The Xiaomi SU7 starts at RMB 215,900, and deliveries of customized vehicles will begin at the end of April. Xiaomi is offering a Founders Edition for the SU7, limited to 5,000 units, with deliveries set to begin on April 3.
Xiaomi (HKG: 1810, OTCMKTS: XIACY) held a launch event for its first electric vehicle (EV) model, the SU7, in Beijing today.
CnEVPost shared the main highlights of the event in this post in real time, with the latest content at the top.
Xiaomi has launched Xiaomi Life, a lifestyle brand that offers products including mugs, baseball caps and t-shirts.
Xiaomi is offering a Founders Edition for the SU7, limited to 5,000 units at the same price as the standard and Max editions, with deliveries set to begin on April 3.
Deliveries of the standard and Max variants of the Xiaomi SU7 will begin at the end of April, and the Pro variant at the end of May.
The Xiaomi SU7 Max starts at RMB 299,900. Xiaomi had initially planned a price of RMB 350,000 for the variant.
The Xiaomi SU7 Max is a dual-motor, four-wheel-drive model powered by a CATL Qilin Battery with a capacity of 101 kWh and a CLTC range of 800 kilometers.
The Xiaomi SU7 Pro starts at RMB 245,900, the same starting price as the entry-level Tesla Model 3 in China.
The Xiaomi SU7 Pro is a single-motor, rear-wheel-drive model powered by a CATL Shenxing Battery with a capacity of 94.3 kWh and a CLTC range of 830 kilometers.
The Xiaomi SU7 starts at 215,900 yuan ($29,870) for the standard variant. (The Tesla Model 3 currently starts at RMB 245,900 in China.)
The standard variant of the Xiaomi SU7 is powered by BYD's blade battery based on lithium iron phosphate chemistry with a capacity of 73.6 kWh and a CLTC range of 700 km. It can sprint from 0 to 100 km/h in 5.28 seconds and has a top speed of 210 km/h.
The Xiaomi SU7 body has a stiffness of up to 2,000 MPa and a vehicle torsional stiffness of 51,000 Nm/deg.
Xiaomi SU7 supports wireless CarPlay and iPad connectivity with the vehicle to ensure a good car experience for Apple product users.
Xiaomi Pilot Max's NOA city pilot assisted driving feature will begin user testing in April, will be available in 10 cities in May, and will be available nationwide in August.
Xiaomi's smart driving system is divided into Xiaomi Pilot Pro, Xiaomi Pilot Max, the former is based on a pure vision solution, the latter has an extra LiDAR.
Xiaomi Pilot Pro uses one Nvidia Drive Orin chip with 84 Tops of computing power, and Xiaomi Pilot Max is equipped with two Drive Orin chips with a combined computing power of 508 Tops.
The Xiaomi SU7 based on the 400 V platform can get a range of 350 kilometers on a 15-minute charge and 510 kilometers for the 800 V version.
Xiaomi is building its own supercharging stations using a 600 kW liquid-cooled supercharging solution, and the first stations will be operational in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hangzhou.
The standard version of the Xiaomi SU7 is built on the regular 400 V platform and has an actual voltage of 486 V.
Its higher version is built on an 800 V platform with an actual voltage of 871 V.
The Xiaomi SU7 Max is powered by a CATL Qilin Battery with 101-kWh capacity and a CLTC range of 810 kilometers.
The Xiaomi SU7 has a starting CLTC range of 700 kilometers and the entry-level version comes with a 73.6-kWh battery pack.
The dual-motor Xiaomi SU7 has a maximum horsepower of 673, a peak power of 495 kW and a peak torque of 838 Nm.
The Xiaomi SU7 Max can sprint from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in 2.78 seconds and has a top speed of 265 km/h.
After being exposed to the sun for 1.5 hours in a 38 degree Celsius environment, the Xiaomi SU7's interior temperature was 12 degrees Celsius lower than the Tesla Model 3.
Xiaomi SU7 comes with a 56-inch HUD (heads up display).
The Xiaomi SU7 comes with a large canopy glass with an area of 5.35 square meters.
The Xiaomi SU7 comes with an on-board refrigerator with a capacity of 4.6L, which can hold up to 6 cans of Coke.
The wheels on the Xiaomi SU7 come in three sizes, starting at 19 inches and offering 20-inch and 21-inch options.
The Xiaomi SU7 is available in 9 exterior colors and 4 interior color options.
The exterior design of the Xiaomi SU7 has helped the model achieve an extreme coefficient of drag as low as 0.195 Cd.
The Xiaomi SU7 is built on Xiaomi EV's in-house developed Modena architecture.
Xiaomi SU7 had 576 test vehicles running in 300 cities, with a total road test mileage of 5.4 million kilometers.
William Li, founder, chairman, and CEO of Nio (NYSE: NIO), He Xiaopeng, chairman, and CEO of Xpeng (NYSE: XPEV), and Li Xiang, founder, chairman, and CEO of Li Auto (NASDAQ: LI), were all present at the launch event.
Lei Jun, founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi, said the three have given him a lot of advice over the past three years, allowing him to make fewer mistakes.
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