Next week, the Chinese electronics manufacturer Xiaomi, one of the main international Apple competitors in the sales of smartphones, is going to declare plans for the production of its own electric vehicle. This reuters reported three sources.
Development will be carried out in collaboration with the Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor, collecting cars will also be at its factory. The first electric car must appear in 2023.
Xiaomi The large line of devices connected to the Internet is both air purifiers and rice cookers, and scooters. The electric vehicle will be the most difficult of all developments, but will also be part of the company’s ecosystem. Thus, Xiaomi wants to expand the business, most of the income that is still brings the sale of smartphones.
The intention of the Chinese company is placed in a common trend. In 2024, it is preparing to release its unmanned car Apple, however, while the company is in search of an automaker, which will agree to cooperation. Negotiations with potential partners leads Huawei, and the Chinese search engine Baidu has already agreed on this account with Chinese Geely.
In January, Xiaomi hit the blacklist in the United States, but later the company successfully protested this decision. In March, the Federal Court of the United States temporarily removed the prohibition of cooperation.