Another week, another The Chinese electric car is ready to provide western vehicle manufacturers to provide an extinction.
This time it is Xiaomi, a Beijing-based tech firm, known for smartphones and Porsche Tycan-Batting is the company behind the SU7, which was so popular in 2024 in the end of 2010 in 2024 that Xiaomi has forecast its sales thrice a month.
Now Xiaomi is back, and this time there is an electric SUV of its sleeve. A patching phone line is described with a Ferrari Purusangue and an Aston Martin DBX707 -a patching phone line, Yu7 hits all benchmarks that you will expect from an EV in 2025.
Yu7 standard, a single-motor car with 235 kW and 0-62 mph of 5.88 seconds, more powerful, double-motor Yu7 Pro and, through the inclination in smartphone names, are three models led by Yu7 Max. The model has a power of 508 kW-38 kW higher than Electric Porsche Mcon Turbo and 0-62 mph like a supercar of 3.23 seconds.
Using some generous CLTC testing cycle of China, the range claim is 472 miles for maximum, at a distance of 518 miles from the less powerful standard. Xiaomi claims that the 800-volt electric architecture of the car saves only 10–80 percent charge time of 12 minutes, or can add 385 miles in 15 minutes.
All very impressive, but especially when you consider the Chinese market value. The YU7 starts with 253,500 yuan, which is around $ 35,000 in the US-the suit price Tesla won in early 2019 with its first generation model 3 before returning to the $ 40,000 mark of 2010,000. The Pro and Maximum versions of Xiaomi Yu7 are priced at 279,900 yuan ($ 39,000) and 329,900 yuan ($ 46,000) respectively, while Tesla’s model begins with Y 263,500 yuan ($ 36,500).
Meanwhile, Tesla has recalled its time limit to put more affordable cars into production. Despite caning its so -called model 2, The company said In the beginning of 2025: “Plans for new vehicles, including more affordable models, are on track to start production in the first half of 2025.” We are currently in July and are still waiting.
