FNX Magokiler Posted December 29, 2023 Posted December 29, 2023 We have been talking for many months about the entry of the smartphone giant Xiaomi into the automotive industry, but now, this million-dollar project becomes a reality with the launch in China of the SU7 electric sedan. Xiaomi announced its car manufacturing plans on March 30, 2021, when Lei Jun, the company's CEO and founder, indicated that the company would invest 10 billion yuan ($1.4 billion) in its car manufacturing business. . And months later, Xiaomi Automotive was born, the division in charge of making the project a reality. As the months passed, we learned about Xiaomi's progress, with the group's expectations, with the first prototypes rolling down the street, and with the leak of the model that inaugurates the era of Xiaomi Automotive: the SU7. The Xiaomi SU7 Exactly 1,003 days after the initial announcement, Xiaomi presented the definitive SU7, which according to CarNewsChina, will begin production in the first half of 2024. It is a 100% electric sedan, built on Xiaomi's new Modena platform, 875 volts. It measures 4,997 mm long, 1,963 mm wide, 1,455 mm high and has 3,000 mm between the axles. It is slightly larger than a Porsche Taycan, for example. The rear trunk holds 517 liters, to which another 105 liters are added in the "frunk" or front trunk. The SU7 was designed by the team of Li Tianyuan, Xiaomi's head of design, who joined the company after arriving at the brand after working at BMW, where he was responsible for models such as the iX and the new 7 Series. The designer exterior is James Qiu, who was previously in charge of drawing the lines of the Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX. Its aerodynamic coefficient of only 0.195 Cd stands out, the lowest among production vehicles. Let's get to the technical part. Xiaomi did not complicate itself with the development of its own battery and uses CATL cells within a 101 kWh capacity battery, which according to the brand, offers a maximum range of 800 km. Xiaomi will offer the SU7 in two initial versions, called SU7 and SU7 Max. The base model has rear-wheel drive and has a 220 kW (295 Hp) engine and 400 Nm of torque, with which it can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 5.3 seconds. It will be powered by a 73.6 kWh capacity battery, providing a range of 668 km under China's CLTC standard. https://noticias.autocosmos.cl/2023/12/28/su7-xiaomi-ya-cuenta-con-su-primer-automovil
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