Xiaomi's Striking SU7 Ultra on Track to Be a Global EV Success

This year at MWC, one of the most exciting booths to tour belonged to Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi. Not only did the company have the new Xiaomi 15 Ultra and a modular camera concept on display, but a new car, the SU7 Ultra, in addition to the SU7 we saw last year at the show. Announced just the week prior to the mobile show, the model on display at the Xiaomi stand drew crowds of admirers with its sporty "lightning yellow" paint job. Positioned next to the same blue SU7 we first saw last year, the EV has a noticeably sleeker and more sporty profile. This is the performance version of the car, and the prototype has already broken the lap record for a four-door sedan on the Nürburgring, with an official attempt using a production model scheduled for later this year. Xiaomi's move into the EV market has been an astonishingly successful and bold sideways maneuver for the company. By the end of 2024 it had delivered 135,000 units of the SU7, and within two hours of launching the SU7 U ... Read full article.