Another week, next The Chinese electric car has prepared for extinction for Western car manufacturers.
This time it is Xiaomi, a technology company from Beijing best known from smartphones and a company standing behind Porsche Taycan Baiting Su7, which at the end of 2024 was so popular that Xiaomi increased its sales forecast three times within a few months.
Now Xiaomi is back and this time he has an electric SUV -W basting. Recalling Lovechild of Ferrari Purosangue and Aston Martin DBX707, they described the uneven telephone line, Yu7 goes to all comparative points that can be expected from EV in 2025.
There are three models, from the Yu7 standard, a single-track car with 235 kW and sometimes 0-62 km / h 5.88 seconds, thanks to the stronger, double motor YU7 Pro and bending on the nomenclature of smartphones, directed by YU7 Max. This model has 508 kW of power-38 kW more than the electric Porsche Macan Turbo-i SuperScophage 0-62 mph time 3.23 seconds.
Using a slightly generous CLTC test cycle in China, Range is claimed from 472 miles for maximum, up to 518 miles from a less powerful standard. Xiaomi claims that the 800-volt electric architecture of the car provides 10-80 percent of the charging time of just 12 minutes or can add 385 miles in 15 minutes.
Everything is very impressive, but especially when you take into account the Chinese market price. Yu7 starts from 253,500 yuan, i.e. around 35,000 USD in the USA-a delayed price of Tesla briefly achieved thanks to the first generation 3 model at the beginning of 2019, after which it will return to the 40,000 USD mark. The Pro and Max Xiaomi YU7 versions are valued at 279,900 yuan (USD 39,000) and 329 900 yuan (USD 46,000), respectively, while the Tesla model starts from 263 500 yuan ($ 36,500).
Meanwhile, Tesla has just not hit his own date of introducing cheaper cars in production. Despite the maintenance of the so -called model 2, The company said At the beginning of 2025: “Plans for new vehicles, including more affordable features, remain on the right track to start production in the first half of 2025.” We are already in July and we are still waiting.