2024-04-01 11:38:05
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Text: Hugo León
Xiaomi, one of the largest phone manufacturers in the world, made its debut in the electric car market, and in what way… In 27 minutes the company sold the unusual number of 50 thousand cars!
The Chinese company wants to compete with Tesla in this type of vehicles, and for that it has brought to the market what it calls a “dream car.”
The car had been awaited by many for several months, and it finally saw the light of day. It’s about the new Speed Ultra 7 (SU7) sedan, Thursday night in Beijing.
Lei Jun, founder and CEO of the popular Chinese smartphone brand, said he wanted the company’s first electric vehicle to be the “prettiest, easiest to drive and smartest car.” All of the above with a price of less than 500 thousand yuan, equivalent to 69 thousand 180 US dollars.
In addition, he said that his company wanted to build a “dream car” that could be compared to big cars like Tesla and Porsche. Jun said Xiaomi had to seriously learn from those two manufacturers if they wanted to build good cars.
Finally, it was learned that the prices of the SU7 range between 29,800 and 42,000 dollars, amounts that make them competitive with Teslas and also with respect to Chinese producers.
In fact, the first battle that Xiaomi has to fight in the electric vehicle sector is against other national producers. In the Asian giant there is the highest demand for cars of this type in the world, but also more than 200 large manufacturers.
Due to the billion-dollar subsidies that the State has injected into the automobile sector, the market is saturated and demand is lower than supply, according to many economists.
What is known about Xiaomi’s SU7
The standard version of the Xiaomi SU7 has an initial range of 700 kilometers, higher than the long-range version of the Tesla Model 3.
The car will be available in nine colors, from white to black, through the blue that was shown in the commercial, plus two shades of dark blue, green, orange or lilac.
In addition, two engine versions will be ready, one with 295 HP and another with 664 HP. The maximum speed will be 265 kilometers per hour and it will be able to accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometers in 2.78 seconds.
Another distinctive feature is the completely autonomous driving system, including parking search without the presence of the driver, something that is only available in other brands for an extra cost.