The Xiaomi YU7 GT lapped the Nürburgring autonomously in 10:29.483, setting the first official driverless lap record at the track.

Few tracks carry as much prestige as the Nurburgring. Known as the Green Hell, the German circuit has long served as a proving ground for automakers, a place to test cars, shatter lap records, and ...

The Green Hell's first autonomous lap record holder is a 1,000-hp Xiaomi SUV that needed 10-and-a-half minutes to make it around the track.

Can you ever get too many Nürburgring lap records before they lose their marketing impact? No! Earlier today, on May 7, 2026, a Porsche Taycan Turbo GT with extensive modifications known as a Manthey ...

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Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun explained that YU7 GT's driverless Nurburgring lap will allow the carmaker to improve autonomous-driving ...

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Xiaomi returned to the Nürburgring to set another lap record, but this time it did it with nobody in the car at all, setting down the first official autonomous time at the world-famous racetrack.

The Yangwang U9 Extreme just took the Nurburgring lap record from the Xiaomi SU7 Ultra. The U9 Extreme has about double the horsepower of the SU7 Ultra and it managed to beat its time by just under 5 ...

Xiaomi has become one of the Nürburgring's most active newcomers in recent years. The Chinese automaker has repeatedly grabbed headlines with record-setting laps from its high-performance electric ...

This week two different automakers announced Nürburgring records: Chevrolet setting a record for the fastest American car with its Corvette ZR1X, and BMW setting a record for the fastest wagon with ...