Xiaomi’s SU7 Ultra snags all-time fastest lap for a mass-produced EV at Nürburgring [Video]

Move over, Rimac. There’s a new all-electric speed leader at the famed Nürburgring track. Veteran smartphone manufacturer and young automotive arm Xiaomi recently achieved the fastest time for a production EV at the Nürburgring Nordschleife.

If you’re trying to prove to the world that you have the fastest EV, the Nürburgring is likely the proving ground. The world-renowned German track has seen an immeasurable number of hot laps in its nearly 100 years of existence.

As BEVs have emerged as not only the future of passenger mobility, but as a significantly faster and more powerful option to combustion vehicles, Nürburgring has seen some of the fastest laps of the past decade.

EVs like the Tesla Model S Plaid and Porsche Taycan Turbo GT have garnered blistering times at the Nürburgring Nordschleife (North Loop). Until today, the previous record for a production model BEV was 7:05.298, achieved by Martin Kodrić behind the wheel of a Rimac Nevera in 2023.

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Now, a new champion has emerged as the world’s fastest production EV at Nürburgring, and you may recognize its logo on Curve 12 of the track’s Grand Prix Circuit. The SU7 Ultra – the only model on the market from young EV automaker Xiaomi- has achieved the fastest time of 7:04.957 at the Nürburgring Nordschleife.

Xiaomi delivers the fastest EV model at Nürburgring

Today’s record-setting news is part of a young but blossoming relationship between the automotive arm of Xiaomi Inc. and the renowned German race track.

In July 2024, Xiaomi founder, chairman, and CEO Lei Jun confirmed a production version of the SU7 Ultra was in the works and would arrive in the first half of 2025. At the time, Xiaomi shared plans to take a prototype version of the tri-motor BEV to Nürburgring that October, chasing records of some of the fastest models on the planet.

That version snagged its own record for a four-door vehicle, completing its lap around the Nordschleife in 6:46.874. After Xiaomi’s record-breaking drive on the Nordschleife last fall, the Chinese automaker was invited to join Nürburgring’s “Industriepool” – a members-only program where automakers and suppliers test and develop new vehicles and their components at Nürburgring sixteen weeks each year.

That invite was also part of a “far-reaching partnership” announced in May that included advertising around the site, including “Xiaomi Curve” on the Grand Prix Circuit. As an Industriepool member, the Xiaomi team recently took a production version of the SU7 Ultra around the Nürburgring Nordschleife before garnering a fresh title as the fastest. Per the company’s Weibo post:

7 minutes 04 seconds 957, the fastest mass-produced electric car in the history of the Nürburgring Nordschleife! The mass-produced version of the #SU7Ultra first lapped the Nürburgring Nordschleife, breaking the lap record of mass-produced electric cars on the Nürburgring Nordschleife.

With its official track time of 7:04.957, Xiaomi has usurped Rimac as the fastest lap for production BEV at Nürburgring Nordschleife. Some may argue that the Nevera is not a mass-produced BEV, so in that case, the Xiaomi SU7 Ultra also beat out the Porsche Taycan Turbo GT’s 2024 lap time of 7:07.55.

Either way, Xiaomi is the new speed leader for production EVs at Nürburgring, although it may not be for long. When announcing the new record on Weibo, Xiaomi founder Lei Jun said, “I believe this record will be broken again in the near future.”

Will that record be broken by Xiaomi or another BEV manufacturer? Time will tell. For now, you can check out Xiaomi’s unedited lap video here.