Emir BardakçıThe 2024 World Intelligent Connected Vehicle Conference opened its curtain today at the Beijing Yizhuang Beiren YiChuang International Convention and Exhibition Center with the gathering of leaders from the automotive and tech industries. Among them was Xiaomi Chairman and CEO Lei Jun, who delivered the keynote speech where he made some major announcements on Xiaomi’s automotive venture.
Xiaomi SU7 Achieves Milestone Deliveries
Lei Jun also announced that the SU7 electric car would sell more than 100,000 units in November. Besides, he showed that the number of deliveries for, Xiaomi Motors is around 20,000 units of SU7 until the end of this October, reflecting current accelerated production and delivery. In the speech, Lei pointed out that Xiaomi SU7 exceeded 10,000 units delivered last month for four consecutive months. Xiaomi Motors actively expands its production, striving to produce 20,000 units every month. With that rate, their annual goal of 100,000 deliveries could be completed in advance.
Overview of Key Propositions from Lei Jun’s Speech
In the keynote speech, Lei Jun made four important proposals to pave the way for the development of future intelligent vehicles:
- Innovation and Global Leadership: Further focusing on scientific and technological innovation, Xiaomi aims to become a global leader in technology and quality standards.
- Promote Intelligent Driving: Lei continued, “While developing the intelligent driving technology, efforts are to be made to advance the development towards safe use of intelligent-assisted driving systems.
- Collaborative Competition: He called for the unity of the industry in the name of good competition and asked other practitioners to work as a team to explore the global market.
- Creating an Intelligent Ecosystem: Lei emphasized the co-creation of and sharing in one single, integrated intelligent ecosystem by both the automotive and technological industries.
Xiaomi to Enter the Electric Vehicle Market
Aggressively, Xiaomi has taken a leading role in the electric vehicle market part of its bigger plan to diversify product offerings outside of consumer electronics. The Xiaomi SU7 quickly became one of the flagships for this lineup, while the company has made significant steps forward with regard to intelligent driving technology and production scalability. With the achievement and surpassing of such ambitious delivery targets, Xiaomi seems to have combined its position in the competitive EV market and demonstrated its commitment toward becoming a major player in the global automotive sector.
