NASCAR Cup Series cars usually top out around 190 to 200 MPH when blitzing toward the finish line.
A Chinese manufacturer is developing an electric vehicle that would even leave a NASCAR model in the dust. Unfortunately, its most recent test run didn't go as planned.
Automaker BYD has shared footage of its multi-million-dollar electric hypercar crashing into a guardrail while attempting to reach 280 MPH.
Viral footage shows the YANGWANG U9 Xtreme slamming into a guardrail on a closed circuit, severely damaging the $5.6 million electric vehicle.
Thankfully, the driver escaped the crash without any serious injuries.
Clean-up crews used a crane to remove the remains of the damaged vehicle.
The accident occurred in the lead-up to BYD's world-record-setting drive in September last year at the ATP Automotive Testing Papenburg test track in Germany, where the automaker held several speed tests.
The electric vehicle reached 217 MPH on its first run and followed that up with a 261 MPH dash on its second attempt.
Chinese Automaker Plans to Break World Record With Speed Test in Dubai
On November 1, Yangwang sales boss Hu Xiaoqing announced on Weibo that the U9 Xtreme will attempt to break the global speed record in Abu Dhabi.
"The ultimate pursuit has no end; the summit will eventually be reached," BYD said in a statement, translated by Electrek.
BYD is not the only automaker chasing history.
Last month, Tesla unveiled what could be the first mass-produced "flying" car.
At a product reveal at a SpaceX facility in Texas, Elon Musk introduced Tesla's new Roadster, which used suction underneath the car to climb a steep ramp, hang upside down, and spin in the air before using air jets to land in a jaw-dropping demonstration.
