Xiaomi YU7 vs Model Y

The Xiaomi YU 7 is bound to kill, Tesla's Global ambitions, due to these 5 big advantages. First and foremost, the price. Tesla has squeezed their margins on the Juniper, as much as they possibly could, to compete in the Chinese market, from a price of 36 thousand US dollars. The YU 7 will undercut that by 2 thousand Dollars! Doesn't sound like much of a difference? That is because the YU 7 is similar in all aspects, to a Model X, rather than a Model Y. And a Model X starts at 113 thousand US Dollars in China! That is almost three times more expensive than the YU 7! Xiaomi's Purosangue inspired crossover, is much bigger in size, than the Model Y. It is based on a 80 volt architecture, while the Juniper, continues on its old, 400 volt platform. The biggest advantage gained from Xiaomi's high-voltage tech is its ultra-fast charging. It can add over 300 miles of range in 15 minutes. The Tesla takes twice as much time to do that. Although, it is disappointing to see, that neither of them have added a charging port on both sides, like BYD has started doing, to cut down the time wasted in charging stops, whenever 2 charging guns are available. When it comes to the performance, both cars will offer you variants capable of 0 to hundred in less than 3 second. Tesla's comeback on all of these shortcomings has been the FSD 13.2. Unsupervised autonomy is expected to be approved by July 2025 in Texas & California. Approval outside the US is of course more of a political game, rather than a technical one. Result is apparent in China, where Tesla hardly offers much of autonomy on China's roads. Xiaomi is working on their own, in house AI model. But from what we have seen from Huawei's Qiankun 3, the Chinese are way ahead of FSD 13.2 already. Now, coming to the real problem with the new Model Y, which is its pricing outside of China. In the US, the launch series is retailing for over sixty grand, which is a twelve thousand dollar increase over the old model. In the UK it is 61 thousand quid, again a steep increase over the previous generation. In Australia, it goes up to 73 thousand AUD. And that's all for the all-wheel-drive variant. The performance variant will be over eighty grand. And this is what leaves it vulnerable to much more sensibly priced competition. For example, in the UK, you get a MG-4 X Power for 35 thousand pounds, a car capable of a 3.8 second dash to 100 kph.