Xiaomi is continuing to dive deeper into China’s competitive EV market with the reveal of a new model, the YU7 SUV, coming in the summer of 2025.
The YU7 is an all-electric SUV with a similar design to the SU7 sedan, the electronics giant’s first electric model released earlier this year. That vehicle has received a lot of press and praise, including from Ford CEO Jim Farley, who personally drove one after having it flown into the US from Shanghai. Farley loved it so much that he said he didn’t want to give it back.
We don’t have much detail about the YU7 beyond the name and a few images shared on Weibo by Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun. While the SU7 competes with the Tesla Model 3 and other electric sedans in China, the YU7 is expected to land in the growing electric SUV market, currently dominated by the Model Y and others.
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Jun said he expects an official launch for the YU7 in “June or July” next year. “We hope that the YU7 test car can remove its heavy camouflage as soon as possible, which will help us conduct more comprehensive, detailed, long-term and large-scale testing to ensure product quality and make better products,” he added.
Xiaomi beat Sony, Apple, and others in making the jump from electronics to cars. While Apple bailed on its own car project with nothing to show for it, Sony is gearing up to launch the Afeela EV it’s making in collaboration with Honda. Indeed, Xiaomi also isn’t going alone, working alongside China’s CATL on batteries and a division of BAIC to build its cars.