Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, met with Li Ke, Executive Vice President of Byd Company Limited (002594), a Chinese company focused on electric vehicle manufacturing, new energy technologies, and sustainable mobility solutions.
During the meeting, the Crown Prince was briefed on BYD's achievement of setting a new global record for the fastest production car.
Its Yangwang U9 Xtreme electric supercar reached a speed of over 500 kilometers per hour on a road in western Abu Dhabi on November 1, 2026, surpassing the previous record of 496.22 kilometers per hour set in Germany in 2025.
The meeting was attended by the Abu Dhabi Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, the Director General of the Municipality and Transport Department, and the Secretary-General of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council and Chairman of the Crown Prince's Office.
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