A Xiaomi YU7 car at a Xiaomi store in Nanjing, eastern China on June 26, 2025. The company's electric vehicle division said on its official Weibo account that there had been 289,000 pre-orders for the five-seater YU7, priced from 253,500 yuan (RM149,454), within the first hour of sales. — AFP
BEIJING: Chinese electric vehicle maker Xiaomi received almost 300,000 pre-orders within an hour for its first sport utility vehicles in what the company said was a "miraculous" moment for the industry.
Lei Jun, founder and CEO of the electronics-turned-car company, said he was astonished by the reaction from customers.
