Xiaomi may launch electric car or scooter over three days

Dec 9, 2016

A teaser poster by Xiaomi sub-brand, Mijia suggests at the company launching its first electric automobile or scooter.

We have reason to believe that this device will have ABS anti-locking brakes, regenerative braking, cruise control, and more, all of which sounds more like features for a car.

I noticed that some authors say it is a new model of bicycle Xiaomi. Others bravest say that we will witness the launch of the first Xiaomi cars. Frankly, I think it’s just a scooter. There can be car. Car manufacturers entering the market is too important and can not be held at the end of the year. It is a very important moment to be released in this way. And require many permits. In conclusion – will be an electric scooter. I’m curious to see what possibilities will connect with gadgets Xiaomi

Xiaomi’s plans to enter the vehicle sector was first revealed earlier this year, when CEO Lei Jun said, “The company is now working with a well-known car enterprise to secretly develop a kind of pure electric automobile, which will be put into mass production in 2015 at the soonest.” Jun was speaking at the China Internet of Vehicles Conference 2014 held earlier this year in Shenzhen.

Xiaomi VP Li Wanqiang is in Silicon Valley right now, working on a new Xiaomi product that might very well be its electric car. Silicon Valley is the headquarters of many companies, but one of them is the electric car company Tesla. Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun has gushed publicly about how much he likes the cars, and there are suspicions that the two companies could even be working together in some capacity.
Until recently, though, whatever aspirations Xiaomi had about producing an electric car didn’t matter much because government regulations placed severe limits on the kinds of companies allowed producing them in China. Xiaomi would not have been permitted to make a car of its own, and would instead have been forced to acquire an auto company just to get through the red tape.

As mentioned, until recently Xiaomi wasn’t allowed to do any kid of business in the automotive sector. China’s rules only allowed automotive companies to develop cars, and the only way Xiaomi could build a car was to buy a car company. But recently, China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) revealed a set of new regulations that allows non-automotive companies to enter the electric vehicle sector. These regulations however are currently under review and only when passed by the government, would Xiaomi get the green light to launch its first electric car.

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