Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi yesterday (28/12/2023) unveiled its first electric car, a sleek-looking sedan called the SU7. Presented today at an event in Beijing, the Xiaomi SU7 – pronounced “soo-chee” in Chinese, based on the company's own Modern architecture with electric motors HyperEngine up to 21.000 rpm (revolutions per minute). With the chassis stamped by its matrix and with a clamping force of 9.100 tons, apparently surpassing that of Tesla. The line will come in two models, the SU7 Max with all-wheel drive and dual engine and the SU7 with rear-wheel drive and single engine.
The SU7 Max has a range of up to 800 km (497 miles; according to the China Light Vehicle Test Cycle, also known as CLTC), as well as a 0 to 100 km/h acceleration in just 2,78s, both apparently outperforming Tesla's Model S and Porsche's Taycan Turbo. This is in part due to battery manufacturer CATL's generous 101 kWh 800 V high-voltage platform, which offers a range of 220 km on just a 5-minute charge, or 390 km in 10 minutes, or 510 km in 15 minutes. . The base model, however, only supports 400V charging for its smaller 73,6 kWh battery, which has a range of up to 668 km or 415 miles.
The car is approximately the same size as the BMW 5 series, measuring 1.440 mm high, 1.963 mm wide and 4.997 mm long. You have three color options: the signature “water blue”, gray or olive green. At his event, Lei highlighted the apparently generous legroom, as well as the trunk space – 517L in the rear and 105L in the front. Just as Xiaomi previously suggested, the SU7 offers a HyperOS car entertainment system, being powered by the processor Snapdragon 8295 from Qualcomm and takes just 1,49 seconds to boot.
