https://carnewschina.com/2025/07/08/xiaomi-yu9-suv-prototype-spotted-full-size-suv-with-1500-km-range-likely/ China Auto News Tue, 08 Jul 2025 20:47:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://carnewschina.com/2025/07/08/xiaomi-yu9-suv-prototype-spotted-full-size-suv-with-1500-km-range-likely/#comment-638565 Tue, 08 Jul 2025 20:47:03 +0000 https://carnewschina.com/?p=228631#comment-638565 Looks like a LiAuto Killer.
A real Li Auto killer.
Not that cannibalistic NIONVO Copycat junk.

]]> https://carnewschina.com/2025/07/08/xiaomi-yu9-suv-prototype-spotted-full-size-suv-with-1500-km-range-likely/#comment-638553 Tue, 08 Jul 2025 03:05:13 +0000 https://carnewschina.com/?p=228631#comment-638553 If it's true, I am personally slightly disappointed that Xiaomi is giving in to the EREV craze for the YU9 after making very popular BEVs in the face of PHEVs and EREVs becoming more popular. Aerodynamics and thus range is tough for a 3-row especially since consumers are rejecting the Li MEGA and Lucid Gravity in favor of boxier looks, but I feel like Xiaomi is the only company who could make a rounder shape work. That being said, the EREV Aito M9 outsold the BEV version by over 8 times, so it seems like a no-brainer. I hope Xiaomi puts in some development work to make the ICE have higher thermal efficiency, I think Li Auto and Aito's ICEs are pretty mediocre at the moment.

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