Xiaomi cars will be launched on the 28th, and in addition to the eye-catching price, the quality of the vehicles is also highly concerned. Just before, Lei Jun, founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi Group, revealed the news related to Xiaomi cars. He pointed out that Xiaomi's senior management has all participated in the road measurement of Xiaomi car SU7, which has accumulated more than 100,000 kilometers. He mentioned that the cost of testing the car was very expensive at the beginning, about 2 million yuan per car, and then it was getting closer and closer to the cost of mass production cars.
According to Lei Jun's official Weibo news, Lei Jun posted on the eve of Xiaomi's Xiaomi SU7 press conference that Xiaomi has invested 576 prototype cars and driven them in 300 cities across the mainland, from the ultra-low temperature of minus 40 degrees in Heihe, to the high temperature of 60 degrees in Turpan, across the temperature difference of 100 degrees, and then to the plateau test of Kunlun Mountain at an altitude of 4,768 meters, the test scale is quite large, so many people have seen their company's fleet in different cities. He said that after such rigorous testing, the Xiaomi SU7 is ready to be released on the 28th.
Lei Jun said, "A car, whether the quality is passable, and whether the intelligent driving is reliable (reliable)?" He pointed out that all the company's senior management participated in the Xiaomi SU7 road test, which has accumulated more than 100,000 kilometers. Among them, "I participated in more than 10 Xiaomi SU7 tests" and had a mileage of more than 3,000 kilometers.
Lei Jun mentioned that among the tests he personally participated in, the longest test mileage was on January 5 this year, covering 1,276 kilometers, from Beijing to Shanghai, "I drove alone", the whole high-speed NOA (Navigate On Autopilot), plus charging and resting, a total of more than 15 hours. The test is very challenging for endurance, four-wheel drive vehicles, winter plus high speed (there are not many cars on the road, most of the time the speed is more than 100 kilometers per hour), charging 2 times on the road, "the experience is quite good".
In addition, he pointed out that the cost of testing the car was "very expensive" at the beginning, about 2 million yuan per car, and then it was getting closer and closer to the cost of a production car.
Xiaomi's first model, the Xiaomi SU7, will be officially released on the 28th, and its price and deliveries will start at the same time on the same day. According to relevant media reports, people familiar with the matter previously said that Xiaomi Group has determined the pricing of Xiaomi cars, which is 30,000 to 50,000 yuan lower than the price that the company wanted within the company last year.
The price of the standard version of the "Xiaomi SU7" may be set at 266,000 yuan per unit, but there is still a chance to adjust it on the eve of the press conference.