In what is one of the most significant developments in the Chinese auto industry, Xiaomi’s SU7 has outsold Tesla’s Model 3 in 2025. The facts comes from the China Passenger Car association (via scmp.com).
The Chinese smartphone maker delivered 258,164 units of its first EV. Simultaneously occurring, Tesla sold only 200,361 Model 3s, marking the first time since Tesla’s Chinese launch that another brand has overtaken it in the world’s largest EV market.
Xiaomi’s formula for success
Ther are quite a few reasons behind this. First, Xiaomi has undercut the Model 3’s pricing by around 9% (CNY 235,500 vs. CNY 215,900 for the baseline variant). The SU7’s base variant offers a 700 km CLTC range,which is higher than the Model 3’s 606 km.
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