Xiaomi, the world's second largest smartphone maker, has recently launched its electric sportscar, the Xiaomi SU7. The company has just said.
Xiaomi, the world’s second largest smartphone maker, recently launched its electric sportscar, the Xiaomi SU7 sedan. Now, the company has just announced it will soon attempt a fast lap at the Nürburgring Nordschleife using a dedicated SU7 track-ready prototype., today held the company’s annual presentation to show off new products. During the first ~70 minutes, Lei Jun told the story of the inception and development of Xiaomi’s first auto, the SU7 EV, which was launched in late March 2024.
After also spending time presenting Xiaomi’s new smartphones and other consumer products, towards the end of the show, Lei Jun announced “one more thing.” Once the SU7 Ultra track prototype has set a benchmark Nürburgring Nordschleife lap time, planned for sometime in October 2024, Xiaomi will finalise the design and specifications of a road-legal retail version of the Ultra. This will go on sale sometime in 2025.It has a total of 1,548 horsepower, from 3 electric motors. Extensive use of carbon fibre has allowed Xiaomi to keep the vehicle weight down to 1,900 kg — impressive for a powerful 4-door BEV.
Much will depend on how powerful the SU7 Ultra’s cooling systems are, and thus how much of the lap distance those incredible headline 1,436 horsepower are available for. Both the Tesla, and even the latest Porsche, are thermally limited on a single lap of the ring, when pushed to their maximum power. This means that, when called upon for ~7 minutes of this demanding track, the powertrain cooling can get overwhelmed and the vehicle compensates by reducing the system power output.
Xiaomi is probably not intending to sell this exact track-special prototype version to regular customers as a road-going car. It therefore could in theory run with race-biased rubber and claim that is legitimate because this is a race car. If so, a time of under 7 minutes should be well within reach. This is as much thanks to the light-weighting and downforce as anything else.
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