Xiaomi unveils YU7 electric SUV to take on similar models from Tesla, Li Auto, Nio in 2025

Xiaomi unveils YU7 electric SUV to take on similar models from Tesla, Li Auto, Nio in 2025

Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi has revealed its new YU7 sports utility vehicle (SUV) that it expects to commercially release in mid-2025, taking on similar models from Tesla, Li Auto and Nio in the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) market. In a Weibo post on Tuesday, Xiaomi founder, chairman and chief executive Lei Jun showed off … Read more

Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun marks roll-out of 100,000th EV by paying homage to Tesla’s Elon Musk

Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun marks roll-out of 100,000th EV by paying homage to Tesla’s Elon Musk

Xiaomi founder, chairman and chief executive Lei Jun on Wednesday marked the roll-out of the firm’s 100,000th electric vehicle (EV) from the assembly line with a social-media post of himself sleeping on the factory floor, paying homage to what Elon Musk did during the early days of Tesla. In a post published at 7:57am on … Read more

China’s Xi Jinping pushes hi-tech message during visit to science city in once-poor Hefei

China’s Xi Jinping pushes hi-tech message during visit to science city in once-poor Hefei

Science and technology should lead the modernisation of China, President Xi Jinping emphasised, as he gave a fresh push to innovation in the southeastern hi-tech hub of Hefei earlier this week. “To advance modernisation in the Chinese style, science and technology must take the lead, with technological innovation being the necessary path to follow,” Xi … Read more

Tesla keeps cool, Rivian heats up, Uber shades, and NIO swings

Tesla keeps cool, Rivian heats up, Uber shades, and NIO swings

On today’s episode of Quick Charge, Tesla’s weird new cooler faces off against Rivian’s clever new camp kitchen, Uber’s CEO thinks Elon is underestimating the problem, and NIO shows off its new rival to the best-selling Tesla Model Y. PLUS: Ford give its dealers a sneak peak at its EV product roadmap and a Texas … Read more

Chinese EV maker Xpeng says partnership with Nvidia unaffected by US trade sanctions

Chinese EV maker Xpeng says partnership with Nvidia unaffected by US trade sanctions

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) start-up Xpeng said its partnership with Nvidia has not been affected by tighter US trade sanctions, but it will keep its options open with local suppliers. “We’re very happy with our collaboration with Nvidia and other silicon partners,” Brian Gu Hong-di, vice-chairman and president of Xpeng Motors, said during a press … Read more

Xiaomi’s maiden EV, selling at a loss, turbocharges price war forcing China’s small players out of business

Xiaomi’s maiden EV, selling at a loss, turbocharges price war forcing China’s small players out of business

Goldman Sachs said in a research note on April 1 that it believed the fully electric sedan “is highly competitive and demonstrates Xiaomi’s capabilities of becoming a potential price leader in the market rather than a price follower.” The SU7, fitted with intelligent features such as an autonomous driving system and digital cockpit, hit the … Read more

Smartphone maker Xiaomi makes waves in crowded EV market with its keenly-priced SU7 model

Smartphone maker Xiaomi makes waves in crowded EV market with its keenly-priced SU7 model

Xiaomi has got off to a racing start in the country’s crowded electric vehicle (EV) market, after saying it sold around 50,000 vehicles within half an hour of the launch of its new model, the SU7. The Chinese smartphone and gadget maker, which has been competing with Apple for years, now has its sights set … Read more

Xiaomi surprises with lower-than-expected pricing on new EVs, in new challenge to Tesla

Xiaomi surprises with lower-than-expected pricing on new EVs, in new challenge to Tesla

Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi on Thursday launched its much-awaited first electric vehicle (EV) – the SU7, short for Speed Ultra – at a venue in Beijing close to its car manufacturing facility, pricing the standard model at 215,900 yuan (US$29,867) to take on Tesla’s Model 3 in the world’s largest EV market. The high-end SU7 … Read more

Nio ET9 Flagship Sedan: Super Fast Charging, Drive-By-Wire

Nio ET9 Flagship Sedan: Super Fast Charging, Drive-By-Wire

Chinese EV brand Nio recently held its Nio Day 2023 event, where it launched new charging technologies, gave company updates, and held performances to a crowd of more than 10,000 people in an Olympic stadium. The biggest news was the debut of the ET9 sedan, which Nio describes as a “smart executive flagship.” NIO Scraps … Read more