that EV has finally shown up in a regulatory filing that reveals its key specs.
The all-electric N9 has a tri-motor all-wheel drive setup, with a 270 kW front motor and two 310 kW rear motors, for a combined peak output of 890 kW (1,194 hp). That's 210 kW more than the plug-in hybrid flash charging edition that launched in May, and the filing lists a top speed of 240 km/h.
The car is 5,270 mm long, 2,030 mm wide, and 1,830 mm tall, with a 3,125 mm wheelbase, and its listed curb weight is either 3,105 kg or 3,180 kg - not exactly featherweight territory. Unlike the plug-in hybrid, which only comes with six seats, the EV will be offered in both 5- and 6-seat layouts.
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BYD's premium brand Denza launched the N9 large SUV back in March 2025, but so far it's only been available as a plug-in hybrid, despite early reports also mentioning an all-electric version. Today, that EV has finally shown up in a regulatory filing that reveals its key specs.
The all-electric N9 has a tri-motor all-wheel drive setup, with a 270 kW front motor and two 310 kW rear motors, for a combined peak output of 890 kW (1,194 hp). That's 210 kW more than the plug-in hybrid flash charging edition that launched in May, and the filing lists a top speed of 240 km/h.
The car is 5,270 mm long, 2,030 mm wide, and 1,830 mm tall, with a 3,125 mm wheelbase, and its listed curb weight is either 3,105 kg or 3,180 kg - not exactly featherweight territory. Unlike the plug-in hybrid, which only comes with six seats, the EV will be offered in both 5- and 6-seat layouts.
BYD's all-electric Denza N9 gets certified, key specs revealed
It brings a seating option the plug-in hybrid doesn't have.
www.arenaev.com
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Hold onto your hats: the 2,397bhp Yangwang U9 Xtreme just hit 312.65mph*
... in one direction, anyway. Super-fast Chinese EV breaks the 500kmh barrier
There are quick EVs, fast ones, and then there's whatever you wanna call this Yangwang U9 Xtreme. BYD's mad, four-motor hypercar has just recorded a claimed 503.17km/h (312.65mph), becoming the first production car to break through the 500km/h barrier.
The run took place on a closed section of the Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed International Road (E11) in Abu Dhabi on 1 November. A 10km stretch of road was shut down for the attempt, including a 7km straight used for the top-speed run.
Two runs on the previous day peaked at 490km/h (304mph), but a bit of tinkering, tweaking and tyre-kicking from Yangwang's engineers overnight led to the magic 500km/h+ figure the following day.
The record-breaking U9 Xtreme was a heavily modified version of the standard 1,252bhp U9, with four upgraded electric motors producing 2,937bhp and a staggering 1,184bhp-per-tonne power-to-weight ratio.
... in one direction, anyway. Super-fast Chinese EV breaks the 500kmh barrier
There are quick EVs, fast ones, and then there's whatever you wanna call this Yangwang U9 Xtreme. BYD's mad, four-motor hypercar has just recorded a claimed 503.17km/h (312.65mph), becoming the first production car to break through the 500km/h barrier.
The run took place on a closed section of the Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed International Road (E11) in Abu Dhabi on 1 November. A 10km stretch of road was shut down for the attempt, including a 7km straight used for the top-speed run.
Two runs on the previous day peaked at 490km/h (304mph), but a bit of tinkering, tweaking and tyre-kicking from Yangwang's engineers overnight led to the magic 500km/h+ figure the following day.
The record-breaking U9 Xtreme was a heavily modified version of the standard 1,252bhp U9, with four upgraded electric motors producing 2,937bhp and a staggering 1,184bhp-per-tonne power-to-weight ratio.
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BYD launches the second-gen Seal 07 EV with more range and a lower price
BYD only launched the Seal 07 EV back in March, but the company is already replacing it. Today, the second-generation Seal 07 went official in China, and the all-electric version is cheaper, quicker, and has a longer range than the car it succeeds.
The Seal 07 comes in three trims, priced at CNY 149,900 (about €19,000), CNY 159,900 (€20,300), and CNY 172,900 (€21,900), respectively. The starting price is CNY 20,000 (€2,600) lower than its predecessor's, and BYD is taking a further CNY 4,000 (€512) off each trim for buyers who trade in a car.
All three trims share the same powertrain with a single rear-mounted motor developing 245 kW (329 hp) and 365 Nm of torque, fed by a 76.7 kWh second-gen Blade Battery that supports flash charging. That gives it 775 km of CLTC range, 70 km more than before, a 0 to 100 km/h time of 5.5 seconds (one second quicker), and a 240 km/h top speed. Interestingly, the 300 kW long-range version that showed up in regulatory filings is nowhere to be found, at least for now.
The new car is also bigger, as those filings revealed. It's 5,080 mm long, 1,960 mm wide, and 1,495 mm tall, with a 2,960 mm wheelbase. That makes it 85 mm longer and 50 mm wider than its predecessor, and its wheelbase has grown by 60 mm. Storage consists of a 618 l trunk and a 160 l frunk, and a heat pump is standard.
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BYD only launched the Seal 07 EV back in March, but the company is already replacing it. Today, the second-generation Seal 07 went official in China, and the all-electric version is cheaper, quicker, and has a longer range than the car it succeeds.
The Seal 07 comes in three trims, priced at CNY 149,900 (about €19,000), CNY 159,900 (€20,300), and CNY 172,900 (€21,900), respectively. The starting price is CNY 20,000 (€2,600) lower than its predecessor's, and BYD is taking a further CNY 4,000 (€512) off each trim for buyers who trade in a car.
All three trims share the same powertrain with a single rear-mounted motor developing 245 kW (329 hp) and 365 Nm of torque, fed by a 76.7 kWh second-gen Blade Battery that supports flash charging. That gives it 775 km of CLTC range, 70 km more than before, a 0 to 100 km/h time of 5.5 seconds (one second quicker), and a 240 km/h top speed. Interestingly, the 300 kW long-range version that showed up in regulatory filings is nowhere to be found, at least for now.
The new car is also bigger, as those filings revealed. It's 5,080 mm long, 1,960 mm wide, and 1,495 mm tall, with a 2,960 mm wheelbase. That makes it 85 mm longer and 50 mm wider than its predecessor, and its wheelbase has grown by 60 mm. Storage consists of a 618 l trunk and a 160 l frunk, and a heat pump is standard.
BYD launches the second-gen Seal 07 EV with more range and a lower price
The model it replaces only went on sale in March.
www.arenaev.com
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Luckily there were no streetlight poles when they crashed the first time:
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BYD's Yangwang U9 Xtreme is the first production car to go past 500 km/h
BYD'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'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 - making it the first production car past the 500 km/h mark, according to the federation.
German racer Marc Basseng was behind the wheel on a closed stretch of Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed International Road (E11) in Abu Dhabi'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. Guinness World Records also logged it as the highest single-direction speed for a production car and for an electric production car.
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BYD'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'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 - making it the first production car past the 500 km/h mark, according to the federation.
German racer Marc Basseng was behind the wheel on a closed stretch of Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed International Road (E11) in Abu Dhabi'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. Guinness World Records also logged it as the highest single-direction speed for a production car and for an electric production car.
BYD's Yangwang U9 Xtreme is the first production car to go past 500 km/h
It did the run on a closed road in Abu Dhabi.
www.arenaev.com
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Watch: Yangwang U9 Xtreme sets new top speed record for production cars
Besting its previous top speed run, the Yangwang U9 Xtreme has set a new top speed record for production cars in Abu Dhabi. Watch the footage below…
Confirmed by the FIA, the Yangwang U9 Xtreme has set a new top speed record for production cars. Taking place in Abu Dhabi, the BYD luxury sub-brand achieved a top speed of 503.17 km/h; besting the previous record it set at Germany’s ATP Papenburg proving ground in 2025. The Yangwang U9 Xtreme is the first production car to pass the 500 km/h barrier.
The record-breaking run took place on 1 November 2026. German racing driver Marc Basseng took to Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed International Road in the Al Dhafra region of Abu Dhabi. The demarcated section of road was 10 km long, as selected by government officials for the run, of which seven kilometres were straight road. It is important to note that the record was achieved in a one-way sprint, rather than the traditional two-way run from which an average figure is taken.
The Yangwang U9 Xreme, of which only 30 will be built, employs four electric motors, fed by a 1 200 V lithium-iron phosphate (LFP) Blade Battery. Combined, the most-focused U9’s quad electric-motor setup produces a jaw-dropping 2 206 kW. Top speed equipment on the U9 Xtreme included semi-slick tyres co-developed with Giti Tire and revised DiSus-X suspension.
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Besting its previous top speed run, the Yangwang U9 Xtreme has set a new top speed record for production cars in Abu Dhabi. Watch the footage below…
Confirmed by the FIA, the Yangwang U9 Xtreme has set a new top speed record for production cars. Taking place in Abu Dhabi, the BYD luxury sub-brand achieved a top speed of 503.17 km/h; besting the previous record it set at Germany’s ATP Papenburg proving ground in 2025. The Yangwang U9 Xtreme is the first production car to pass the 500 km/h barrier.
The record-breaking run took place on 1 November 2026. German racing driver Marc Basseng took to Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed International Road in the Al Dhafra region of Abu Dhabi. The demarcated section of road was 10 km long, as selected by government officials for the run, of which seven kilometres were straight road. It is important to note that the record was achieved in a one-way sprint, rather than the traditional two-way run from which an average figure is taken.
The Yangwang U9 Xreme, of which only 30 will be built, employs four electric motors, fed by a 1 200 V lithium-iron phosphate (LFP) Blade Battery. Combined, the most-focused U9’s quad electric-motor setup produces a jaw-dropping 2 206 kW. Top speed equipment on the U9 Xtreme included semi-slick tyres co-developed with Giti Tire and revised DiSus-X suspension.
Watch: Yangwang U9 Xtreme sets new top speed record for production cars
The Yangwang U9 Xtreme has set a new top speed record for production cars in Abu Dhabi. Watch the footage below…
www.carmag.co.za
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Huge new Yangwang Altior is BYD's answer to Rolls-Royce Phantom
Chinese mega-limo is all about big stats and craftsmanship: 5.6m long, 621-mile range, 21.4in screen, two fridges
BYD-owned Yangwang is going after the Rolls-Royce Phantom with a huge electric 'ultra-luxury' limousine that promises extensive personalisation options and private-jet-style refinement.
It's called the Altior (meaning 'higher' in Latin) and is one of the largest and most opulent cars yet to come from China - or indeed any manufacturer globally.
Measuring a colossal 5.6m from bumper to bumper (400mm longer than even the extended-wheelbase Mercedes S-Class), it has a wheelbase of 3500mm, which allows the four-seat cabin to be as cavernous as possible.
Yangwang said the imposing new flagship – which will sit above the U7 saloon, U8 SUV and U9 hypercar – is designed to "bring the depth of Chinese culture into a contemporary vision of ultra-luxury".
The brand places a heavy emphasis on the craftsmanship on display throughout the car, which builds on "millennia of aesthetic traditions" from Chinese culture.
One example is the intricately decorated front grille, which Yangwang described as "a masterpiece of high jewellery" and appears to change pattern in different lights.
That ceremonial sense of occasion carries over to the headlights, which feature 12 individually rotating elements that perform a routine when the owner approaches.
There are also bespoke patterned umbrellas stored in the back doors, which open backwards like on the Phantom to create "an elegant transition into the cabin".
Inside, the air vents are detailed with a special Chinese variety of jade stone, while the seats have been decorated in minute detail using a traditional method of splitting silk spreads.
Chinese mega-limo is all about big stats and craftsmanship: 5.6m long, 621-mile range, 21.4in screen, two fridges
BYD-owned Yangwang is going after the Rolls-Royce Phantom with a huge electric 'ultra-luxury' limousine that promises extensive personalisation options and private-jet-style refinement.
It's called the Altior (meaning 'higher' in Latin) and is one of the largest and most opulent cars yet to come from China - or indeed any manufacturer globally.
Measuring a colossal 5.6m from bumper to bumper (400mm longer than even the extended-wheelbase Mercedes S-Class), it has a wheelbase of 3500mm, which allows the four-seat cabin to be as cavernous as possible.
Yangwang said the imposing new flagship – which will sit above the U7 saloon, U8 SUV and U9 hypercar – is designed to "bring the depth of Chinese culture into a contemporary vision of ultra-luxury".
The brand places a heavy emphasis on the craftsmanship on display throughout the car, which builds on "millennia of aesthetic traditions" from Chinese culture.
One example is the intricately decorated front grille, which Yangwang described as "a masterpiece of high jewellery" and appears to change pattern in different lights.
That ceremonial sense of occasion carries over to the headlights, which feature 12 individually rotating elements that perform a routine when the owner approaches.
There are also bespoke patterned umbrellas stored in the back doors, which open backwards like on the Phantom to create "an elegant transition into the cabin".
Inside, the air vents are detailed with a special Chinese variety of jade stone, while the seats have been decorated in minute detail using a traditional method of splitting silk spreads.
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/huge-new-yangwang-altior-byds-answer-rolls-royce-phantom