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.
About Xiaomi Corporation
Xiaomi Corporation was founded in April 2010 and listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on July 9, 2018 (1810.HK). Xiaomi is a consumer electronics and smart manufacturing company with smartphones, smart hardware, and smart electric vehicles connected by an IoT platform at its core.
Embracing our vision of "Make friends with users and be the coolest company in the users' hearts", Xiaomi continuously pursues innovations, high-quality user experience and operational efficiency. The Company relentlessly builds amazing products with honest prices to let everyone in the world enjoy a better life through innovative technology.
Xiaomi is one of the world's leading smartphone companies. In December 2025, the MAU reached 754.1 million (including smartphones and tablets) globally. The Company has also established the world's leading consumer AIoT (AI+IoT) platform. As of December 31, 2025, the number of IoT devices connected to its platform (excluding smartphones, laptops, and tablets) reached 1,079.2 million. In October 2023, Xiaomi upgraded its strategy to "Human × Car × Home" smart ecosystem, seamlessly merging personal devices, smart home products, and cars. The Company has rapidly emerged as a leading innovator in the smart electric vehicle industry, reaching profitability within six quarters of commencing deliveries and delivering over 600,000 units by February 2026. Xiaomi always centers on humanity and is committed to providing comprehensive, better connected experiences. Xiaomi products are present in more than 100 countries and regions around the world. In July 2025, Xiaomi was included in the Fortune Global 500 list for the seventh year in a row, ranking 297th.
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