The product will only be released next year, with Xiaomi starting at 149900 yuan? Xiaomi refutes rumors: false news Xiaomi | cars | products
Recently, there were rumors in the market that Xiaomi cars would start at 149900 yuan and have a range of 800 kilometers. In response to this news, Wang Hua, the public relations manager of Xiaomi Group, urgently refuted the rumors on his Weibo account.
Wang Hua said, "Xiao Ai must have caused trouble. Recently, many media uncles and aunties have been circulating information: Xiao Ai answered the price, configuration, and battery life information of Xiaomi cars. He originally intended to blame Xiao Ai, but he took the initiative to admit his mistake." The information was a conjecture reported by self media in May 2022, and Xiao Ai grabbed the information. A few days ago, someone asked a question, and Xiao Ai directly retrieved the information. Xiao Ai is only six years old, and there are still many things he doesn't understand. "
Xiaoai Classmate is an artificial intelligence service platform based on voice interaction under Xiaomi Company. Wang Hua stated that artificial intelligence has indeed brought great convenience to our daily lives and work, but "TA" still cannot actively verify the accuracy of the information obtained and achieve authenticity. This is still a human strength. Xiaomi Motors will be released next year and there is no price available now.
According to Xiaomi's Q1 2023 financial report data, the company's R&D investment reached 4.1 billion yuan, achieving a year-on-year growth of 18%. The investment rate for innovative businesses, including intelligent electric vehicles, is RMB 1.1 billion.
As for the specific progress of Xiaomi Motors at present, Xiaomi Group President Lu Weibing stated in a conference call that Xiaomi Motors will make smooth progress in 2022. The research and development progress in 2023 is rapid. A summer test will be conducted this summer and a winter test will be conducted in winter, and Xiaomi Motors will be launched in the first half of 2024 according to the original plan.
According to the reporter's understanding, Xiaomi Motors was approved for the project in March 2021 and settled in the Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone in November of the same year. It will build a complete vehicle factory in two phases, with an annual production capacity of 150000 vehicles per phase. The first phase of the project is expected to be completed in June of this year and officially put into mass production in the first half of 2024.
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Xiaomi Automobile's management structure consists of two parts: senior executives from Xiaomi Group and external automotive company executives. In a previously circulated image of Xiaomi's "17 members in car manufacturing" in the industry, the main force was composed of old employees of Xiaomi Group. In addition to Lei Jun, there were also Xiaomi Group CFO Lin Shiwei, Xiaomi Partner Zhang Feng, Xiaomi Lianchuang Liu De, and others. The externally introduced executives include Li Tianyuan, former BMW I brand exterior designer, Yu Liguo, former president of BAIC Jihu, and Hu Zhengnan, president of Geely Research Institute. At present, Hu Zhengnan's external identity is Shunwei Capital Investment Partner.
On February 2023, Xiaomi Investor Day, Xiaomi Group Chairman and CEO Lei Jun stated that Xiaomi had invested over 3 billion yuan in new businesses such as automobiles in 2022 alone, with a research and development team of over 2300 people. Xiaomi's goal is to enter the world's top five within 15-20 years, and revealed that it has invested half of its time in car manufacturing.
In June of this year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the fourth part of "Road Motor Vehicle Production Enterprises and Products", which showed that "revocation of enterprises and products" showed that Beijing Baowo Automobile Co., Ltd. applied for the cancellation of automobile production qualifications on its own. Several products of Beijing Baowo stopped production from the date of the announcement and sales began on December 31, 2023.
Regarding whether the cancellation of Beijing Baowo's production qualification will affect Xiaomi's production qualification, Xiaomi's official response stated that it will be released at an appropriate time.