As often happens, another Xiaomi product exceeded expectations
On April 3, the final assembly workshop of the Xiaomi automobile plant in Yizhuang, Beijing, held a delivery ceremony for the first batch of Xiaomi SU7.
According to the Securities Times, Xiaomi has responded to the «bottleneck problem» and stated that Xiaomi Automobile Factory is currently making every effort to increase production capacity, fully mobilize supply chain partners to ensure supply and speedy delivery of cars.
According to the initial production plan, production is expected to be 3,000 vehicles in March this year. At the same time, 4,000-5,000 cars will be produced in April, and then production will stabilize at 6,000 cars per month until the end of the year. However, Xiaomi car pre-orders exceeded expectations.
Xiaomi leader Lei Jun previously stated that he «definitely had hopes for Xiaomi cars, but the cars are indeed very complex», and he was especially worried that they would not be popular with from the very beginning. He admitted that it would take a couple of years before they became popular.
At the delivery ceremony of the first Xiaomi SU7 machines, the company leader said that more than 100,000 people had placed orders, and the number of non-refundable pre-orders exceeded 40,000.
Earlier, China Business News, citing its own sources, reported that Xiaomi Motors recently asked its suppliers to increase production capacity to 10,000 cars per month, with an emphasis on older models.