The voices that doubted the success of Xiaomi’s first electric car have completely silenced. The Xiaomi Su7 has widely exceeded all predictions, both experts and the company itself, and has already managed to enter among the best -selling cars in China. Not bad for a manufacturer who until less than a year ago was not in the sector.
The SU7 success has motivated Xiaomi to continue betting on the sector with new models. In addition to new versions of Su7, such as the new Xiaomi Su7 Ultra sports, the company announced last year its second model, the Yu7. As expected, it is a SUV, the type of vehicle that is dominating world sales of cars worldwide; but unlike other similar models, The Yu7 has an ace in the sleeve: autonomy.
The Xiaomi Yu7 has been registered this week before the Chinese authorities, one of the necessary steps to market the new model in the country; In fact, it was thanks to one of these mandatory records that was learned about the existence of the YU7 first, last November. As part of this bureaucratic process, Xiaomi has had to declare the autonomy of the YU7, and has managed to surprise.
As you share Reutersthe Xiaomi Yu7 registration states that Its maximum autonomy will be 770 kilometerswhich is not bad for a bigger and heavy car than a conventional sedan; Recall that the basic Xiaomi Su7 has an autonomy of 700 kilometers, although in the Max model it is extended up to 810 kilometers.
It must also be remembered that all these figures are calculated with the CLTC cycle, which is considered the softest in the sector; With the WLTP cycle used in Europe, it is likely that the 770 kilometers of the YU7 will become more than 700 real kilometers. Even so, it is still a surprising figure, especially if we compare it with competitionTesla.
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Although Elon Musk’s company still does not offer a SUV, the most comparable model for size and versatility is Model and, which has a recorded autonomy of 719 kilometers in CLTC cycle; Therefore, it is a total defeat, which could have been worse: Model and was renewed at the beginning of the year with an improvement in the battery, without which autonomy reached only 688 km.
Another interesting detail that has been revealed is that Xiaomi has registered three versions of YU7although it has not given them name; Each has a different autonomy: 770 kilometers, 760 kilometers and 675 kilometers. It is expected that these figures refer to different motor and battery configurations, as happened with the SU7, which in addition to its basic version, is available in Pro version and Max version.
