en.Wedoany.com Reported - Xiaomi's high-performance all-electric SUV YU7 GT recently completed an official timed lap of the 20.8-kilometer Nürburgring Nordschleife in Germany in fully autonomous driving mode, with a time of 10 minutes 29.483 seconds and an average speed of approximately 118.96 km/h. This marks the first official timed lap completed by a fully autonomous vehicle in the history of the Nürburgring Nordschleife, setting a record in the newly established "Autonomous Electric Vehicle" category.

The Xiaomi YU7 GT was officially unveiled in May 2026. For this challenge, it was equipped with an additional track package and autonomous driving technology not yet available to customers, operating as a prototype. The vehicle autonomously completed all driving tasks across the Nordschleife's 73 corners, an elevation change of approximately 300 meters, and complex and variable road conditions. Just a few weeks earlier, Belgian racing driver Vincent Radermecker drove the same Xiaomi YU7 GT equipped with the track package to a time of 7 minutes 22.755 seconds, over three minutes faster than the autonomous version. According to Xiaomi, through the Nürburgring autonomous driving project, the company is collecting data and system feedback under extreme conditions to continuously improve vehicle dynamics models, control strategy optimization, and safety redundancy mechanisms.

Currently, Xiaomi electric vehicles are only sold in the Chinese market, with plans to begin sales in Germany and Europe in 2027. Xiaomi has been operating an electric vehicle R&D center in Munich since September 2025. The company stated that it will soon apply for EU-wide border seizure orders to take measures against the import of unauthorized vehicles.

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