
Xiaomi’s YU7 Is an SUV-Sized Middle Finger to Tesla’s Model Y
Alistair Charlton
created: July 1, 2025, 12:42 p.m. | updated: July 3, 2025, 2:06 p.m.
Now Xiaomi is back, and this time it has an electric SUV up its sleeve.
The $35,000 YU7 has top specs for low money: 0-62 mph in 5.88 seconds and 800-volt electric architecture.
Photograph: XiaomiThere are three models, ranging from the YU7 Standard, a single-motor car with 235 kW and a 0-62 mph time of 5.88 seconds, through the more potent, dual-motor YU7 Pro and, leaning into smartphone nomenclature, headed by the YU7 Max.
That model has 508 kW of power—38 more than the electric Porsche Macan Turbo—and a supercar-like 0-62 mph time of 3.23 seconds.
The Pro and Max versions of the Xiaomi YU7 are priced at 279,900 yuan ($39,000) and 329,900 yuan ($46,000) respectively, while Tesla’s Model Y starts at 263,500 yuan ($36,500).
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