"Xiaomi Sold More Than 130,000 Vehicles In Nine Months" - article

[Tooney]

If it took you a few minutes to stare at the top shot closely in an attempt to figure out if what you were looking at was a variant of the Porsche Taycan, that's precisely what Chinese upstart automaker Xiaomi wants you to think. No, the SU7 takes nothing from the Taycan, except perhaps its silhouette, bulging wheel arches, and doors.

OK, so maybe it's sort of copying Porsche's electric sports sedan. But, what's important to underline about this car is that not only did it mark Xiaomi's first real stab at building cars after making a name for itself in the electronics sector, Xiaomi sold more of it in its home market in only nine months than Mazda sold CX-5s in the U.S. last year. And Xiaomi expects to double that amount in 2025.

As of December 27th, 2024, the rather attractive SU7 had sold at more than 130,000 examples. According to a recent statement from the carmaker on the Chinese social media platform Weibo, that's more than double the original 60,000 cars Xiaomi had projected for this car. Barely a month after being on sale in March, the SU7 had already been shipped to 10,000 new owners. By mid-November, more than 100,000 EVs had been built.

This extremely strong demand is due to several factors. First, the way the car looks. Yes, it's a copy of the Porsche Taycan, but it also takes styling cues from other premium and even exotic brands, such as McLaren in the front fascia and headlights, as well as Mercedes-Benz in the way the rear end slopes downwards and kicks back up through an integrated rear spoiler. In other words, this is a good-looking copy.

But, the SU7 is also a lot of EV for the price. For the equivalent of about 30,000 USD, you're getting a sexy-looking electric sports sedan capable of sprinting from 0 to 60 MPH in 5.3 seconds, and able to drive up to 434 miles (as per China's CLTC standards) on a single charge. Opt for the top-dog Max model, and you're getting supercar-rivalling acceleration for about the same price as a Honda Pilot. Check out the SU7's technical specifications below.

https://www.topspeed.com/xiaomi-sold-more-than-130000-vehicles-in-9-months/

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[Vercingetorix]

Not ready for prime time if you value your life.

https://www.carscoops.com/2024/11/x...use-after-two-brake-failures-lead-to-crashes/

 

[WasserGKuehlt]

Not ready for prime time if you value your life.

https://www.carscoops.com/2024/11/x...use-after-two-brake-failures-lead-to-crashes/

(In Genie voice) “Phenomenal yellow brake calipers! Itty-bitty tiny brake pads.”

Ffs, the “brembo” sticker is almost bigger than the pads.

 

[chun]

Not ready for prime time if you value your life.

https://www.carscoops.com/2024/11/x...use-after-two-brake-failures-lead-to-crashes/

what’s porsche excuse? With how many brakes issue taycan had, they don’t seem ready for prime time either

That xiaomi crashed because the brakes were over used. On track you can’t drive the car to failure point and expect not to crash. Also, the brakes are actual brembo of the shelf ones and not a “sticker”

the seats are standard of the shelf bosh electronic seats also, and likely a batch failure, as Kia ev 9 also had this

Ford’s ceo seems impressed with this xiaomi car and its built quality, seeing as it is his daily car that he praises over and over. Would expect he knows one or two things about built quality

 

[DCYL725]

so this will be 60k+ usd after tariffs? Still a lot of car for the price.

 

[ze_shark]

That xiaomi crashed because the brakes were over used. On track you can’t drive the car to failure point and expect not to crash. Also, the brakes are actual brembo of the shelf ones and not a “sticker”

No, it crashed because they were critically under dimensionned.
I do not think that it is that difficult to understand the difference between
- a quality control escape
- a critical failing in the design and validation process

 

[ze_shark]

Are BYD's 389,339 Seal sales in 2024 more or less significant than Xiaomi's 135K ?

 

[Vercingetorix]

what’s porsche excuse? With how many brakes issue taycan had, they don’t seem ready for prime time either

That xiaomi crashed because the brakes were over used. On track you can’t drive the car to failure point and expect not to crash. Also, the brakes are actual brembo of the shelf ones and not a “sticker”

the seats are standard of the shelf bosh electronic seats also, and likely a batch failure, as Kia ev 9 also had this

Ford’s ceo seems impressed with this xiaomi car and its built quality, seeing as it is his daily car that he praises over and over. Would expect he knows one or two things about built quality

Forget the brakes. Forget the seat. Where are the airbags?

 

[chun]

No, it crashed because they were critically under dimensionned.
I do not think that it is that difficult to understand the difference between
- a quality control escape
- a critical failing in the design and validation process

No, it didn’t. In the full video, which all of these “reporters” omit, the brakes failed after heavy use during multiple laps, with the brakes getting red from the heat on certain portions of the track.

In the full video he tracks several cars, specifically to compare them to xiaomi, which he leaves last because “he fully expects to crash it” - one could question the intent behind the video?

there is no critical fault, and the size is more than adequate for normal use.

xiaomi offers better brakes specifically for track use, as an option. The driver conveniently didn’t choose those for his “track” car.

are you aware that a taycan with base iron discs can, and has failed after heavy use at nurburing? So clearly, taycan is also not adequate car… definitely not the fault of mono-celled brain drivers that don’t understand what tracking a car means, or tracking a car in bad faith “fully expecting it to crash”

here is the statement from xiaomi

 

[Jasper4S]

What!? no airbags deployed on impact! This thing should be illegal on the road! And in my eyes it doesn't look close to a Taycan. Only door handles and the yellow calipers are a bit Taycan like.

 

[Vercingetorix]

Reminds me of other great products.

 

[f1eng]

are you aware that a taycan with base iron discs can, and has failed after heavy use at nurburing?

A quick look at the difference in size of disc and pad between the smallest Taycan brakes and those photographs show the Xiomi brakes to be tiny in comparison for a car the same weight.
I am disgusted.
They may be adequate for gentle road use with mainly regenerative braking but I, as a car designer, am really shocked that brakes that cheap, small and sh*tty are sold on a 2.2 tonne car if bigger options are available.
Huge caliper and teensy pad is nothing more than a confidence trick

 

[Flying ace]

Driver's helmet isn't even doing it's job. Is everything in China a cheap knockoff?

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