Xiaomi introduced the prototype of the first car. Announcement took place on a presentation, recording the event is available on the Youtube channel of the company.
The first electric car of the company is a “house on wheels” – this is a spacious van, equipped with a sleeping place, a kitchen and toilet. Inside the car there is various techniques from Xiaomi. According to the head of the company Leia Jun (Lei Jun), about three months left for the development of the electric car. The prototype was created at the request of Corporation Consumers.
Xiaomi did not disclose the timing of the machine’s exit and did not specify whether the car would be shown on the presentation to produce serially.
Also, the Chinese IT giant announced the launch of a car unit. The company is going to invest $ 10 billion over the next 10 years. At the first stage, a new created enterprise, which will be headed by Lei Jun, will receive investments in the amount of one and a half billion dollars. “Xiaomi hopes to offer high-quality smart electric cars that will allow everyone in the world to lead a progressive life at any time and anywhere,” the company says.
According to analysts of the CNBC TV channel, Xiaomi enters the market with incredibly high competitions – both in China and in the world. It is specified that the electric vehicle market specifically in the homeland of the corporation is developing rapid pace, which is associated with the support of this industry subsidies from the state.
Earlier it was reported that to help produce Xiaomi electrocars will be a Chinese car giant Great Wall Motors. Messages that Xiaomi will come to a new market for himself, appeared at the end of February.