Xiaomi’s YU7 Is an SUV-Sized Middle Finger to Tesla’s Model Y

Another week, another A Chinese electric car has intended to deliver an extinct event to Western cars.

This time it is Xiaomi, Beijing based Te Technica Company best known for smartphones and the company behind the Porsche Taycan-Baiting Su7which at the end of 2024 was so popular that Xiaomi increased his sales forecast three times in a matter of months.

Now Xiaomi has returned, and this time it has Electric SUV up his sleeve. Similar to the love of Ferrari Purasangue and Aston Martin DBX707 described an unfriendly phone line, the Yu7 hits all the references you would expect from an EV and 2025.

The $ 35,000 Yu7 has top specifics for low money: 0-62 mph in 5.88 seconds and 800-volt electrical architecture.

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There are three models ranging from the Standard Yu7, a single-engine car with 235 kW and 0-62 mph time of 5.88 seconds, through the more powerful, double engine Yu7 Pro and, bending into a smartphone name, headed by the Yu7 Max. This model has 508 kW of power – 38 kW more than the electric Porsche Macan Turbo-And a supercar-like 0-62 mph time of 3.23 seconds.

Using China’s slightly generous CLTC test cycle, range claims from 472 miles for the maximum, up to 518 miles from the less powerful standard. Xiaomi claims that the car’s 800-volt electrical architecture delivers a 10-80 percent load time of just 12 minutes, or can add 385 miles of range in 15 minutes.

All very impressive, but especially when you consider the Chinese market price. The Yu7 starts at 253,500 yuan, which is about $ 35,000 in the US-the right price Tesla has briefly reached with its first generation model 3 in early 2019, before returning to the $ 40,000 mark. The Pro and Max versions of the Xiaomi Yu7 are a price of $ 279,900 ($ 39,000) and $ 329,900 ($ 46,000) respectively, while Tesla’s Y model begins at 263,500 yuan ($ 36.500).

Meanwhile Tesla has recently missed their own deadline to put more affordable cars into production. Despite canceling its so -called Model 2, The company said At the beginning of 2025: “Plans for new vehicles, including more affordable models, remain in the way for production in the first half of 2025.” We are in July now and are still waiting.