Xiaomi Automobile, which disappeared from Lei Jun’s fourth annual speech, has recently emerged on social platforms.
An online posting is eye-catching. On the 18th, boss Jia Wei, a blogger of Xiaohongshu, said that he met four Xiaomi cars on the urban expressway from Urumqi to Changji. He said that Xiaomi’s posture is really good, equipped with yellow calipers and sharp interior center console edges.
One day later, on the afternoon of August 19th, Lei Jun released a Weibo, saying that he would test the Leica optics, four shots and five focal lengths of Xiaomi MIX Fold 3. The photo was taken beautifully, and it also showed the shooting ability of Xiaomi MIX Fold 3. However, careful netizens found that Lei Jun’s IP territory of Weibo at that time was in Xinjiang.
At the same time, Lu Weibing, president of Xiaomi Group, also sent a Weibo in Xinjiang with the caption: "Two people are in pairs".
Seeing that the two men were writing at the same time, netizens suddenly felt "enlightened" and began to guess that Xiaomi’s executives were gathering in Xinjiang to do something big. Attentive netizens found that after enlarging the photo taken with Lei Jun when he sent Weibo, the slogan of everyone holding banners was "Fight for Xiaomi Automobile".
From this blatant hint, everyone also speculated that Xiaomi car is about to go public.
In addition, Hu Yinan, the investment partner of Shunwei Capital of Leijun Shenchuang Investment Company, was also suspected to test drive Xiaomi Automobile on the 19th.
He posted a Weibo saying that he was tricked by engineers. At eight o’clock in the evening, he threw a tram with a remaining battery life of 152 kilometers and asked him to take three strong men back to their destination 85 kilometers away, with an ambient temperature of 37 degrees. After arriving at the destination, the remaining mileage shows that there are still 90 kilometers, and the energy consumption is 8.8 kWh.
Hu Zhengnan said: "I simply underestimate my golden right foot and step on a straight line for you. Anyone who wants to see a joke can’t laugh. 」
A few days ago, a group of photos suspected of Xiaomi car battery pack information circulated. According to the picture information, the battery pack has a capacity of 101kWh and a weight of 642kg. The rated voltage is 726.7V, and the rated capacity is 139Ah. The battery is Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited’s Kirin battery.
Combined with these two groups of news, this tram with 800V high-voltage fast charging technology driven by Hu Zhengnan may really be a Xiaomi car.
Alex, a digital blogger, analyzed the driving performance of cars. He said that this set of data is horrible: "It is really strong to be able to maintain 8.8 kWh/100 km within 50 km in an environment of four people and 37 degrees. Moreover, from the curve, most of the time it is accelerating, or even accelerating sharply, and only the last 10 kilometers have a little kinetic energy recovery …800V can achieve this power consumption, which is a bit scary. 」
If Hu Yinan’s data is true, Xiaomi’s 8.8-degree 100-kilometer power consumption is really amazing.
Comparing with the popular trams equipped with 800V platform in the market, the power consumption of Tucki G6 is about 13-15 degrees, that of Lotus Eletre is about 21.53 degrees, and that of Extreme Fox Alfa S is about 17.1 degrees.
The small trams Hongguang MINIEV and Baojun KiWi EV only consume 8 degrees and 11.8 degrees of electricity per 100 kilometers.
In terms of price and delivery, digital blogger Hao Bo broke the news. He said: "Xiaomi Auto will be released at the end of the year and will be delivered in the first quarter of next year. The price is currently set at 180,000, focusing on intelligent driving, and there will be a slightly higher-priced intelligent driving version. 」
Lei Jun did not talk about the concrete progress of Xiaomi’s car-making plan at the annual speech. It is more reliable to say that the first half of next year is the official release opportunity of Xiaomi Automobile, according to the new trip He Lei.
In May of this year, Lu Weibing, president of Xiaomi Group, also revealed that Xiaomi Automobile will be officially listed in the first half of 2024. At the same time, Xiaomi’s official timetable to the outside world has also been listed in the first half of 2024.
As for why Lei Jun didn’t talk about building a car, the reason is still trapped in qualifications. He Lei said: "The original plan did announce something about Xiaomi, but we need to be silent before the qualification is officially down. 」
Judging from the hints of bloggers’ "concentrated disclosure" and Xiaomi executives’ "beating around the bush", it seems that Xiaomi Auto will be listed soon. At least, in this series of actions, we see that Xiaomi is confident in the car-making business. In addition, the market is also full of expectations for the listing of Xiaomi Automobile.