阅读理解No model has ever received more attention in China than the Xiaomi SU7, which was launched(上市) on Thursday night in Beijing.
It may sound unbelievable but the launch event attracted more than 40 million views on Xiaomi Auto's Weibo alone. Even guessing its price level had been a popular topic on China's social media platforms for weeks.
Xiaomi, one of the world's leading smartphone companies, began accepting orders in China through an app on Thursday night, after founder Lei Jun finished a more than two-hour presentation(发布会) on the SU7 car by stating the much-awaited price range: 215,900 yuan to 299,900 yuan.
Xiaomi said that it received 50,000 orders for the SU7 in the first 27 minutes after sales opened at 10 p.m. Beijing time. Lei mentioned that Beijing-based Xiaomi aims to become one of the world's top five car makers in the next 15 to 20 years. "It's hard to make a car, but it's cool to succeed," he said.
Lei said Xiaomi would lose money on the basic model at 215,900 yuan, a price that is lower than the Tesla(特斯拉) Model 3 in China. In his opinion, the SU7 car did better than the Tesla in most areas, but the type of the SU7 is not as good as the Porsche(保时捷) Taycan.
"There is still a long way to go for our cars to become a Porsche," he said, but if Xiaomi keeps working hard for another five to ten years. "One day we will finally catch up with and even surpass Porsche."