China’s Xiaomi delivered “over 40,000” vehicles in September, a record in deliveries since the brand handed over its first EV in April 2024.
The company does not disclose monthly figures and only reports exact quarterly deliveries with earnings.
With deliveries above 30,000 in both July and August, third-quarter volumes surpassed 100,000 vehicles for the first time.
Xiaomi delivered 81,302 vehicles in the second quarter, representing a quarter-over-quarter increase of at least 23%.
For comparison, in the third quarter of last year, the company delivered 39,790 vehicles —meaning its deliveries have more than doubled year over year.
Xiaomi‘s co-founder and CEO Lei Jun raised earlier this year the EV maker’s annual delivery target from 300,000 to 350,000 units.
Considering the reported figures so far, the EV maker has delivered over 257,171 units between January 1 and September 30 — meaning it has completed 73.5% of the goal.
Xiaomi debuted in the EV segment in March 2024, with the SU7 sedan, for which it has later released an Ultra version.
The YU7 SUV, launched in July, broke all previous records for a car launch in China by securing 200,000 pre-orders in just three minutes.
In just 18 hours, the YU7 had 240,000 locked-in orders.
The Beijing-based company, which began deliveries of its second model, the YU7 sedan, in early July, crossed the milestone of 300,000 cumulative deliveries less than 18 months after handing over its first vehicle.
Xiaomi has faced industry record demand for both its models — the SU7 and the YU7 — for which deliveries currently have a waiting time of between 38 to 52 weeks.
Last week, local outlet Lanjinger reported that the company is cutting delivery waiting times by up to two months.
According to the sales staff, the company now aims to ramp up delivery due to its increase in production capacity.
Xiaomi recently announced it will issue an over-the-air (OTA) software update to fix a flaw in its advanced driver-assistance system, covering nearly 116,900 of its SU7 electric sedans.
On Wednesday, Xiaomi announced October’s limited-time purchase benefits, which include lifetime free access to its assisted driving system. The offer applies to all SU7 models (including the Ultra version) as well as the YU7.
On Tuesday, the brand announced that it has opened 32 new auto stores in its domestic market during September, bringing its total to 402 stores across 119 cities.
Earlier this week, the Chinese tech giant also announced that it added 1.5 million charging piles to its Xiaomi Charging Map, including 120,000 ultra-fast charging piles and 1.2 million DC fast charging piles.
