A leaked image circulating on Chinese social media on Thursday showed for the first time the interior of Xiaomi’s second EV model — the YU7 SUV.
Xiaomi’s founder and chief executive, Lei Jun, previously said the company plans to launch the Yu7 in “June or July.” The model will join the growing list of competitors targeting the refreshed Tesla Model Y — which was the best-selling EV in China last month with 46,600 units.
The interior of the YU7 ditches the instrument cluster replacing it with a full-size dashboard.
The YU7 first appeared in China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) vehicle catalogue in December. Subsequent filings revealed both single- and dual-motor variants, as well as versions with and without a roof-mounted LiDAR system for assisted driving.
The presence of LiDAR stands in contrast to rivals such as XPeng, which last year abandoned the technology in favour of a camera-only approach similar to Tesla’s.
According to MIIT filings, the fully electric SUV offers motor power of 220kW or 288kW and a top speed of 253km/h (157mph). The vehicle measures 4,999mm in length, 1,996mm in width, and 1,600mm in height, with a 3,000mm wheelbase.
The Yu7 will use batteries supplied by CATL, with two pack options: a 101.7kWh version offering up to 670km of range under China’s CLTC standard, and a 96.3kWh version with a slightly longer range of up to 725km depending on the variant.
Despite the model’s growing visibility online, Xiaomi confirmed that the Yu7 will not appear at next week’s Shanghai Auto Show, which starts on April 23.
Xiaomi Auto vice-president Li Xiaoshuang confirmed the decision in a Weibo post on Tuesday, writing: “Don’t be anxious, when it arrives it will be in its best state.”
Xiaomi will instead focus its Shanghai presentation on its first model, the SU7 electric sedan, and the Su7 Ultra, a higher-performance version that launched in late 2024.
In 2024, as it launched its first EV, Xiaomi finished the year with 135,000 units delivered. The tech giant said in mid-March that its cumulative deliveries reached 200,000 units.
On the same day, the company’s chief executive lifted the company’s annual target by 50,000 units to 350,000.
