[TechWeb] News on July 9, according to the 21st Century Business Herald, the third car planned by Xiaomi Automobile is an extended-range SUV model, which is mainly for domestic use and will be launched in 2026.
According to previous plans, the release pace of Xiaomi Automobile is three cars in three years, namely the 2024 pure electric sedan Xiaomi SU7, the 2025 pure electric SUV, and the 2026 extended range SUV.
Reported that after Xiaomi released the SU7 at the end of March this year, it plans to disclose more information about the new model at its new product launch conference in July.
However, this news has not been officially confirmed by Xiaomi.
Judging from the three models exposed, Xiaomi Automobile’s approach is from high-end to low-end.
The first car focuses on high-end, and the second and third cars begin to enter the mainstream market to seize sales.
A few days ago, 36Krypton reported that Xinwangda Power, a power battery company owned by Xinwangda, had won the battery fixed-point project for Xiaomi’s third model.
Xinwangda refused to respond due to confidentiality benefits.
One of the key factors why Xiaomi chose Xinwanda was cost.
“The system-level quotation may be below 50 cents per watt-hour.
” According to reports, Xiaomi’s third car is strictly cost-oriented and is positioned at 150,000 yuan.
Currently, the best selling car on the home extended-range SUV track is the ideal car.
The latest data shows that its monthly sales in June have reached nearly 50,000 units.
This means that the third model of Xiaomi Automobile will directly compete with the ideal car.
Xiaomi started late in the car-making industry, and adding to its journey is tantamount to grabbing food from the tiger’s mouth.
But compared with competitors, ecology is Xiaomi’s strongest competitiveness.
In the early days, Xiaomi invested in many star companies in the automobile industry chain through Shunwei Capital and Xiaomi War Investment, focusing on power batteries, driverless driving, auto parts, etc.
Among them, smart driving systems and chips at the decision-making level include Zhongmu Technology, Black Sesame, Zhixing Technology, etc.
, and in the sensor field, Hesai Technology, which is deeply involved in laser radar.
in the fields of batteries, electric drives, and electronic control, China Innovation Aviation, Honeycomb Energy and other companies are also behind Xiaomi.
In addition, Xiaomi is pre-positioned in the field of sodium batteries and has invested in sodium-ion battery research and development company Zero 14.
Overall, Xiaomi has achieved a relatively comprehensive layout of the automobile industry.
The upstream covers materials and semiconductors, the midstream covers key areas such as parts and intelligent driving with certain technical thresholds, and the downstream covers logistics and distribution, travel services, automobile transactions, Auto insurance maintenance and other industries.
The complete layout allows Xiaomi to provide accessories to users at a lower price.
However, as competition in the new energy vehicle industry further intensifies, whether Xiaomi Automobile’s second and third models can continue the popularity of the first model will still need to wait for time to verify.
(Zhou Xiaobai), return to the home page of First Electric Network>,.
