NEW Xiaomi SU7 SHOCKS The ENTIRE Industry!

NEW Xiaomi SU7 SHOCKS The ENTIRE Industry!

Few took Xiaomi seriously when it announced  its ambitions to become a global carmaker.   The Xiaomi SU7 electric sedan is a Tesla Model  S rival with class leading features that will   give headaches to other EV makers  in China and quite possibly abroad. With modern electric vehicles being  essentially computers on wheels it was  

Only a matter of time until an IT company built  a compelling EV. Many technology companies,   including Sony and Apple have started working  on their car projects, but none of them moved   as fast as Xiaomi one of the global smartphone  market leaders. Xiaomi officially admitted it  

Was working on an electric vehicle  in March 2021 one month after the   first rumors surfaced. Now the technology giant  unveiled its first model the SU7 electric sedan. It’s laughable that some refer to Xiaomi’s car  project as an Apple Car rival when there’s no  

Such thing as an Apple Car. Xiaomi may  have started as an Apple rip off phone   maker but it wasn’t shy about innovating the  smartphone in ways Apple stopped doing long ago. While Xiaomi may be criticized for not innovating  anything in the EV arena the Chinese company at  

Least got all the basics right. It’s easy to  guess which company it copied this time and   it sure wasn’t Apple. Its first model the SU7  sedan looks like a more streamlined Tesla Model   S with some Porsche Taycan hints here and there.  These two models have served as benchmarks for  

The SU7 not just in the design department  but also technology and performance wise. The Xiaomi SU7’s design has been supervised  by none other than ex-BMW Chris Bangle. Bangle   worked with Tianyuan Li formerly involved with  BMW’s iX series and iVision concepts and James  

Qiu who had previously worked on Mercedes  Benz’s Vision EQXX design. This probably   explains the SU7’s claimed coefficient of drag  which is 0.195. The SU7 thus beats the Lucid   Air which has a 0.197 drag coefficient to become  the most aerodynamic production car in the world.

The Xiaomi SU7 is based on the company’s first  EV architecture dubbed Modena with technical   details that Tesla would also choose for its  most advanced EVs. It features a structural   battery pack which Xiaomi calls cell to body  battery as well as megacastings front and rear,  

In this case called hypercastings. Xiaomi  uses die casting machines with a clamping   force of 9,100 tons which suggests  the rookie Chinese EV maker still   has work to do to improve the alloy  composition and the structure design. Apparently everything is hyper about  the SU7 because its electric motors are  

Named HyperEngine. Currently Xiaomi is  producing HyperEngine V6 or V6s motors,   which can get as high as 21,000 rpm with the  HyperEngine V8s variant 27,200 rpm slated to   enter service by 2025. However Xiaomi is working  on an improved HyperEngine motor using a carbon  

Sleeved rotor which is able to reach 35,000 rpm.  So far Xiaomi intends to install the HyperEngine   V6 in the entry level SU7 RWD with a V6 or V6s  combination reserved for the dual motor SU7 Max. The Modena architecture uses an 800  volt high voltage system for the SU7  

Max performance variant. However, it  only offers a 400 volt system on the   entry level SU7 which allows Xiaomi to  cut costs where it makes sense. Even so   Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun warned that the SU7 won’t be  cheap considering all the technology behind it.

The Xiaomi SU7 RWD uses a 74 kilowatt hour  LFP battery supplied by CATL to power the   220 kilowatt or 295 horsepower electric  motor. This allows it to sprint from 0   to 100 kph in 5.3 seconds and travel up  to 668 km or 415 miles between charges,  

The performance variant SU7 Max sports two motors  for a total of 495 kilowatt or 664 horsepower   which is enough to cut the acceleration  time to 2.78 seconds. Performance wise   the Xiaomi SU7 is slightly ahead of the Porsche  Taycan Turbo which Xiaomi proudly points out.

The SU7 Max also benefits from using more energy  dense battery cells also supplied by CATL. This   time it’s the company’s Qilin battery with  a capacity of 101 kilowatt hour. This allows   the SU7 Max to reach 800 km or 500 miles of  range on one charge. Xiaomi claims that the  

SU7 can recharge 220 km in 5 minutes, 390 km in  10 minutes and 510 km in 15 minutes of charging. The Xiaomi SU7 is filled to the brim  with technology with the infotainment   system powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon  Automotive platform. The car runs HyperOS  

Xiaomi’s proprietary operating system,  which it says will be open to third   parties to enhance the onboard experience  by leveraging the Xiaomi Car IoT platform. The car has obviously autonomous  driving capabilities thanks to the   Xiaomi Pilot platform powered by Nvidia Orin  processors. The sensor suite includes a top  

Mounted Lidar with a visual range of  up to 200 meters and pixel accuracy of   down to 0.1 meters. This is backed by  radar, ultrasonic sensors and cameras   to offer an accurate image of the car’s  surroundings and traffic. Xiaomi aims to  

Complete autonomous driving tests in 100  cities across China by the end of 2024. While the pricing has not been revealed,  Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun confirmed that the SU7   will not be cheap. The first vehicles will be  delivered early in 2024 with the state owned  

BAIC Group in charge of manufacturing.  Xiaomi has big ambitions it wants to   become one of the top 5 car companies  in the world in the next 15-20 years.

Xiaomi has unveiled its first electric car named SU7 marking a significant expansion into the automotive sector. The car is currently in pre production but will be ready for sale in the coming months. It will initially be offered in China but Xiaomi is considering expanding to other markets.

Xiaomi also revealed vision to rank among the top five global automakers within the next two decades.

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