Xiaomi EV Makes History: Driverless YU7 GT Conquers the Grueling Nürburgring Nordschleife, Triggering a Brand-New Official Autonomous Racing Category
Xiaomi EV has made automotive history by securing the world’s first official autonomous driving lap at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. A driverless Xiaomi YU7 GT, equipped with the company’s next-generation XLA architecture and Track Package, conquered the grueling 20.8 km circuit’s 73 corners and steep elevation changes in 10:29.483. The certified milestone successfully validates Xiaomi’s AI-driven vehicle control under extreme conditions, prompting the Nürburgring to establish a brand-new official category for autonomous electric vehicles.
–Diana Lyn A | Traffic Network PH
Xiaomi EV Sets World’s First Official Autonomous Driving Lap at Nürburgring Nordschleife
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Beijing, CHINA, and Nürburgring, GERMANY, June 23rd, 2026 – Xiaomi EV has achieved a world first in autonomous driving at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. A Xiaomi YU7 GT, fitted with the Track Package, completed the full 20.8 km circuit entirely without a human driver, recording a lap time of 10:29.483. The test was conducted and certified in accordance with the Nürburgring’s official timing procedures. Following this achievement, the Nürburgring has added a new official category — AUTONOMOUS DRIVING (under ELECTRIC VEHICLES).
During the challenge, Xiaomi YU7 GT autonomously completed all driving tasks across the Nordschleife’s 73 corners, approximately 300 meters of elevation change, and a wide range of complex, continuously changing road surface conditions. Widely recognized as one of the world’s most demanding automotive proving grounds, the Nürburgring Nordschleife combines high-speed sections, consecutive technical corners, constantly varying grip levels, and extremely limited margins for error. It has long served as a benchmark for vehicle engineering, development, and performance validation.
This achievement not only validates the comprehensive capabilities of Xiaomi’s autonomous driving system under extreme dynamic conditions, but also demonstrates the potential unlocked through the deep integration of artificial intelligence and advanced vehicle control technologies.
Since the launch of Xiaomi HAD in 2024, Xiaomi has continued to advance its autonomous driving technology. In March 2026, Xiaomi introduced a new vehicle platform powered by the next-generation Xiaomi XLA architecture and the MiMo-Embodied foundation model. With enhanced understanding and reasoning capabilities, the new system further improves its ability to interpret complex environments, dynamic traffic participants, and vehicle states, driving the evolution of autonomous driving from behavior imitation toward deeper environmental understanding and autonomous decision-making.
Xiaomi’s autonomous driving system is built on an end-to-end architecture and a vehicle dynamics model, enabling real-time perception of vehicle states and road conditions while making control decisions through dynamic prediction. Under high-speed and high-load conditions, the system continuously coordinates steering, braking, and power delivery to maintain vehicle stability.
Through the Nürburgring autonomous driving project, Xiaomi continues to gather valuable data and system feedback under extreme operating conditions, supporting ongoing improvements in vehicle dynamics modeling, control strategy optimization, and safety redundancy mechanisms.
As artificial intelligence and automotive technologies continue to converge, Xiaomi remains committed to advancing autonomous driving through rigorous engineering validation and real-world testing, delivering safer, smarter, and more efficient mobility experiences for users worldwide.
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