Well no. It has not been Manzana. He first telephone manufacturer mobile that has been launched produce electric vehicles is Xiaomi. The Chinese smartphone company has presented with great fanfare, in Beijingits first electric vehicle, the SU7 (Speed Ultra), with the great objective of present battle to the large global manufacturers of electric vehicles, said by themselves: “Tesla or Porscheand we want it in about 15 or 20 years.”
Xiaomi SU7
This fulfills the dream that began in 2021 when the company announced that they were also going to get into the field of cars.
There are already other technology companies looking to dip their toes into the automotive sector. Manzana He was developing his model, which did not work. Some multifaceted companies such as Samsung They have already done it with their car divisions, although these are multi-business consortia and the automobile is one of them, read Tata either hyundaiwhich also produce steel and other technological products.
The founder and CEO of Xiaomi next to the SU7.
The CEO and co-founder of the company, Lei Junhas pointed out at the world presentation of the new model that the investment carried out in the project has already been very large and that they intend to “invest more than 10,000 million dollars (at the exchange rate about 8,993 million euros) to revolutionize the transportation sector and make a dream car that is as good as Porsche or Tesla.”
Two versions
He SU7 will be launched on the market in 2024 and will be supported by the supply of batteries of the brands BYD or Contemporary Amperex Technology, depending on the version chosen (one or two engines). If it is the Xiaomi SU7 essential will have single rear engine and will have a battery BYD.
Lei Jun shows the SU7 Max engine.
Lei Jun points out that he could count on a autonomy of 668 kilometers. For version model Maxmore powerful, you will have two engines and will have batteries Amperex Technology being able to achieve an autonomy of almost 800 km.
The star model, the SU7Maxwill offer a power of 673 hp and a maximum speed of 265km/h. for the model essential of the SU7 with a single motor on the rear axle, a power of 299 hp and a maximum speed of 210km/h.
Lei Jun at the presentation of the new model.
The production of the new model will be carried out by the Chinese manufacturer BAICand, obviously, the entire deployment of electronic technology will come from the hand of Xiaomi. The idea is to grow the company’s own division for the automotive sector, created in 2021, a task to which they have already spent half the time of the last two years. The brand already manufactures some electric vehicles small in size like scootersand was also associated with the Chinese firm Super Soco to jointly produce electric motorcycles.