Xiaomi, the Chinese electronics giant, announced that it will start selling the SU7, the brand’s first car, on March 28 in China. The new 100% electric model, which aims to compete with the Porsche Taycan, will arrive later in other markets.
The new SU7 is a sedan, was presented in December 2023, and is based on Xiaomi’s Modena platform, designed to support 400-volt and 800-volt electric architectures, as well as transmission systems with one or two motors.
Equipped with electric motors developed internally by Xiaomi, which the company’s CEO, Lei Jun, says is a “super electric motor”, capable of providing faster acceleration speeds than Tesla and Porsche cars, the SU7 will feature two versions. The entry-level version has an electric motor installed on the rear axle, with a power of 300 hp and a torque of 400 Nm, powered by a 73.6 kWh battery. It can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 5.28 seconds, reach a maximum speed of 210 km/h, and have a range of 628 km to 668 km in WLTP cycle.
The most powerful version is the SU7 Max, which uses two electric motors, one per axle, with all-wheel drive, with a total power of 645 hp and a torque of 838 Nm, which uses a 101 kWh battery supplied by CATL, allowing a range of up to 800 km, as well as accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in just 2.7 seconds and reaching a top speed of 265 km/h.
The design of the SU7 is the result of collaboration between former designers from BMW and Mercedes-Benz, and the 100% electric model measures 4.99 meters in length, 1.96 meters in width, and 1.4 meters in height, with a weight of 1980 kg. The elegant lines of Xiaomi’s electric car contribute to a claimed drag coefficient of just 0.195 Cd, making the SU7 one of the most aerodynamically efficient production cars.
