Xiaomi EV has completed what it describes as the world’s first fully autonomous lap of the Nürburgring Nordschleife, with a Xiaomi YU7 GT equipped with the Track Package navigating the entire circuit without a human driver.
The autonomous electric vehicle completed the full 20.8-kilometer Nürburgring Nordschleife in 10 minutes and 29.483 seconds. Xiaomi said the run was conducted and certified under the Nürburgring’s official timing procedures.
Following the achievement, the Nürburgring has introduced a new official Autonomous Driving category within its electric vehicle classifications.
Autonomous Driving Tested Across 73 Nordschleife Corners
The Nürburgring Nordschleife remains one of the most demanding test tracks in the automotive industry. The circuit features 73 corners, around 300 meters of elevation change, high-speed sections, technical sequences and rapidly changing surface conditions.
During the record run, the Xiaomi YU7 GT handled every part of the circuit autonomously, including steering, braking and power delivery. The test placed the vehicle’s autonomous driving system under sustained high-speed and high-load conditions, where vehicle stability and control precision are critical.
Xiaomi said the result demonstrates the ability of its autonomous driving technology to manage complex vehicle dynamics in extreme conditions rather than only in typical urban or highway environments.
Xiaomi Advances End-to-End Autonomous Driving Technology
Xiaomi has continued developing its driver-assistance and autonomous driving technology since launching Xiaomi HAD in 2024.
In March 2026, the company introduced a new vehicle platform based on its next-generation Xiaomi XLA architecture and MiMo-Embodied foundation model. The system is designed to improve environmental understanding, reasoning and decision-making in complex driving situations.
According to Xiaomi, its autonomous driving system uses an end-to-end architecture combined with a vehicle dynamics model. This allows the system to assess road conditions and vehicle behavior in real time while dynamically coordinating steering, braking and acceleration.
The Nürburgring project is also expected to provide Xiaomi with additional data for refining vehicle dynamics models, optimizing control strategies and improving safety redundancy systems.
The driverless Nordschleife lap highlights the growing role of artificial intelligence in electric vehicle development, particularly as automakers look to combine advanced software, high-performance hardware and increasingly sophisticated vehicle control systems.
