Xiaomi Auto Technology Conference will be held at 2 pm on December 28th.Today, Lei Jun answered some of the questions that netizens are most concerned about.Lei Jun said that Xiaomi SU7 is in the trial production ramp-up stage, and it will take several months to be officially launched. There is no final decision on pricing. However, Xiaomi SU7 is indeed a bit expensive, but please believe that what we do is "reasonably expensive" and the experience will definitely exceed everyone's expectations.
Lei Jun also said that Xiaomi SU7 does not have an accurate benchmark vehicle, but in terms of mechanical qualities such as driving performance, it hopes to be comparable to the Porsche Taycan Turbo; in terms of intelligence, it hopes to be comparable to the Tesla Model S.
Regarding the naming of Xiaomi SU7, Lei Jun explained that SU is the abbreviation of Speed Ultra (super speed); high performance is Xiaomi’s gene. Tesla said it will not build slow cars, and we do the same.
As for how to pronounce it, Xiaomi also had a serious internal discussion. In the end, everyone felt that it was better to call it "Su Qi", which is more cordial, just like calling a friend by his name.
In addition, Lei Jun also published an article "Lei Jun: Let go of the past and start from scratch" on his personal social account today, which mentioned various details of Xiaomi's car-making.
Lei Jun said that to build a car, you need to love and understand cars. If you don't understand, you won't be able to make a good car.
He set a goal for himself: he must drive 100 cars and carefully study the advantages of each car and their excellent longboards;I accomplished this goal to the letter. These days, I have driven more than 150 cars.