# Lei Jun
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Xiaomi’s Sophomore Surge: Lei Jun Navigates the EV Price Wars with a Human Touch
Xiaomi has launched the next generation of its SU7 electric vehicle at a competitive 219,990 RMB, despite rising material costs. Founder Lei Jun is leveraging celebrity endorsements and a humble public persona to navigate market skepticism and technical controversies as the company expands into robotics and AI.
Xiaomi’s Lei Jun Confirms Next‑Gen SU7 Will Be Priced Higher as Company Pushes Upmarket
Xiaomi founder Lei Jun announced that the next‑generation SU7 will carry a higher price tag to reflect substantial upgrades in safety, driving, intelligence and luxury. The model is slated for launch this month and Xiaomi is preparing mass production and deliveries. The price increase signals Xiaomi’s intent to move the SU7 upmarket, balancing improved product quality against the risk of alienating value‑oriented buyers.
Xiaomi Takes OpenClaw Mobile: Lei Jun Backs ‘Miclaw’ to Put AI Agents on Phones and Into the Home
Xiaomi has launched Xiaomi miclaw, a mobile AI agent built on its MiMo model and presented as China’s first phone-based implementation akin to OpenClaw. The move underscores a broader industry race to embed autonomous agents into phones and homes, promising convenience and ecosystem lock-in while raising fresh security and privacy challenges.
Lei Jun Predicts 'True' Driverless Cars in Limited Zones Within Five Years — and Urges Rules to Catch Up
Xiaomi founder Lei Jun said genuinely driverless vehicles can be realised in some limited environments within five years, while urging China to tighten driving tests, punish misuse of L2 systems, and clarify safety rules for L3/L4 automation. His remarks reflect both industry optimism and the need for regulatory catch‑up as manufacturers prepare for constrained commercial deployments.
From Overnight Riches to a Margin Squeeze: Why Xiami’s (Xiaomi) Rally Has Turned Into Investor Anxiety
Xiaomi’s early 2026 euphoria has faded as the company faces a squeeze from sharply higher memory-chip prices, intensified domestic competition from Huawei, and softer demand for its EVs and handsets. Multiple brokerages have cut targets and earnings forecasts, and the stock has fallen nearly 47% from recent highs, raising broader questions about margins and strategy.
Lei Jun Urges China to Put Humanoid Robots to Work and Harden Rules for the Smart‑Driving Era
Xiaomi founder Lei Jun submitted five proposals at the National People’s Congress pushing for rapid industrial deployment of humanoid robots, stronger smart‑driving safety rules and upgraded training pipelines for intelligent vehicles. His recommendations couple engineering targets and cost‑reduction measures with governance steps — coding, data and ethics standards — and call for industry‑education reforms and support for tech philanthropy.
Xiaomi Shows Off Futuristic Vision GT at MWC — A Halo Project, Not a Production Car
Xiaomi displayed the Xiaomi Vision Gran Turismo concept supercar at MWC in Barcelona as part of the Gran Turismo VGT project, but the company has confirmed it will not be mass produced. The move is a strategic branding exercise that leverages gaming partnerships and design signalling to raise Xiaomi’s automotive profile without taking on production or regulatory commitments.
Xiaomi Goes Supercar: Vision Gran Turismo Concept Debuts as Brand Raises 2026 Ambitions to 550,000 EVs
Xiaomi unveiled the Xiaomi Vision GT, its first Vision Gran Turismo concept, at a Barcelona event and will show it at MWC. The concept marks the company as the first Chinese brand and first tech firm to join the VGT programme, while Xiaomi pushes to scale deliveries to 550,000 cars in 2026.
Xiaomi’s Vision GT: A Concept Supercar Debut that Rebrands a Tech Giant for the Global Stage
Xiaomi unveiled the Vision Gran Turismo concept supercar at a pre-MWC 2026 event, showcasing aerodynamic claims (Cd 0.29, CL/Cd 4.1), gaming-influenced cabin design, and deep integration with its consumer ecosystem. As the first Chinese brand invited into Sony’s Vision Gran Turismo project, Xiaomi used the concept to signal elevated design credentials and global ambitions, even as the car is unlikely to be produced at scale.
Xiaomi Closes Chapter on First‑Gen SU7 as Final Unit Is Delivered — A Pivot to the Next Generation
Xiaomi delivered the final first‑generation SU7 and has ceased that model’s production while promising long‑term maintenance and spare‑parts support. The company says it will focus on domestic consolidation and product upgrades rather than immediate U.S. expansion.
Xiaomi’s YU7 Tops China Retail Rankings in January — A New Challenger to Tesla and Incumbent SUVs
Xiaomi’s YU7 SUV sold 37,869 units in January, claiming the top spot on China’s passenger‑car retail chart and signaling the brand’s growing strength in the EV market. The result reflects Xiaomi’s retail channels and brand pull amid a soft season for car sales and comes as the company prepares for further model updates and possible overseas attention.
Xiaomi’s Lei Jun Boasts a Robot-Run Car Factory and Rooftop Solar — A Sign of Tech Firms Industrializing Hardware
Lei Jun says Xiaomi’s car plant uses roughly 600–700 robots to achieve fully automated assembly and inspection, and runs on photovoltaic panels installed across its roof. The statements mark Xiaomi’s push to vertically integrate high-tech manufacturing and position itself as a serious contender in the electric vehicle sector, though practical limits and risks remain.