- Xaomi’s second mannequin is a efficiency electrical crossover that may 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 costliest efficiency SUV.
To maintain up with the surprisingly excessive demand, Xiaomi needed to double the deliberate manufacturing numbers for its first-ever electrical automobile, the SU7 efficiency sedan. It’s set to exceed its goal of promoting 100,000 SU7s in 2024, but it surely’s additionally on the brink of reveal a mannequin that will show much more profitable.
Whereas driving fanatics will at all times choose a efficiency sedan over a higher-riding crossover, the overwhelming majority of automobile 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 pictures trace at a automobile that will likely be even sportier-looking than its future primary 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. 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 automobile with a big longitudinally mounted engine.
Xiaomi hasn’t even revealed the MX11 or any technical particulars, however the spy pictures and subsequent renderings based mostly on them acquired numerous consideration in China. Native experiences counsel the mannequin may very well be revealed earlier than the tip of this yr (presumably 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 seemingly be shared with the SU7 sedan, which is offered 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 will probably speed up to 62 mph (100 km/h) in 2.78 seconds earlier than topping out at 165 mph. A fair faster model with Lucid Air Sapphire-rivaling efficiency is on its method.
Xiaomi has stated prior to now 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 title may also change for manufacturing. Whereas testing, the SU7 had the inner designation MS11, so the MX11’s manufacturing title may very well be XU7 based mostly on the identical logic.
Xiaomi doesn’t plan to develop gross sales of its electrical vehicles exterior of China within the close to future. The producer will first think about assembly native demand earlier than it seems 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 ultimately promoting vehicles in Europe clear.
