While there hasn’t been much new entry into the internal combustion engine market, the shift to electric cars has meant a surprisingly large number of startups have sprung up looking to break into the automotive market. This also applies to well-established electronic companies, and the company announced its intention, for example Sony. One of the other such companies that we especially associate with electronics is Chinese Xiaomi. He is mainly talking about his intention to produce electric cars since last September. It is not too surprising for him, because he already has some experience with transport, albeit of a much lighter nature. She has taken many countries by storm with her electric scooters.
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Now it has appeared on the Internet the first picture of the upcoming car in the form of a relatively long blue sedan or liftback, the silhouette of which is quite reminiscent 2nd generation hydrogen Toyota Mirai. On the above page you can also look at pictures of a differently shaped test mule. So it looks more like tuning the drive system or driving assistants (it is not entirely rare that parts of new generations of cars are tested in mules built on the basis of other cars, e.g. previous generations). As a result, it doesn’t tell us that much about the design, rather it just hints at the fact that Xiaomi is working hard on the new electric cars.-
It is rumored that the new Xiaomi car could appear on the Chinese market in 2024. Its introduction in Europe is surrounded by even more mystery, however, several Chinese automakers have already reached the European market and there is little reason to assume that Xiaomi won’t try either. Due to the pressure on technology, mobile functions and ever-improving quality and often very attractive design, Chinese companies are creating an ever-increasing onslaught on traditional car manufacturers, and I would not be at all surprised if Chinese cars were quite common in Europe in the next decade.
On the contrary, it is appropriate to worry about some traditional European manufacturers, who will now have to fight with new competition. Here in Europe, their competition in the form of Chinese cars is growing, and on the contrary, interest in them is declining in China. In Asia, they put a lot more emphasis on the car’s software features, cell phone connectivity, and the like. On the contrary, the characteristics that defined a “good car” are no longer so important for them. After all, many European cars, especially in China, are rated by users as too “stupid”. The upcoming generation increasingly wants “computers on wheels” rather than cars as such. And if the majority of young people are weaned on Chinese phone brands, they may not have such a big problem to buy a Chinese car later.
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