In the future, Xiaomi plans to use its own chips and operating system in its smartphones and electric cars. Of course, this is not the first time that Xiaomi's electric car in development has been the subject of such rumours.
In July 2023, it was announced that Xiaomi will develop a proprietary chip for its first electric car, expected next year.As of June 2021, Xiaomi has already invested in several companies in the battery and autonomous driving and C financing round, with a post-investment valuation of nearly USD 2 billion.
Xiaomi's electric car has been the subject of increasing news and rumours in recent months. A few days ago, it was photographed on a road test in Xinjiang. Xiaomi CEO, Lu Weibing and other leaders visited the site to supervise production. According to preliminary information, mass production is planned in less than a year (2024).
Lu Weibing (Xiaomi Group CEO) revealed that the development and production preparation of Xiaomi's electric car is progressing smoothly. Several advances have been made recently that have far exceeded their expectations.
Over the summer, Lu Weibing and the founder of Xiaomi, Xiaomi CEO posted a series of photos of the car's construction on Weibo, which sparked a heated debate. In this regard, Lu Weibing said that Xiaomi has just completed the summer test, the progress has exceeded expectations. The target set can be met.
As for the self-developed OS and chips, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's website states that Xiaomi Technology Co., Ltd. Registered the domain name mios.cn on 11 November 2022. The domain name is already found in the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, but it throws an error 403, meaning that the resource is not available and the website is not yet https certified.
