- Xaomi’s second mannequin is a efficiency electrical crossover that can most likely promote even higher than the extremely profitable SU7 sedan.
- The MX11 electrical crossover’s design and proportions resemble these of the Ferrari Purosangue, the world’s most costly efficiency SUV.
To maintain up with the surprisingly excessive demand, Xiaomi needed to double the deliberate manufacturing numbers for its first-ever electrical automotive, the SU7 efficiency sedan. It’s set to exceed its goal of promoting 100,000 SU7s in 2024, nevertheless it’s additionally on the point of reveal a mannequin which will show much more profitable.
Whereas driving lovers will all the time favor a efficiency sedan over a higher-riding crossover, the overwhelming majority of automotive consumers each in China and globally will select the latter for the practicality advantages—the world’s best-selling automobile in 2023 was the Tesla Mannequin Y. That’s why the upcoming Xiaomi MX11 crossover will most likely turn into a fair larger hit than the sedan.
The MX11 hasn’t been formally revealed but, however the spy photographs trace at a automobile that can be even sportier-looking than its future fundamental rival, the Mannequin Y, which ought to obtain a facelift someday subsequent yr. Even with heavy camouflage on, the MX11’s sporty proportions shine by way of. It bears a placing resemblance to a Ferrari Purosangue, that includes a protracted hood with bulging wheel arches and a pushed-back greenhouse, harking back to a standard luxurious automotive with a big longitudinally mounted engine.
Xiaomi hasn’t even revealed the MX11 or any technical particulars, however the spy photographs and subsequent renderings primarily based on them received a whole lot of consideration in China. Native reviews counsel the mannequin could possibly be revealed earlier than the tip of this yr (probably throughout a large-scale occasion that Xiaomi has deliberate for the tip of October) and make its official market debut within the first quarter of 2025.
The 800-volt platform will probably be shared with the SU7 sedan, which is out there with three battery pack sizes starting from 73.6 to 101 kilowatt-hours, both rear- or all-wheel drive configurations, and as much as 497 miles of CLTC vary. Probably the most highly effective variant, the SU7 Max, has 664 horsepower and 618 pound-feet of torque, and it may speed up to 62 mph (100 km/h) in 2.78 seconds earlier than topping out at 165 mph. A good faster model with Lucid Air Sapphire-rivaling efficiency is on its means.
Xiaomi has mentioned previously that it plans to launch even bigger 132 and 150 kWh batteries, though we don’t know if they are going to be obtainable when the MX11 debuts. The mannequin’s identify can even change for manufacturing. Whereas testing, the SU7 had the interior designation MS11, so the MX11’s manufacturing identify could possibly be XU7 primarily based on the identical logic.
Xiaomi doesn’t plan to increase gross sales of its electrical vehicles outdoors of China within the close to future. The producer will first think about assembly native demand earlier than it appears at different markets, though one thing just like the MX11 would discover many consumers in Europe. It introduced an SU7 to the Geneva Motor Present earlier this yr, making its intention of finally promoting vehicles in Europe clear.
