Our reporter Lu Hongxing
On March 28th, Xiaomi Group held the launch conference of Xiaomi Automobile with the theme of "Forward" in Beijing, officially released Xiaomi SU7, and unveiled the mysterious price veil. This means that Xiaomi Automobile has entered the eye of the storm in China’s new energy automobile market.
Will bring positive guidance to the new energy automobile industry.
Lin Cheng, chief scientist of the National Engineering Research Center for Electric Vehicles of Beijing Institute of Technology, said in an interview with China Economic Times that the strong entry of Xiaomi will greatly improve the level and technical level of new energy vehicles in China, especially in the field of intelligent driving. Xiaomi has a deep network and intelligent foundation, and the participation of such a technologically innovative enterprise will bring positive guidance to the new energy vehicle industry.
China Economic Times reporter learned that Xiaomi has always been a leading brand in the field of smart phones and smart homes, and it has rich experience in the application of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data and Internet of Things.
"For Xiaomi itself, it has a very positive impact. Xiaomi has its own ecology. Xiaomi will apply various scene technologies on his mobile phone to his car. For the whole industry, it is a reshuffle. Different from other new forces making cars, Xiaomi has abundant funds and much less operating pressure, so-called ‘ Don’t panic when there is food in the bowl ’ That’s the truth. From the perspective of future development, Xiaomi should gradually become a mainstream new energy automobile enterprise. " Lin Cheng further stated.
Cui Dongshu, secretary-general of the National Passenger Car Market Information Association, said in an interview with the China Economic Times reporter that Xiaomi’s strong participation in the new energy vehicle market, on the one hand, is a positive driving force for the entire new force car industry; On the other hand, it will promote the comprehensive exploration of the new energy vehicle market and help meet consumers’ demand for intelligence and interconnection.
Yan Jinghui, an expert from china automobile dealers association, told the China Economic Times reporter that Xiaomi Auto was born with the gene of scientific and technological innovation and intelligent networking. For young people, its own traffic is conducive to guiding and promoting consumption.
Zhang Guanghou, deputy director of the Technology Center of the Comprehensive Transportation Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, said in an interview with the China Economic Times reporter that Xiaomi Automobile is a "new recruit" in the automobile market, but from the market performance of mobile phones and household appliances, Xiaomi has unique features in supply chain integration, technological innovation and product design. The addition of Xiaomi can enrich the pedigree of new energy vehicle products, further accelerate the upstream and downstream integration of the new energy industry and accelerate the iteration of technological updates such as intelligent driving, and at the same time create more new energy vehicle products that meet the needs of consumers and are more internationally competitive.
It should be noted that the addition of Xiaomi Automobile is also beneficial to the whole automobile industry chain, which will further improve and enrich the layout of the industry chain and provide more growth points and development opportunities. At the same time, the spillover effect of Xiaomi’s entry should not be underestimated. Xiaomi Automobile has driven many enterprises such as Guanghong Technology, Shangluo Electronics, Demais and Lansi Technology to participate in the Xiaomi automobile industry chain.
Since the concept of "new quality productivity" was put forward last year, the central government has expounded and deployed it many times. New quality productivity includes not only technological innovation, but also changes in production mode, organization mode and marketing. Under the guidance of this strategy, the intelligent networked new energy automobile industry has become an important development direction in the future.
In Cui Dongshu’s view, as many technology companies build cars across borders, the new energy automobile industry will have the advantages of innovation and integrated development in developing new quality productivity, which is not only an interpretation of new quality productivity, but also an important step in economic transformation and upgrading.
"Scientific and technological innovation is the core element of developing new quality productivity. More technology companies build cars across borders, on the one hand, it can accelerate the application of scientific and technological innovations to specific industries and industrial chains; On the other hand, it can enable technology enterprises to face the market demand and application practice, accelerate the iterative upgrading of key technologies by enriching the application of scenarios, and open up the chain from technological innovation and industrial innovation to the development of new quality productivity. " Zhang Guanghou said.
The market involution of new energy vehicles has intensified.
"It’s really not 99,000, 149,000, or 199,000." At the launch conference of Xiaomi Automobile held on the evening of March 28th, Lei Jun, the chairman of Xiaomi Group, shouted out the final selling price of Xiaomi SU7, of which the standard version sold for 215,900 yuan, the Pro version sold for 245,900 yuan and the MAX version sold for 299,900 yuan. The data shows that the SU7 has only been on the market for 27 minutes, that is, it has exceeded 50,000 units.
On March 31st, Lei Jun released Weibo, saying, "During the initial edition ordering process, we identified and intercepted some abnormal orders and scalper orders. Therefore, the second round of additional sales will be opened. "
In Yan Jinghui’s view, the price of Xiaomi SU7 should be relatively close to the people, and it still has a certain market impact on new forces such as Wei Xiaoli. However, Xiaomi has just entered the market, and the market impact needs further feedback. In the future, with the continuous introduction of Xiaomi products, the price may rise or fall, but it remains to be seen whether it will cause a price war in the short term.
In Zhang Guanghou’s view, at present, the competition in China’s new energy vehicle market is relatively full, and different enterprises, brands and models focus on relatively segmented markets, which has formed a certain user stickiness. Xiaomi automobile first came out, but its market share is still blank, and its products have yet to be tested by the market and consumers, which will not trigger a new round of price war in the short term.
"Xiaomi Auto officially joined the new energy vehicle market, and the price is relatively close to the people, which will basically not cause price wars." Cui Dongshu said.
However, in Lin Cheng’s view, since 2023, the price war of new energy vehicles has been going on. At present, it is an indisputable fact that the new energy automobile industry is "rolled up". Objectively speaking, the price of Xiaomi SU7 is lower than expected, and its configuration, mileage and performance all exceed expectations, which brings great pressure to other automobile enterprises. After Xiaomi launches such a model, it will become a trend for other car companies to cut prices.
"The strong entry of Xiaomi has made the market competition in the new energy automobile industry more intense, and a number of enterprises may be eliminated in the next few years. When there is little or no profit, capital will withdraw, and parts companies will do what they can. In the long run, prices will gradually return to rationality. " Lin Cheng further stated.
What is the result of this change in the new energy vehicle market caused by the entry of Xiaomi SU7? Time will give the answer.
