Electric crossover Xiaomi YU7 will have a range of up to 820 km

The first mentions of the characteristics of the Xiaomi YU7 electric crossover in the database of Chinese regulators contained information about the dimensions, weight, maximum speed and power of the power plant, but did not give an idea of ​​the capacity of the traction battery and the power reserve. Now these gaps have been eliminated by the same sources.

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At least, the CnEVPost resource reports that the official database contains references to Xiaomi electric vehicles with the codes XMA6500LBEVA1 and XMA6500LBEVR3, which correspond to the dual-motor and single-motor versions of the YU7 crossover. The first should be equipped with a CATL traction battery with a three-component composition and a capacity of 101.7 kW h, which provides a range of 670 to 760 km according to the CLTC cycle. The mass of the car reaches 2405 kg, of which 666 kg are accounted for by the traction battery.

The front-wheel drive crossover will be equipped with a BYD LFP battery with a capacity of 96.3 kWh, the declared range without recharging on the CLTC cycle varies from 725 to 820 km. Although the one-axle drive car is generally lighter (2315 kg) than the all-wheel drive, its battery weighs 719 kg due to a different chemical composition and lower charge storage density. In the NMC version, this figure reaches 152.7 Wh/kg, while the LFP battery is content with 134 Wh/kg.

The all-wheel drive crossover theoretically consumes 13.38 kW h of energy per 100 km, while the mono-drive version’s consumption is limited to 11.74 kW h per 100 km. Formally, this allows us to declare a power reserve of up to 820 km according to the conventional CLTC cycle. It is clear that in real conditions this reserve will be much less, especially when driving at high speeds on the highway and at negative ambient temperatures. Xiaomi YU7 will officially enter the market in June or July of this year, but the experience of the SU7 debut shows that the new product will remain in short supply for a long time.