{"id":33265,"date":"2025-09-26T08:51:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T08:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/xiaomis-ceo-says-the-company-bought-3-tesla-model-ys-and-ripped-them-apart-to-see-what-they-could-learn\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T08:51:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T08:51:16","slug":"xiaomis-ceo-says-the-company-bought-3-tesla-model-ys-and-ripped-them-apart-to-see-what-they-could-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/xiaomis-ceo-says-the-company-bought-3-tesla-model-ys-and-ripped-them-apart-to-see-what-they-could-learn\/","title":{"rendered":"Xiaomi&#8217;s CEO says the company bought 3 Tesla Model Ys and ripped them apart to see what they could learn"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/68d617c4cc993f9955cef6cb?format=jpeg\" alt=\"Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun launches the SU7 EV in Beijing on March 28\"\/><figcaption>Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun launches the SU7 EV in Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Zhang\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Xiaomi&#039;s CEO, Lei Jun, said he bought 3 Tesla Model Ys to disassemble them.<\/li>\n<li>He said his team then studied every component carefully.<\/li>\n<li>He said the Model Y was an &quot;outstanding&quot; car, and those who don&#039;t choose Xiaomi&#039;s YU7 could consider it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Xiaomi&#039;s CEO revealed this week just how closely the company is studying its competition at Tesla.  <\/p>\n<p>During his annual speech on Thursday, Xiaomi chief executive Lei Jun said the company had bought 3 Tesla Model Ys and ripped them apart to examine them.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We bought 3 Model Ys at the start of this year, disassembling the parts one by one, and studied every component, one at a time,&quot; he said to a large crowd at the Beijing National Convention Center.<\/p>\n<p>Behind him was a large screen displaying a side-by-side comparison of the Model Y to Xiaomi&#039;s new YU7 electric SUV.<\/p>\n<p>Lei added that he found Model Y to be a really good car.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;If you don&#039;t choose YU7, you can consider Model Y,&quot; the 55-year-old executive said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that Xiaomi&#039;s team spent a long time thinking about how to best design the SUV&#039;s internal space. Lei said that the final version of the YU7&#039;s design &quot;definitely does not lose to the Model Y.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>He also compared the battery life of Xiaomi&#039;s YU7 with that of the Model Y, and said he thought his firm had excellent performance for its price point.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#039;m not criticizing the Model Y. The Model Y is a very, very outstanding car,&quot; Lei added.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as Tesla&#039;s sales in China dropped 4% in August to 83,200 units, compared to the year before, per data from the China Passenger Car Association.<\/p>\n<p>It has been losing steam in the country as it faces intense competition from local players like Xiaomi, Xpeng, and Nio, all selling cheaper EVs than Tesla.<\/p>\n<p>Xiaomi&#039;s YU7 received over 240,000 preorders in 24 hours when it launched in June.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives for Xiaomi and Tesla did not respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on Business Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun launches the SU7 EV in Beijing. Michael Zhang\/Getty Images Xiaomi&#039;s CEO, Lei Jun, said he bought 3 Tesla Model Ys to disassemble them. He said his team then studied every component carefully. He said the Model Y was an &quot;outstanding&quot; car, and those who don&#039;t choose Xiaomi&#039;s YU7 could consider it. 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