TL;DR
- The Xiaomi SU7 and Xiaomi SU7 Max have been noticed in regulatory filings.
- These could be the primary electrical automobiles from Xiaomi.
- Xiaomi has been vocal about constructing a car-inclusive ecosystem with HyperOS, and we consider the SU7 would be the first to launch with HyperOS.
Xiaomi is finest identified for its flagship Android smartphones and value-oriented funds telephones, nevertheless it makes all kinds of merchandise, starting from smartphone equipment to good residence merchandise. Extra lately, the corporate has been engaged on its subsequent breakthrough product: a automobile. Xiaomi has its sights set on the electrical automobile market in China, and it’s fast-paced in the direction of its first product, the Xiaomi SU7 automobile collection.
Xiaomi has utilized for a gross sales license for its first EV in China, and the regulatory submitting with the Ministry of Trade and Info Expertise in China has proven off the design and specs of Xiaomi’s first vehicles. We noticed the identical through Weibo person abenzene.
Xiaomi is engaged on the SU7 and the SU7 Max electrical vehicles, and Beijing-based BAIC Group will manufacture each. The vehicles are related however have key variations, reminiscent of completely different battery tech and a prime velocity of 210kmph vs 265kmph. The SU7 has a curb weight of 1,980kg, whereas the SU7 Max weighs 2,205kg.
The Xiaomi SU7 could have dimensions of 4,997 x 1,963 x 1,455 mm (1,440mm with out the LiDAR sensor). There are two powertrain choices anticipated: one is an RWD with a 220kW motor, and one other is an AWD with a 275kW + 220kW motor setup. The wheelbase is 3,000mm.
Xiaomi additionally has an SU7 Professional variant, as noticed within the badging within the picture above, although we couldn’t find detailed specs for a similar.
For us, the spotlight of the Xiaomi SU7 and Xiaomi SU7 Professional can be Xiaomi’s unified ecosystem ambitions beneath the “Human X Automotive X Residence” guiding rules. Xiaomi has been extremely vocal about bringing all of its experiences beneath one branding, subsequently revealed to be HyperOS.
Xiaomi HyperOS is a human-centric working system designed and tailor-made to attach private gadgets, vehicles, and good residence merchandise in a sensible ecosystem. The system marks a pivotal transfer ahead in Xiaomi’s strategic imaginative and prescient of delivering the “Human x Automotive x Residence” good ecosystem.
Whereas the regulatory itemizing doesn’t explicitly verify that the Xiaomi SU7 automobile will include HyperOS, all indicators level in that course.
Nevertheless, earlier than you get excited, know that HyperOS is a unified branding and doesn’t essentially imply that the identical working system that runs on Xiaomi smartphones can be working on Xiaomi’s first automobile. HyperOS may be higher understood as “HyperOS Cell” plus “HyperOS IoT,” although we aren’t solely positive which bucket the good automobile would fall into. Nonetheless, we’re nonetheless excited to see what a smartphone-centric automobile expertise would seem like.