Look what we now have right here – the Xiaomi SU7 is on show at Suria KLCC’s Centre Court docket till Sunday, its first time in Malaysia! Earlier than you get your pants in a twist, it’s not a launch – Xiaomi has introduced the automotive in for demo functions solely; for now it’s solely on sale in China, the place it’s priced from 215,900-299,900 yuan (about RM130k-181k) and the place it bought out for 2024 within the first 24 hours.
First unveiled on the finish of 2023 and produced by BAIC Group in Beijing, the SU7 measures 4,997 mm lengthy, 1,963 mm broad, 1,440 mm tall and has a wheelbase of three,000 mm, making it greater than a BYD Seal and in regards to the dimension of a Tesla Mannequin S and Porsche Taycan.
The beneficiant dimensions enable for as much as 1,012 mm of vertical seating area within the entrance, 105 mm of rear knee room, 517 litres of rear boot area and 105 litres of entrance trunk (frunk) area, the final of which is alleged to be the biggest for an EV in China, beating each the Mannequin S (89 litres) and Taycan (84 litres).
Distinctive cues on the sedan embrace triangular-shaped headlamps and wide-width taillights, the latter with C-shaped signatures. The physique additionally will get numerous inlets, retailers, channels and a outstanding diffuser component that serve to advertise aerodynamics – the corporate claims a drag coefficient of 0.195. By the best way, former BMW chief designer Chris Bangle was the design advisor.
The minimalist inside carries a 16.1-inch centre touchscreen with 3K decision, and Xiaomi opted to retain some bodily controls on the centre console and steering wheel. A small digital instrument cluster forward of the motive force rotates into view, Bentley type, and your complete infotainment system runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8295 system-on-chip and Xiaomi’s HyperOS. Apple CarPlay and AirPlay are supported.
There are devoted mounting factors behind the entrance seat headrests to mount an iPad, which can be utilized to manage numerous car capabilities comparable to air-conditioning, seats and media playback.
The corporate refers to this integration as CarloT, which is a {hardware} ecology that’s totally open to 3rd events. These pinned mounting factors for iPads will also be present in different areas of the cabin, permitting house owners so as to add extra {hardware} comparable to one other row of bodily controls under the touchscreen and even Mijia merchandise.
Three variants are provided in China: SU7, SU7 Professional and SU7 Max. The primary two come geared up with a rear-mounted electrical motor rated at 299 PS (295 hp or 220 kW) and 400 Nm of torque.
The entry-level SU7 will get a BYD FinDreams-sourced Blade lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery with an vitality capability of 73.6 kWh, which is sweet for a CLTC-rated vary of 700 km. It can take 25 minutes to get the battery from a 10-80% state of cost (SoC) with DC quick charging – the SU7 is constructed on an 800V structure.
As for the SU7 Professional, it makes use of a Shenxing nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) battery from CATL with an vitality capability of 94.3 kWh to supply essentially the most vary of the trio at 830 km (CLTC). The identical 10-80% SoC with DC quick charging takes half-hour for the SU7 Professional.
Xiaomi says the primary two variants within the line-up can get well 350 km of vary with simply quarter-hour of DC quick charging, and the duo share the identical high pace of 210 km/h. The SU7 is a bit faster in a 0-100 km/h dash than the SU7 Professional, taking simply 5.28 seconds as a substitute of 5.7 seconds.
On the high of the pack is the SU7 Max that options an all-wheel drive, dual-motor setup with a complete system output of 673 PS (664 hp or 495 kW) and 838 Nm. The rear electrical motor is extra highly effective right here, rated at 374 PS (369 hp or 275 kW) and 500 Nm, whereas the entrance supplies 299 PS (295 hp or 220 kW) and 338 Nm.
Powering the electrical motors of the SU7 Max is one other CATL-sourced NMC battery, though the Qilin unit has a better vitality capability of 101 kWh. The range-topper will full the century dash in simply 2.78 seconds on its strategy to a high pace of 265 km/h, however this comes on the expense of vary that’s lower than the SU7 Professional at 800 km.
The SU7 Max is quicker than the Mannequin S and pre-facelift Taycan Turbo to 100 km/h (up to date Taycan Turbo does 2.7 seconds, Taycan Turbo GT Weissach 2.2 seconds). The corporate additionally says the SU7 takes simply 33.3 metres to get to a useless cease from 100 km/h, which is 0.7 metres lower than the Taycan Turbo.
Different driving-related options embrace air suspension with adaptive dampers, an lively shutter grille with 16 ranges of adjustment and an lively rear wing with 4 adjustment ranges. On the protection and driver help facet of issues, the SU7 will include Xiaomi Pilot as normal with 16 capabilities – two Nvidia Drive Orin SOCs present 508 TOPS of processing energy.
Xiaomi provides that the EV has handed 40 crash checks and core parts are manufactured from 90.1% high-strength metal and aluminium alloy (2,000 MPa) for a torsional stiffness of 51,000 Nm/diploma.
The SU7 is obtainable in 9 exterior colors – Aqua Blue, Mineral Grey, Verdant Inexperienced, Meteor Blue, Radiant Purple, Basalt Grey, Lava Orange, Pearl White, Diamond Black – whereas the inside is available in both Galaxy Grey, Twilight Crimson, Mist Purple or Obsidian Black.
Xiaomi goals to grow to be one of many world’s high 5 carmakers within the subsequent 15-20 years.
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