Xiaomi SU7 Ultra goes on pre-sale

The official launch is scheduled for March 2025, according to Xiaomi. However, the vehicles delivered to customers will probably not be able to speed around the Nordschleife in 6:46.874 minutes, the lap time set by the SU7 Ultra on 24 October. The record-breaking vehicle was the SU7 Ultra Prototype – this model has a carbon fibre body and is lighter than the production model.

Although the SU7 Ultra largely adopts the aerodynamic modifications of the prototype, it is not made of carbon fibre. The drive, on the other hand, is said to be the same. The production version also has three electric motors, including two so-called ‘Super Motor V8s’ units and one ‘Super Motor V6’ unit. The ‘Super Motor V8s’ are designed to deliver the power of a V8 petrol engine, specifically 425 kW each. At 288 kW, the ‘Super Motor V6’ is the equivalent of a V6 engine. In total, the SU7 Ultra thus achieves 1,138 kW and up to 1,770 Nm of torque, which can not only be controlled at lightning speed between the axles with the electric all-wheel drive but also precisely between the right and left rear wheels with the two V8 units on the rear axle using torque vectoring.

For the all-important battery, the SU7 Ultra relies on a Qilin 2.0 package from CATL. This battery offers an energy content of 93.7 kWh and a double-sided cooling system. The sophisticated cooling system allows a maximum discharge capacity of 1,330 kW, i.e. more than the drive can call up. Even with a 20 per cent charge level, the battery should still be able to deliver 800 kW. It is not only the discharging capacity that is quite high: the charging capacity is specified as 5.2C, which means that the energy content should peak at around 490 kW. The SU7 Ultra, with its highly developed battery, should be able to complete the standard charging process from ten to 80 per cent in eleven minutes. By comparison, the SU7 Pro with a 94 kWh battery is expected to take 30 minutes, while Xiaomi has previously stated 19 minutes for the SU7 Max with 101 kWh. The SU7 Max uses the first Qilin battery from CATL. Future models with the Qilin 2.0 battery will thus likely show significant improvements in charging time.

With this drive system, the SU7 Ultra achieves enormous driving performance. Acceleration from 0 to 100 kph is said to take just 1.98 seconds, although such figures should, as usual, be treated with caution. But the SU7 is also in the same league as much more expensive super sports cars when it comes to 0-200 kph (5.86 seconds) and the quarter-mile time (9.23 seconds).

It is not known whether Xiaomi will make money with the SU7 Ultra. According to Chinese reports, investment bank Goldman Sachs estimates that up to 4,000 SU7 Ultra will be sold in 2025. However, the Ultra version has probably paid off as a marketing tool for the regular SU7. There has been a lot of talk about the vehicle since its premiere this summer, and the Nordschleife lap has also generated a lot of attention. The SU7 Ultra beat the Porsche Taycan Turbo GT, which is more than twice as expensive in China at 1,998,000 yuan.

Incidentally, Xiaomi assumes that the original annual target of 100,000 units for the regular SU7 will already be reached in November – the target is now 120,000 units by the end of the year. To achieve this, the company is also pushing ahead with the expansion of its factory. Construction of the extension to the factory in Beijing, which began at the end of July, is due to be fully completed by 15 June 2025, with construction of the main structure due to be completed by the end of 2024.

carnewschina.com (pre-sales), cnevpost.com (factory)