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Xiaomi YU7 GT Laps Nürburgring With Nobody Driving, Posting First Autonomous Record
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Xiaomi YU7 GT Laps Nürburgring With Nobody Driving, Posting First Autonomous Record

A Xiaomi YU7 GT circled the Nürburgring Nordschleife with an empty driver’s seat and logged 10 minutes, 29.483 seconds, the first officially timed autonomous lap of the German circuit. Xiaomi set the run on June 8 and announced it on June 22, releasing onboard video that shows the steering wheel turning itself through the corners…

Porsche Reverses Its Own Stance, Gives 2027 Taycan The Fake Gears It Once Called a Bad Idea
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Porsche Reverses Its Own Stance, Gives 2027 Taycan The Fake Gears It Once Called a Bad Idea

Porsche has given the 2027 Taycan simulated gear shifting, a feature its own development driver publicly dismissed less than two years ago. The system, called E-Shift, lets drivers row through eight virtual gears using paddles on the GT Sport steering wheel, with a virtual rev limiter and gear-specific drag torque tuned to mimic engine braking.…

Porsche Rules Out a Fully Electric 911, Keeping Its Best-Seller on Gas
Porsche

Porsche Rules Out a Fully Electric 911, Keeping Its Best-Seller on Gas

Porsche will not build a fully electric version of the 911, CEO Michael Leiters said this week, drawing a hard line around the one car the company cannot afford to get wrong. He made the remark at an event hosted by the German magazine Auto, Motor und Sport, the 911 stays combustion and hybrid. The…

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