FullGood Motors, once known as Songsan Motors, started decades ago as a Beijing motorcycle club. The group later turned its attention to cars that look like they rolled out of the 1950s but run on modern hybrid systems. Their SS Dolphin takes the shape of a 1958 Chevrolet Corvette C1 and places it over a Chinese plug-in hybrid platform. After years of delays, one of these cars is heading to the Los Angeles Auto Show this fall.
One of BYD’s 30 Yangwang U9 Xtreme hypercars is on its way to Sydney, and it is the only one in Australia. To think, the figures would have stopped most individuals in their tracks. Four electric motors give about 3,000 horsepower to each tire individually. Last year, this machine could reach 308 mph on a German test track and complete a lap of the Nürburgring in less than seven minutes. BYD claims that this makes it the fastest production vehicle ever built on public roads, which is no small accomplishment.
It’s no surprise drivers call the Nordschleife the Green Hell, with its 20.8 km of dense forest, blind crests and off-camber turns that will punish even the smallest mistake. Few cars survive and even fewer break records, but BYD has just done something truly incredible with the Yangwang U9 Xtreme. Moritz Kranz, a German driver with nearly 10,000 laps under his belt, took the wheel and drove it to a 6 minutes 59.157 second lap, the first production EV to do so.
BYD’s Yangwang U8 may not make it stateside anytime soon, but if this electric SUV does show up, just know that it can float in water, sort of. How so? It boasts an electric motor behind each wheel, enabling it to spin the wheels independently as needed to turn and accelerate.
The 2025 BYD Seal 06 GT is now official, and it will take on the Volkswagen ID.3 in China. Available in two variants, the single motor variant has 214 horsepower, while the dual-motor all-wheel-drive generates 415 horsepower.