The Xiaomi SU7 Ultra EV has been unleashed – and it’s already bagging speed records

• SU7 Ultra sets grounds for fastest four-door EV
• It features nan largest c disc brakes of immoderate accumulation sedan
• Due to beryllium delivered to first customers adjacent twelvemonth

Xiaomi's debut SU7 electrical conveyance has been a runaway occurrence for nan Chinese smartphone maker, but it isn’t done proving that it is nan maestro of cooking up a income large wind successful its home market.

Xiaomi founder, chairman, and CEO Lei Jun unveiled nan SU7 Ultra prototype during an yearly convention successful July this twelvemonth and has many times taken to China’s premier societal media level Weibo to authorities nan capacity intentions of his project.

At Germany’s infamous Nurburgring, which has go nan world benchmark for capacity car thigh times, nan road-going, four-door EV managed to station a clip of 6:46.874 – a staggering 20 seconds faster than nan Porsche Taycan Turbo GT.

It’s a immense undertaking for immoderate conveyance manufacturer, fto unsocial a institution that has much acquisition dealing successful smartphones and user tech.

According to Lei Jun, nan grounds was snagged pinch British endurance driver David Pittard down nan instrumentality successful conscionable 1 thigh – a one-take wonder, if you will.

According to nan onboard video footage, which tin beryllium viewed connected YouTube (or conscionable click above), nan SU7 Ultra temporarily mislaid powerfulness astir 2 thirds of nan measurement into nan run. Had this mishap not person occurred, nan thigh clip would person been moreover much impressive.

Accessible performance

Far from simply being a PR stunt, nan 1,526hp, tri-motor Xiaomi SU7 Ultra will subordinate nan remainder of nan line-up and spell into accumulation early adjacent year. It is expected to costs 814,900 Chinese yuan – aliases astir $114,000/£88,000/AU$174,000 – but for illustration nan remainder of Xiaomi’s EV range, will only spell connected waste successful China.

It is simply a phenomenal magnitude of car for nan money and nan spec expanse sounds for illustration a petrolhead’s Christmas list: c ceramic brakes, a 0-62mph sprint clip of 1.98 seconds, a apical velocity of 217mph, adjustable Bilstein suspension, arsenic good arsenic an interior that’s dripping pinch c fibre and Alcantara.

Although nan accumulation exemplary won’t beryllium rather arsenic fierce arsenic nan conveyance that took to nan Nurburgring, it will still characteristic a rear spoiler, a revised beforehand splitter pinch monolithic aerial intakes and an progressive rear diffuser for added downforce.

It comes arsenic nary astonishment that nan Chinese smartphone shaper received 3,680 deposits successful nan first 10 minutes aft nan car’s release, according to CarScoops.

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