Xiaomi Auto Opens the First Delivery Lei Jun Announces: Xiaomi has officially become a car factory.
On the morning of April 3rd, the first delivery ceremony of Xiaomi SU7 was held in the assembly workshop of Xiaomi Automobile Factory in Yizhuang, Beijing. Lei Jun, founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi Group, attended the ceremony and personally delivered the car to the first batch of car owners. The delivery center of 28 cities nationwide also started the first batch of delivery simultaneously.
Earlier in the day, Lei Jun also announced in Weibo that starting from today, Xiaomi will officially become a car factory.
Lei Jun said at the delivery ceremony that in just a few days, Xiaomi SU7 had more than 100,000 orders, and the number of lock orders had exceeded 40,000.
It is understood that Xiaomi Automobile’s after-sales network has set up 58 service centers nationwide. In terms of car owners’ service, Xiaomi Auto has established an "exclusive service butler group" for every car owner in Xiaomi Auto App. The service butler+technical experts respond to users’ needs 7×24 hours, and the service process is transparent and traceable. Car owners can enjoy the one-stop service of ordering, picking up, repairing and delivering cars from the App without leaving home. In case of vehicle failure, in addition to providing online diagnosis service for 7×24 hours, when users meet the needs of simple disassembly, pure software failure, tire repair, etc., mobile service vehicles and road rescue can also respond at any time to protect users from traveling.
At the same time, Xiaomi Automobile Factory is arranging production in an orderly manner for existing orders, and accelerating the production process steadily and orderly. Xiaomi Automobile Factory, located in Yizhuang, Beijing, has the characteristics of high automation and intelligence. After the production capacity is full, a brand-new millet SU7 will be off the assembly line every 76 seconds. Xiaomi Automobile Factory integrates advanced intelligent technology with traditional intellectual innovation, and more than 700 robots directly serve the production line, realizing 100% automation of key processes such as large die casting, stamping, body connection, body assembly, painting and final assembly, fully ensuring production capacity, and finely controlling production quality to ensure that every millet SU7 can be delivered to users quickly and with high quality.
It is understood that at present, Xiaomi Automobile Factory is making every effort to increase production capacity, and fully mobilizing supply chain partners to fully guarantee supply. With efficient and high-quality operations, it will steadily promote the delivery of existing orders as soon as possible and the orderly handling of future orders to ensure the delivery experience of users.
This delivery will be the founding version of Xiaomi SU7. The non-original versions of Xiaomi SU7 and Xiaomi SU7Max start delivery at the end of April, and the Xiaomi SU7Pro start delivery at the end of May.
Regarding the issue of delivery, Xiaomi Auto officially replied that the first batch of founding editions totaled 5,000 units. In order to start delivery for car owners as soon as possible, the way of production in advance was adopted, and very strict standards were set in all aspects of the whole delivery process such as production, quality inspection and logistics. The original version of the vehicle will complete all the production and quality inspection processes in the near future, and it is being sent to 29 cities one after another and delivered to users.
Xiaomi Automobile said that it is currently in a state of explosive orders, and there are continuous new lock orders every day. Orders will be scheduled and delivered in the chronological order of the final lock.
Earlier, a video on the Internet broke the news that the test drive of Xiaomi SU7 found abnormal sound and leakage. In this regard, Xiaomi Automobile replied that after investigation, it was confirmed that the actual situation was: at about 11: 30 am on April 1, the clerk of Xiaomi Automobile Store in Xiamen stopped after a sudden abnormal noise while taking the customer for a test drive, and found that the vehicle was in a stable state and the chassis was normal, so the car was driven back to the store normally; After detailed inspection in the store, it was found that a stone invaded the position of the brake disc, causing abnormal noise; After the stone is taken out, the abnormal sound is eliminated and returned to normal.
As for the water marks around the car body, it is due to the recent rain in Xiamen, and the vehicle has traveled through the water accumulation area. It is normal for the car body to leave water marks after parking. After testing, the whole vehicle has no leakage, no leakage point, the kettle liquid level is normal, and there is no relevant liquid level alarm fault light prompt.
It is worth mentioning that due to the expected release of Xiaomi Automobile, the share price of Xiaomi Group has continued to rise since March this year. On April 2, Xiaomi Group’s share price rose back to the issue price, reaching a maximum of HK$ 17.34 per share, up 8.97% on that day. On April 3, Xiaomi Group’s share price fell back. As of press time, the intraday share price was HK$ 15.90 per share.