On March 28, the Xiaomi SU7 was officially launched with a price range of 21.59-29.99 million yuan. The Xiaomi SU7, after much anticipation, has finally been revealed. The Xiaomi SU7, developed by Xiaomi’s car division over three years with over one billion yuan investment, is hailed by Lei Jun as his “last entrepreneurial endeavor.” The goal of the Xiaomi SU7 is to create the best-looking, best-driving, and most intelligent car under 500,000 yuan (69180$). The Xiaomi SU7 is positioned as a high-performance eco-tech sedan in the C segment, excelling in performance, features, and driving experience. The intelligent cockpit of the Xiaomi SU7 is a crucial part of the “smart car ecosystem,” completing Xiaomi’s mobile ecosystem. The arrival of the Xiaomi SU7 coincides with intense competition in the new energy vehicle market, but with its outstanding product strength, it is poised to attract the attention of many young people. First, let’s take a look at the highlights of the Xiaomi SU7 through the video.
Xiaomi SU7 is a rear-wheel drive long-endurance smart driving version, priced at 215,900 yuan (29870$); Xiaomi SU7 Pro is a rear-wheel drive ultra-long-endurance high-end smart driving version, priced at 245,900 yuan (34020$); Xiaomi SU7 Max is a high-performance four-wheel drive ultra-long-endurance high-end smart driving version, priced at 299,900 yuan (41490$). In addition to the regular models, Xiaomi SU7 specially prepared 5000 Founder’s Edition models for true fans: Xiaomi SU7 Founder’s Edition priced at 215,900 yuan (29870$); Xiaomi SU7 Max Founder’s Edition priced at 299,900 yuan (41490$). New Car Introduction
In terms of appearance, the design of the first model of the new brand Xiaomi SU7 can be described as stunning, with smooth and round lines, creating a wide and low overall shape, bringing more sporty style. This style is more popular with young people, no wonder Xiaomi SU7 is positioned as “the first car for young people”. In addition, air ducts are designed below the headlights to help the brake system cool down.
The exterior comes in 9 colors: bay blue, elegant gray, olive green, pearl white, lava orange, meteor blue, basalt gray, diamond black, and twilight purple.
The body side lines are dynamic and smooth, especially the C-pillar and trunk transitions are very smooth, bringing lower aerodynamic drag, only 0.195Cd, lower than the Mercedes EQS’s 0.20Cd. In addition, the semi-hidden door handle design, while ensuring low drag, improves practicality in winter. In terms of body size, its length/width/height are 4997/1963/1440mm, with a wheelbase of 3000mm.
The Xiaomi SU7 offers four different wheel styles based on hub size, featuring low drag wheels and low rolling resistance tires.
The design highlights of the Xiaomi SU7 rear end are quite numerous, featuring the popular through-type taillight design and the Xiaomi full-letter logo to enhance recognition. The Xiaomi SU7 is equipped with an electric spoiler, not only looking cooler, but also optimizing the airflow at the rear. The sides of the lower bumper have very exaggerated designs, in the same color as the body, very eye-catching.
In terms of interior, the Xiaomi SU7 features a surround-style cockpit, creating a spacious and open atmosphere. The floating dashboard reduces the volume and saves space. The Xiaomi SU7 is equipped with a sporty three-spoke steering wheel, a 7.1-inch flip-up instrument screen, a 16.1-inch 3K central control screen, and a 56-inch HUD head-up display with a maximum brightness of 13000nit.
The interior comes in four colors: Galaxy Grey, Twilight Red, Misty Purple, and Obsidian Black.
In terms of car systems, Xiaomi’s Penglai OS is installed in the SU7 car system. The Xiaomi SU7 is equipped with the Snapdragon 8295 chip, allowing seamless connection with Xiaomi tablets as rear seat extension screens. The Xiaomi SU7 supports five-screen linkage, with an application ecosystem covering mainstream car, tablet, and mobile applications. It supports CarPlay and Airplay, and is compatible with Apple iPads in the car.
In addition, SU7 also retains some physical buttons, making common functions easier to operate. Previously, Lei Jun mentioned that the tailgate opening must have a physical button, rather than being set on the screen, in order to instantly enhance the overall dynamic of the vehicle.
It is worth mentioning that the shape of the start-stop button is the same as the Xiaomi logo, as if telling users: Xiaomi is always with you on every journey.
To achieve the future interconnection of all things, Xiaomi’s Pangolin OS has emerged. It can be installed on over 200 categories such as smartphones, cars, and smart homes, ultimately building an integrated platform for the “people-car-home ecosystem.” With the arrival of Xiaomi cars, the “people-car-home ecosystem” is officially closed-looped. Xiaomi’s Pangolin OS will realize its five major features – “bottom-layer reconstruction, cross-device intelligence, proactive intelligence, all-round security, open ecosystem” on Xiaomi cars.
Based on the complete ecosystem of people, cars, and homes, Xiaomi’s powerful OS offers the most advanced car-phone connectivity experience. The connection is seamless, with the phone entering the cabin and the phone dock automatically displaying the “phone icon.” With a click, the Mi Home desktop can be easily accessed, mirroring the phone to the car’s screen for screen sharing.
The most interesting point is that the Xiaomi SU7’s central control screen has Pinpoint expansion interfaces on all four sides, supporting plug-and-play devices, such as bottom expandable physical buttons, meeting the driving habits and preferences of the “mechanical party”.
The Xiaomi SU7 is equipped with an industry-leading high-efficiency dual-mode heat pump that can still operate at -20°C. Below -20°C, with the heater, it still provides efficient and comfortable heating support, with the overall heating management system going as low as -30°C.
In terms of storage space, the Xiaomi SU7 has a 105L front trunk and a 517L rear trunk to meet the needs of daily and long-distance travel.
The rear floor of the Xiaomi SU7 is made using a large die-casting process, which requires a die-casting machine with a larger clamping force. Xiaomi Motors first customized and developed a 9100-ton giant integrated die-casting machine. However, one machine is not enough. The design of the die-casting cluster and self-developed materials are essential. Independent design and manufacturing are the key to mastering the core technology of integrated large die-casting.
Xiaomi collaborated with a national-level materials key laboratory to develop the “Xiaomi Titan Alloy” by selecting the optimal alloy formula from 10.16 million combinations using Xiaomi’s self-developed multi-material performance AI simulation system. Thanks to the integrated floor and CTB integrated battery technology of the “Xiaomi Titan Alloy”, the torsional stiffness of the Xiaomi SU7 reaches 51,000N·m/deg, equivalent to twice that of a traditional fuel vehicle.
Xiaomi SU7, CLTC range 700km, 0-100km/h acceleration time 5.28s, 15-minute charge replenishes 350km. Intelligent driving equipped with Xiaomi Pilot Pro, supports high-speed navigation, enhanced valet parking. Xiaomi SU7 Pro, CLTC range 830km, 0-100km/h acceleration time 5.7s, 15-minute charge replenishes 350km. Intelligent driving equipped with Xiaomi Pilot Max, computing power of 508TOPS, supports high-speed navigation, city navigation, valet parking. Xiaomi SU7 Max, CLTC range 800km, 0-100km/h acceleration time 2.78s, 15-minute charge replenishes 510km. Intelligent driving equipped with Xiaomi Pilot Max, computing power of 508TOPS, supports high-speed navigation, city navigation, valet parking.
In terms of battery safety, the Xiaomi SU7 adopts the industry’s first CTB battery cell inversion technology. In the battery field, the technology of inverting battery cells and pressure relief valves has been seen before. However, in the CTB technology solution, the simultaneous inversion of battery cells and pressure relief valves has never been seen before. Through this innovative structural design, the battery’s energy can be released downward in extreme situations, combined with a hole-less battery cover design and 6-fold redundant smoke exhaust channels, ensuring maximum safety for the cabin.
In terms of advanced driving, the Xiaomi SU7 uses Xiaomi’s end-to-end perception and decision-making large model, paired with two NVIDIA DRIVE Orin chips, with 508 Tops of computing power, supporting high-speed navigation and urban navigation advanced driving. Equipped with 1 LiDAR, 11 HD cameras, 3 mm-wave radars, and 12 ultrasonic radars on the environmental perception hardware. Xiaomi’s urban NOA plan will start user testing in April, open in 10 cities in May, and nationwide in August, with advanced functions such as high-speed navigation, urban navigation, and valet parking all implemented.