Xiaomi's recipe for a new EV: buy three Teslas and take them apart

30 September 2025
Chinese tech giant Xiaomi admitted to purchasing and completely disassembling three Tesla Model Ys to learn how to build its own popular YU7 electric SUV.

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  • Satya

That is so China.. this is nothing but THEFT !!!

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  • jason

isn't that what most companies do, it was the same at the start of the smartphone era, I remember specifically that Nokia bought multiple original iPhones to see how they were assembled and built, and all phone vendors buy each others for hardware analysis

  • Vince

Lucid would have been a better benchmark

  • Anonymous

The copy is always better than the original. Just ask..

  • Gem

this is how xiaomi can build good/better car like Tesla,
verifying thier quality, specification and performance.

  • Anon Moose

Well... that's the smart way to do it. If Sweeney from Epic Games had even half a brain cell he'd have done it that way with Steam when opening EGS and things would have gone smoother.

  • Jemek

Honesty really goes a long way. Taking points from the competition but actually complementing their design at the same time show the consumer the company probably is also honest with their product.