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Xiaomi launches next-gen SU7 with 902 km range and Lidar, still undercuts Tesla

71 pointsby breveyesterday at 9:12 PM40 commentsview on HN

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Aurornisyesterday at 11:12 PM

The range is Chinese CLTC range, which is a more generous rating than the US range ratings.

It's an impressive range number, but don't try to compare it directly to range numbers for other EVs.

The current gen SU7 is available with an 830km CLTC range. If you drive one on real roads, you will not get 830km of range. :)

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MrVitaliyyesterday at 10:50 PM

Interesting that they prominently feature Lidar as an upgrade over whatever Tesla has. Sheds some light on the whole drama with lidar vs camera in self-driving.

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knownastronyesterday at 11:10 PM

Chinese EV companies are heavily subsidized by the Chinese government. These price comparisons to Tesla are good for generating catchy headlines but not useful without that context.

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dyauspitryesterday at 11:04 PM

That’s wild with that range (560 miles) it probably gets atleast 300 miles in the worst case scenario. That’s game over for ICE. What a dream. I wish we could have them in the US but my patriotism also tells me that would be the death of almost all US auto companies.

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