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On the evening of August 17th, Xiaomi Chairman, CEO Lei Jun, Group President Lu Weibing and Group Vice President Wang Xiaoyan broadcast live at Xiaomi's summer test base in Turpan to share the news about Europe and the latest developments of Xiaomi cars. Subsequently, Lu Weibing posted on Weibo that the acceptance test of the Xiaomi car SU7 Ultra in Turpan, Xinjiang, started in summer, and said: "the acceleration of the SU7 Ultra makes me feel like the push back of a plane taking off." Wang Xiaoyan also said on Weibo: "just now we tested our Ultra. It was great to drive from-120m above sea level to 1100 m above sea level."

It is understood that Xiaomi SU7 Ultra prototype was first unveiled at Lei Jun's annual speech on July 19 this year. Lei Jun released the official picture of Xiaomi SU7 Ultra prototype car after reporting on the new development of Xiaomi car. Xiaomi SU7 Ultra prototype car is a track prototype car based on Xiaomi SU7 pure electric architecture, which is specially made for the racetrack. Compared with Xiaomi SU7, the car has the advantages of longer, wider and lower lying. Most importantly, the core hardware and body structure of the car are independently designed and developed by Xiaomi, which can be called the peak performance of "the fastest four-door car in the world".

Xiaomi SU7 Ultra prototype car adopts high rigidity cage body which is homologous to Xiaomi SU7. High strength steel and aluminum alloy account for a very high proportion, even including ultra-high strength steel with yield strength up to 2000Mpa. With cage anti-roll frame welded on the body frame and FIA race specification, the torsional stiffness of the whole vehicle is further.

At present, the real car picture of Xiaomi SU7 Ultra has been exposed on the Internet. From the exposed pictures, the new car body has a large number of sports kits, including the front lip, side skirt and rear diffuser, showing a strong sense of movement, and the rear part is equipped with a large spoiler. In terms of size, the length, width and height of the new car are 5260/2064/1406mm and the wheelbase is 3000mm. However, at present, the test vehicles are still covered with tight camouflage clothes, and more details still need to be disclosed by the authorities.

Xiaomi SU7 Ultra mass production test car

In terms of power, in order to improve the performance, the Xiaomi SU7 Ultra prototype car is equipped with the V8s supermotor developed by Xiaomi for the first time, which consists of two V8s and one V6s to form a three-motor four-wheel drive system with a total power of up to 1138kW, which is the strongest among the four-door cars at present. The 0-100km/h acceleration time is as low as 1.97s, and the highest speed is greater than 350km/h. It adopts the track special Xiaomi CTB battery package jointly developed by Xiaomi and Ningde Times. The second generation Kirin battery is installed for the first time in the world, which can realize the 1330kW discharge power of the special high-power battery for the track.

As for the power performance of Xiaomi SU7 Ultra prototype, Lei Jun said that the power of the car surpassed that of tens of millions of luxury cars. Last night, Xiaomi chairman, CEO Lei Jun and group president Lu Weibing, group vice president Wang Xiaoyan live in Xiaomi Turpan summer test base, Lei Jun said that Xiaomi SU7 Ultra performance is too violent, for safety reasons, it is required to do novice mode, users start from novice mode, do not meet certain standards will not be unlocked.

On August 2, Lei Jun personally drove Xiaomi SU7 Ultra test model, conducted a performance test at the Nurburgring North Ring Circuit, successfully completed three laps of the challenge, and Lei Jun obtained the professional driving certification of the New North Raceway. According to the plan, the new car will officially compete with Porsche in October this year, while the mass production version of the real car is expected to go on sale in the first half of next year. According to reports, in March this year, Porsche Taycan Turbo GT set a record lap time of 7 minutes 07.55 seconds at the New North track.

As for the price of the mass-produced version of Xiaomi's SU7 Ultra, Lei Jun said: "it's a little expensive, but it won't be particularly expensive." Lei Jun has said that Xiaomi's goal is to "become the fastest four-door tram in New North within a decade."

Xiaomi SU7 Ultra prototype car originated from Xiaomi SU7, Xiaomi SU7 is the first model of Xiaomi car, based on Xiaomi Modena platform architecture, positioning C-class high-performance eco-tech sedan, launched on March 28th, the current price range is 21.59-299900 yuan, power to provide dual-motor version and single-motor version of the car choice. Retail data show that since the launch of Xiaomi SU7, Xiaomi SU7 has sold 43120 vehicles by the end of July, of which 14300 and 13100 vehicles were sold from June to July, respectively, selling more than 10,000 vehicles for two consecutive months. Judging from the performance of new car sales, the future performance of new cars is undoubtedly quite successful.

As the first blockbuster model of Xiaomi, Lei Jun has high hopes for Xiaomi SU7. According to the plan, Xiaomi will deliver at least 100000 Xiaomi SU7 this year and sprint 120000, while the longer-term goal is to become one of the top five automakers in the world in 15-20 years. In a live broadcast at Xiaomi's summer test base in Turpan yesterday, Lu Weibing pointed out that Europe is slower than China in the transformation of new energy, but Xiaomi is in awe of the car market and is studying when Xiaomi cars will enter the European market. Before that, Lei Jun said: "strive to sell Xiaomi cars in Europe by 2030." And pointed out: "Xiaomi car's goal is the top five in the world, will be globalized at the right time."

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