Part Of Increasing Production Capacity, Xiaomi Level Entry Variant SU7 Now Also Uses CATL Battery

Xiaomi Level Entry Variant SU7. (Photo: CNevpost)

JAKARTA - As an effort to increase the production capacity of the SU7 electric sedan, the Chinese technology giant Xiaomi has added its battery suppliers to the entry level variant.

Quoting from the CNevpost page, Monday, May 27, previously, the main supplier of batteries for its entry level variant from the Findreams battery manufacturing branch of BYD, now Xiaomi uses batteries from CATL.

"Both batteries for the entry level variant come from industry's leading battery cell suppliers," Xiaomi said in a Weibo post.

Nothing has changed in terms of range, where batteries from both CATL and FinDreams have a range of 700 km CLTC counts, and both can cover a distance of 350 km with only 15 minutes of charging.

"The order for the SU7 entry level variant is already locked on May 25 Beijing time and will be given at random," wrote Xiaomi.

As previously reported, in an effort to increase the production capacity of the Xiaomi electric car factory, it will implement a double shift for workers in June. It ensures that more than 10,000 delivery units will be carried out for one month in June.

"After improvements in production lines in early May, the increase in production capacity has now made significant progress," the company said in a statement.

Launched on March 28, SU7 is available in three variants ranging from standard, Pro, and Max. The standard version or SU7 level entry is powered by a chemical-based BYD blade battery lithium iron phosphate (LFP) with a capacity of 73.6 kWh and a range of 700 kilometers CLTC, and now added suppliers from CATL.

Meanwhile, the Pro-powered Shenxing version of the CATL-based chemical LFP has a capacity of 94.3 kWh and a CLTC range of 830 km. Xiaomi SU7 Max is powered by CATL Qilin batteries with a capacity of 101 kWh and a CLTC range of 800 kilometers.