Xiaomi's SU7Ultra in Nürburgring Progress, Challenges and Forecast
TapTechNews October 11th news, last night Beijing time, Lei Jun, the founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi, continuously posted on Weibo to disclose the latest progress of the SU7Ultra prototype car competing in the Nürburgring.
At first he said: Xiaomi's first time to compete in the Nürburgring, everything is ready, even the advertisements on the track and in the coffee shop have been bought. Running the Nürburgring lap speed is really not easy, hope we are lucky! However, the weather in the Nürburgring was not good that day. When it came to 12 noon local time, it started to rain again.
According to Lei Jun's Weibo content, the weather condition on that day was not good. At 2:30 pm local time, the weather turned to rainy again, and finally Lei Jun posted to announce: There's no chance today. This is such a pity! For Xiaomi's first time to compete in the Nürburgring, although it's not smooth, our competing journey has officially kicked off! All colleagues on site took a group photo to commemorate this event. After waiting for two whole days, the weather is not cooperating, it's really a bit disappointing!
Based on TapTechNews' previous reports, in August this year, Lei Jun went to the Nürburgring in person and held a Nürburgring mobilization meeting. He said at the meeting: Regarding the result, don't have pressure, as long as everyone goes all out, I can accept any result. As long as we start to catch up, we are already on the way to victory.
The Xiaomi SU7Ultra prototype car has undergone professional track-level modifications, with a protruding front lip, an exaggerated rear spoiler and rear diffuser at the rear, using wide tires, and the body of the car has also been optimized according to aerodynamics. The words XIAOMI and Ultra are printed on the body, and there is also a lightning decal.
According to Goldman Sachs' prediction this month, the Xiaomi SU7Ultra will sell 4,000 units next year, with an average selling price of about 800,000 Chinese yuan, contributing 5% of the company's electric vehicle revenue.