This could be the next Xiaomi electric car

• In 2021, electric vehicle sales approached 6.8 million units worldwide.

• Consumer spending on electric vehicles totaled $250 billion.

• The Tesla Model 3 was the best-selling electric vehicle in the world, at least in 2021.

Currently many brands are already contributing to reach a more sustainable future. That is why electric cars set the trend of the future, so companies like Xiaomi have already confirmed their plans to develop an electric car.

It is no secret to anyone that today there is an Aude for the use of electric vehicles, due to growing environmental awareness, but Europe and the United States are the markets where this industry niche began to develop, so it is there where the greatest use of this transport model is recorded.

According to data from a study conducted by EV-Volumes.com, in 2021 sales of this type of alternative vehicle approached 6.8 million units worldwide, where consumer spending on electric vehicles amounted to approximately 250 billion US dollars. For its part, government investment in this type of alternative automobile during that same year was around 30 billion, according to data from a study identified as Global EV Outlook 2022, carried out by the IEA.

Although manufacturers in this industry have names like Chevrolet, Hyundai, Volkswagen, Renault, Peugeot, Kia, BMW, among others, the unrivaled leader is Tesla. The Tesla Model 3 was the best-selling electric vehicle in the world in 2021, with sales of more than 500 thousand units, indicates the ranking performed by Inside EVs.

Xiaomi and its next electric car

After its announcement in 2021, this Friday images of the electric vehicle that Xiaomi is developing. The car was seen circulating through the streets of China while carrying out tests about its autonomous driving capabilities.

The images were shared by a Weibo user, a Chinese social network, where he showed that the blue car, apparently from Xiaomi, was performing these tests.

In the image you can see that the car reads “Xiaomi Pilot Test”which many specialists already point out that this is not the final car of the Chinese brand, but rather a vehicle that is testing the autonomous driving capabilities of the technology.

In this first view, it was possible to observe that a LiDAR sensor is visible on top of the car, a large one, by the way, which would be in charge of guiding it so that it can move autonomously when these capabilities are activated.

Though Chinese tech brand details are scantIn October, the same Lei Jun, CEO of the company, said that it will start mass production of its electric car from the first half of 2024.

To date, the well-known brand of mobile phones that adds a value of 24.8 billion dollars, began with the registration of the new brand as Xiaomi EV Company Limited, with an initial investment of 10 billion yuan, which is equivalent to 1.5 billion dollars.

Likewise, another of the steps taken by the firm to start the development of its electric vehicle was the purchase of DeepMotiona self-driving technology company, plus the hiring of 500 employees to develop level 4 autonomy.

This once again demonstrates that when technology is well used by people and developers it can benefit many, this time electric cars are the future to improve and care for the planet in which we live even more.

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