Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi will first roll out a premium electric vehicle (EV) and is upbeat that it has a niche customer base in this segment but will this premium launch strategy work for the budget smartphone maker?
“In this fiercely-competitive market, we think it’s a good starting point for us in the premium segment. This is because we already have 20 million premium users in China based on the smartphone,” Xiaomi Group President Weibing Lu said.
Xiaomi, the mega Chinese tech and phone company, has vroomed into the car world with its new electric sedan, the Xiaomi SU7.
This has been confirmed by official filings from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and marks Xiaomi's bold entry into the electric vehicle (EV) space.
Xiaomi’s first electric vehicle (EV), dubbed the MS 11, could be out within the next 15 months to two years and may soon become one of the highest-selling EVs globally. It is believed that the tech giant has made rapid strides towards rolling out this EV, giving a clear indication by releasing its photos on multiple occasions.
Almost six years after launching an electric scooter, China’stech giant Xiaomi is gearing up to unveil the prototype of its first electric vehicle (EV), and it seems that being from the Xiaomi stable, the cars that will roll out could be fairly priced, similar to its mobile phones.
Xiaomi has a history of pricing its mobile phones reasonably, which are also highly durable, and even its first car, which it plans to launch in 2024, may either be a mass market EV or it could be priced judiciously.