Xiaomi SU7 EV | A Close Look

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When Xiaomi announced its plans to marque an electrical car, it raised a fewer eyebrows globally. A tech institution making an electrical car is surely unusual. Finally, successful March this year, the SU7 was launched successful China and 27,307 EVs were delivered successful the 2nd 4th of the year. The institution is assured that it volition scope the people of 1,20,000 EV income by the year-end (Source).

What astir Xiaomi?s plans for India? In elemental words, thing for the next 3 years astatine least. The SU7 has been developed ground-up by Xiaomi successful China and the institution wants to absorption connected its location marketplace archetypal earlier going global. Like the smartphone business, India would beryllium 1 of the markets it volition absorption connected for the electrical car business, but not for the adjacent 3 years. However, the institution showcased the car successful Bangalore and we got to spot it up close.

If you deliberation that the SU7 (SU = Speed Ultra) looks familiar, you?re not wrong. The car precise overmuch resembles the Porsche Taycan and the Tesla Model 3 from immoderate angles. Xiaomi compares the SU7 with the Tesla Model 3 Performance successful presumption of artillery beingness and charging speed. There are 3 models connected merchantability ? the basal SU7 which comes successful a azygous centrifugal rear-wheel thrust configuration with a 73.6 kWh BYD leaf artillery battalion (700 km range), the mid variant SU7 Pro which besides has a azygous centrifugal rear-wheel thrust configuration with a 94.3 kWh (830 km range) CATL Shenxing artillery battalion and the apical variant SU7 Max (car connected display) with a dual motor, all-wheel thrust setup with a 101 kWh (810 km) CATL Qilin artillery pack. Talking astir performance, the SU7 Max makes 664 BHP and 838 Nm of torque and has a apical velocity of 265 km/h. Xiaomi claims that the SU7 Max tin bash 0-100 km/h successful 2.78 seconds and 0-200 km/h successful 10.67 seconds.

The SU7 is based connected Xiaomi?s self-developed Modena level which is claimed to person a higher torsional rigidity than the Bugatti Veyron. The basal variant is based connected a 400V architecture portion the SU7 Pro and the SU7 Max are based connected an 800V architecture. Read much astir the quality successful the 400V & 800V architectures here.

Here?s a elaborate brochure of the SU7 - Xiaomi SU7 Brochure.pdf

At the front, the SU7 has a precise Tesla-like design. You tin archer that it is aerodynamic with creaseless assemblage lines and curves. Here is the car successful the Aqua Blue overgarment shadiness which looks rather bully successful person. Interestingly, accepted overgarment shades similar Black, White and Silver are disposable astatine an further outgo portion the stand-out and funky colours are disposable astatine a modular price:

You tin spot that the car has a wide stance astatine the rear and besides gets a connected tail-lamp design:

The SU7 has an aerodynamic resistance coefficient of 0.195. If you look carefully, you volition announcement that the rear windows person a tint portion the beforehand windows don?t:

The SU7 measures 4,997 mm successful length, 1,963 mm successful width and 1,440 mm successful height. It has a wheelbase of 3,000 mm. The wide acceptable and decorativeness is fantabulous and is astir astatine supercar levels:

The quad headlamp clump gets an LED DRL portion successful the mediate and has rounded edges:

You get aerial curtains astatine the beforehand that nonstop the aerial towards the instrumentality wells;

The aerial is further channelled to the broadside of the car done different vent. Notice the cameras connected the fender and the ORVM:

The agelong bonnet has subtle creaseless creases and?

?carries the MI badge:

Under the bonnet, you person a large 105-litre frunk:

There?s a alloy sheet that lists retired the show figures of the car:

The SU7 has level 2 autonomous driving and is equipped with 1 Lidar, 12 ultrasonic radars and 11 exterior cameras. It has roadworthy mapping tech and high-resolution occupancy tech that tin observe tiny objects arsenic well:

Very sporty-looking 21-inch alloy wheels with Brembo brakes. The beforehand wheels are shod with 245/35 R21 Pirelli P-Zero tyres:

The rear wheels are shod with wider 265/35 R21 tyres:

Flush doorway handles for amended aerodynamics:

Very stylish ORVM design. Interestingly, the full ORVM lodging moves erstwhile you set it from the inside:

A look astatine the charging socket. Xiaomi claims that you tin get a scope of 510 km with a 15-minute charge:

The rear spoiler is adjustable to 3 positions isolated from the afloat closed position. You tin manually acceptable the space oregon support it connected Auto mode wherever it adjusts the space based connected the speed:

Just similar successful the front, you get a show sheet astatine the rear arsenic well:

The B-pillar besides has a camera and an NFC cardinal paper reader:

Frameless doors look ace classy. Doors get a soft-closing action:

Yes, this show car was a left-hand thrust variant. The compartment has a black-and-white taxable and the dashboard has nary hard plastics. All the interaction areas are soft. The wide prime of materials and the acceptable & decorativeness are top-notch:

This flat-bottom steering instrumentality is besides precise Porsche-like. You get rotary dials adjacent the horn pad for thrust modes and exterior sensors:

You get a monolithic 56-inch head-up display:

Front seats are sporty and person adjustable broadside bolstering. The enactment adapts itself erstwhile connected twisty roads to supply optimum support. The headrests person inbuilt speakers and the telephone telephone audio is played done the driver?s headrest lone truthful that the different passengers aren?t disturbed:

The item of the compartment is this 16.1-inch, 3k console that is powered by the Snapdragon 8295 spot which has a tablet-like usability. The show is crisp and lag-free. In presumption of connectivity, you tin reflector your telephone connected the surface and usage it for assorted operations. You tin link to 1000+ Xiaomi astute location devices for a implicit ecosystem. For radical who similar carnal buttons, Xiaomi has them disposable arsenic an accessory that tin beryllium mounted connected the touchscreen and programmed for antithetic functions similar A/C controls, euphony controls oregon thing other that you like:

There are nary buttons for the accommodation of ORVMs, steering instrumentality oregon the head-up display. Instead, you person this enactment connected the touchscreen for accommodation of each of the functions mentioned wherever you prime 1 and you tin usage the buttons connected the steering instrumentality to set it. Pretty handy!

Wireless accelerated charging pads connected the centre console person a cooling function:

Centre console besides houses the Start/Stop fastener and carnal buttons for A/C controls, spoiler presumption and the thrust tallness adjustment:

A look astatine the rider broadside of the dashboard. See the metallic constituent astatine the end? That?s an enactment camera mounting point:

The rear doors unfastened wide enough, but the model doesn?t rotation down each the way. The presumption of the model you spot successful this representation is up to the bounds it rolls down. Getting successful and retired of the rear spot isn?t arsenic cumbersome arsenic it would beryllium successful a sportscar, but it is low. The level is precocious which results successful a knees-up seating position. The abstraction astatine the rear is fair, but you wouldn?t word this arsenic spacious. The backseat abstraction is precise overmuch comparable to a C-Class. The seats themselves are rather comfy though:

All the doors person physics merchandise buttons. There is simply a manual latch beneath successful the vessel holder country if the physics merchandise doesn?t work. Notice the subtle ambient lighting:

There are rear A/C vents on with Type-C USB charging ports:

Below, you get a temperature-controlled retention compartment. You tin acceptable a somesthesia of 5-50 degrees centigrade successful this compartment: