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According to the Automotive Business Review, Xiaomi Automobile headquarters and its first factory have basically settled in Beijing.

Xiaomi Group officially announced its entry into the car manufacturing field on March 30 this year. Xiaomi Group plans to set up a wholly-owned subsidiary to take charge of the intelligent electric vehicle business; the initial investment is 10 billion yuan, and the investment is expected to be 10 billion US dollars in the next 10 years. Lei Jun, CEO of Xiaomi Group, will also serve as CEO of the smart electric vehicle business.

Since Xiaomi announced the construction of the car, the location of the headquarters and factory has attracted a lot of attention. Not long ago, the Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Commerce replied to netizens, "the investment promotion department of our (Wuhan) city has communicated with Xiaomi company in the early stage, and is now actively docking and promoting the establishment of Xiaomi automobile project in Wuhan." In addition to Wuhan, including Beijing, Shanghai, Hefei and other places have also been reported to strive for Xiaomi car headquarters.

Why did it come out that Xiaomi Automobile headquarters and the first factory were basically settled in Beijing? It is understood that Xiaomi Group headquarters is located in Haidian District, Beijing, Beijing Yizhuang also has Xiaomi intelligent factory. In addition, Xiaomi has posted a number of jobs related to the automotive industry on Xiaomi's website, most of them in Haidian District, Beijing. Lei Jun, chairman of Xiaomi Group, also announced through Weibo that Xiaomi launched the recruitment of self-driving department, recruiting the first batch of 500 self-driving technicians, also based in Haidian District.

In addition to Xiaomi Group itself in Beijing, Beijing is also the headquarters of many automobile brands, such as Beijing Hyundai, Beijing Mercedes-Benz, BAIC New Energy, Beijing Automobile, Chang'an Automobile Group and other complete vehicle manufacturing enterprises. Ideal cars have also been exposed that they will produce pure electric vehicles in Beijing factories in the future. In addition, Baidu Apollo, Horse Zhixing and other intelligent network leading enterprises are also mainly laid out in Beijing. There are signs that Xiaomi car headquarters seems to be doomed, but as for the final winner, Xiaomi officials did not give an accurate response.

As for car-building details, Lei Jun revealed in a live broadcast that Xiaomi's first model will be located at the middle and high end, and will certainly represent the cutting-edge technology and cutting-edge level at the time of launch, and the price is likely to be between 100000 yuan and 300000 yuan. In addition, specific models are currently being selected between sedans and SUV, and have not yet been finalized. With regard to the entry to build a car, Lei Jun said at the press conference that Xiaomi car was the last major start-up project in his life, and this time he was willing to put all his reputation on his own reputation and fight for Xiaomi car.

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