Xiaomi YU7 AWD set to get up to 760 km CLTC range

The drip feed of Xiaomi YU7 news continues ahead of its launch in either June or July this year. The car was revealed in December, and a recent filing with China’s ministry of industry and information technology (MIIT) has now revealed preliminary range figures for this electric SUV.

In all-wheel-drive form, the YU7 produces up to 299 PS (220 kW) through its front motor and 392 PS (288 kW) through its rear motor, leading to a total system output of 691 PS (508 kW). That’s more than what you got in the car’s sedan sibling, the SU7, which produced up to 673 PS (495 kW) in regular non-Ultra form.

No surprise, then, that the range suffers slightly from it, according to Autohome. Three AWD variants will be offered, with range figures of 670 km, 750 km and 760 km – some way short of the 700 km achieved by the base SU7, 830 km from the SU7 Pro and 800 km from the SU7 Max. As usual, these numbers are based on China’s ridiculously lenient CLTC cycle, so expect much less in the real world.

Looking all the world like a junior Ferrari Purosangue, the YU7 is Xiaomi’s second car and follows on from the wildly popular SU7. Preliminary specs include dimensions measuring 4,999 mm long, 1,996 mm wide and 1,600 mm tall, making it two millimetres longer, 33 mm wider and 160 mm taller than the SU7, while the 3,000 mm wheelbase is identical to the sedan.

The car will also utilise a CATL nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) battery of unspecified capacity – presumably the same Shenxing 94.3 kWh and Qilin 101 kWh packs found in the SU7. Aside from AWD models, a 320 PS (235 kW) rear-wheel-drive variant is also set to be offered, but no range figure has been quoted for that yet.

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