First record for a self-driving Xiaomi YU7 GT at the Nürburgring
The Chinese manufacturer’s SUV recorded a time that was 3.7 seconds faster
Xiaomi has set a historic record at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. The YU7 GT high-performance electric SUV completed a timed lap of the famous German circuit in fully autonomous mode, without any human intervention. The autonomous driving system clocked a time of 10’29”483, setting a global benchmark for autonomous driving software applied to mass-produced vehicles. This time is 3’7” faster than the (human-driven) record set by the same SUV (7’22”755), highlighting the conservative safety margin applied by the algorithms compared to the physical limits pushed by a flesh-and-blood driver.
This achievement was made possible by a world-class technical setup: an 897V silicon carbide high-voltage platform, a 101.7 kWh ternary lithium battery and the 1,003 cv Super Motor V8s Evo configuration. This architecture enables the vehicle to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.9 seconds and reach a top speed limited to 300 km/h, whilst managing the extreme thermal stress caused by the constant high-speed changes of direction demanded by the ‘Green Hell’. On the Chinese market, the YU7 GT is priced from 389,900 yuan (approximately $57,600), and recorded sales of 8,736 units last May.
