Physix Frontier · News Briefing Card (IT Home · Nov 9, 2026)

Yangwang U9X hits 503.17 km/h in Abu Dhabi, Li Ke defends all-Chinese team

KEY FACTS

BYD's Yangwang U9X completed a top-speed challenge on public roads in Abu Dhabi, recording 503.17 km/h.
The run took place on November 1 on a closed section of the E11 highway in Abu Dhabi, with driver Marc Basseng at the wheel.
BYD Executive Vice President Li Ke, in an interview, explained why Yangwang relies on an all-Chinese team.
Li Ke said no other company in the world has technology this deep, so the team could only surpass itself.
The U9X development engineers all come from Yangwang's in-house team, with an average age under 30.

KEY DATA

503.17km/hYangwang U9X top speed

Under 30R&D team average age

PHYSIX OBSERVATION

An all-Chinese team of engineers averaging under 30 years old carried a 503 km/h top-speed record, showing that Chinese automakers have moved from following to breaking their own limits in supercar engineering. Li Ke's swagger rests on technical confidence, but a top-speed record is only a single-point breakthrough; whether it can translate into production-car reliability and brand premium is the real test for Yangwang.

Source: IT Home report