Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi unveiled the SU7, its first foray into the high-end electric cars market. 
To design the SU7, the company enrolled two high-level former BMW and Mercedes-Benz designers, Tianyuan Li and James Qiu. World-renowned car designer Chris Bangle contributed as an external consultant to the project.

Xiaomi claims the new SU7 will outperform both Tesla and Porsche cars thanks to technologies developed in-house by the Chinese tech giant. 
With a naming that reminds of the smartphone market, the new Xiaomi EV will be available in the SU7 and SU7 Max versions. 

The higher-end model has a range of up to 800km (497 miles) and a 0-100km/h acceleration of 2.78s, theoretically more than Tesla's Model S and Porsche's Taycan Turbo. The car is built on CATL's 101kWh 800V high-voltage platform, which is the main enabler of such surprising performance.

Just like a smartphone, the SU7 Max supports ultra-fast charging. Xiaomi is promising a range of 220km with just a 5-minute charge, 390km in 10 minutes, or 510km in 15 minutes. On the other hand, the entry-level model, the SU7, will only support 400V charging and comes with a smaller 73.6kWh battery for a 668km range (415 miles).

Unsurprisingly, Xiaomi has applied its smartphone expertise to level up the car's integrated digital experience. The SU7 features an advanced in-car entertainment system known as HyperOS. Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8295 processor enables advanced software capabilities and allows an impressive boot time of just 1.49 seconds.

The car has a spacious 16.1-inch central screen with 3K resolution that lets users customize driving and seat settings and even manage other Xiaomi appliances connected to the car. Additionally, the vehicle offers the option to attach Xiaomi Pad tablets to magnetic ports behind the two front headrests for passenger entertainment, with an output capability of up to 22.5W for charging.