The Xiaomi car was the star of MWC Barcelona, the first time the project was presented in person outside of China. In this way, Xiaomi proved capable of what Apple could not do, creating an electric car; and attract the attention of the technology and motorsport industries.
It escapes no one that it is very rare for a company without experience to be able to compete with the best with your first product; but that’s exactly what the Xiaomi SU7 seems to have achieved. Unless the keys are handed over to the first buyers in the coming weeks, everything indicates that we are in for a great success.
This may have motivated Xiaomi’s big Chinese rival, Huawei, to take an important step in its commitment to electric cars. According to the latest publications in the Chinese press, Huawei’s next car would be launched worldwideand it would not only stay in the Asian country.
This will be the new Huawei car
Huawei’s new car is called Stellato X4 (or Jie Pai in Chinese), and will be an executive sedan that seeks to find a place in the “premium” sector; therefore, it will be more filled with luxury technology and materials. And also with a relatively high price compared to other recent electric cars, between 300,000 and 500,000 yuan (38,000 and 63,000 dollars).
The Stelato X4 is the result of a new collaboration between Huawei and the manufacturer BAIC. When it came to entering the automotive sector, Huawei opted for a very different strategy than Xiaomi, which has invested, and plans to continue investing, billions of dollars in engineering and manufacturing. technology needed to design and build your own car.
The Stellate X4 from Huawei and BAIC
Instead, Huawei preferred Collaborate with established manufacturers, to whom she offered access to her technology. Most preferred to launch versions of existing cars, with HarmonyOS integrated; For example, BAIC and Huawei’s first car, the Arcfox AlphaS, launched in 2021, is the result of a similar collaboration, a model already sold and improved using Huawei technology.
With the Stelato X4, the collaboration goes even further and the result is a completely new car. Th is is striking because until now, Huawei’s strategy has produced very variable results, with some very notable launches and others that have gone unnoticed. Now the bet seems clearer with the Stelato X4, including BAIC expects to sell more than 10,000 units per month
The report reveals another surprising detail: BAIC informed its investors that it was preparing a sales and service network in Europe and Asia, with the aim of selling Stelato brand cars worldwide. To do this, it is planned to expand the project capacity to 300,000 units, but not to the entire X4; It also plans other models, including SUVs and sports versions.
The Stelato X4 could therefore be the first Huawei car to arrive in Europe. And it would be an important launch, with a high-end model which has already appeared on Chinese roads and surprised with its design and advanced functions such as cameras that replace rear-view mirrors.
