Xiaomi Reportedly Will Present An Electric SUV Following The SU7 Sedan

Xiaomi SU7. (Doc. Xiaomi)

JAKARTA - After officially launching its first electric car model, SU7, Xiaomi is rumored to be launching another electric model this year.

Quoting from the CNevpost page, Monday, April 1, a recent report in China quoted an unnamed source as saying, the second electric vehicle from the tech giant is the Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV).

This is not surprising as the SUV has been the world's best-selling model in recent years, and according to the report the SUV from Xiaomi will be present by the end of this year.

If you look at the Chinese market, Xiaomi does need to present an SUV model because some of its competitors play a lot in that segment. For example, Nio and X Peng, both of them even have more SUVs in the model list than other types.

Earlier, on March 24, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun said in a video on his Weibo account that the sedan model has a better driving experience and is more suitable to drive every day.

"The demand for the sedan market is very large, the amount is almost the same as the SUV," Lei said.

Meanwhile, according to senior auto industry observer Feng Li, for electric vehicle makers, pure electric sedans are usually difficult to get very high sales, while SUVs are the main pillars of sales and profits.

"But for Xiaomi, the image of the first model brand is the most important, as it is in line with the practice of the new energy vehicle industry (NEV)," Feng said.

As additional information, the SU7 electric sedan received more than 50,000 orders in the first 27 minutes after the order was opened, meaning that this one car was eagerly awaited by many parties.