Even amid all the crazy electric cars and 16-cylinder hypercars, V8-powered cars are still the fastest in the world.

Last month, BYD's luxury brand Yangwang took the EV speed crown away from the Rimac Nevera with its 2,959 horsepower U9 Track/Special Edition. The car hit 293.54 miles per hour, but that simply wasn't ...

Formula E and the FIA have unveiled the groundbreaking GEN4 race car, set to debut in the 2026/27 season. This revolutionary ...

When electric vehicles first came around, they had a lot of problems. They looked ugly, couldn't cover long distances, and most importantly, lacked speed and power. This made them unappealing to both ...

There’s apparently a new top-speed sheriff in town. On September 14 at Germany’s ATP Automotive Testing Papenburg track, German sports car driver Marc Basseng Piloted the Yangwang U9 Xtreme hypercar ...

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The fastest electric car in the world is an ever-moving target. Here are the 10 quickest.

John Neff is a veteran automotive journalist with over two decades of experience leading major outlets such as Autoblog and Motor1. Beginning his career as Editor-in-Chief of Speed, Style & Sound, he ...

Strap in for a wild ride. The Yangwang U9 Track Edition and its electrifying crew of the top five EVs are blasting hypercar records into oblivion. Let the ultra-fast hypercar battle begin. The ...

Land speed records are hardly a new phenomenon; the first such mark of 39.34 miles per hour was set by Frenchman Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat in an electric Jeantaud Duc carriage way back in 1898. That ...