Lei Jun, the founder of China Xiaomi Group, said that the goal of Xiaomi's car building is to rank among the top five in the world in the next 15 to 20 years.
According to Surging News, Lei Jun proposed the above goals on Xiaomi's investment day on Thursday (February 9).
Lei Jun said that in the major events this year, mobile phones are the main business and will continue to pay attention to high -end mobile phones.Car is a new project from zero to one. It will continue to strengthen organizational construction and process management, and continue to pay attention to R & D, quality and supply chain.
He revealed that one -half of his time was invested on the car building, and one -quarter time was put in the mobile phone, the Internet of Things (IoT) and a high -end strategy, and the remaining quarterOne time is in other things.
Asks a question about whether the car is too late, Lei Jun said: "Car is a century -old track. As long as you are optimistic about the car industry, it is not too late."After six or seven years in advance, the advantage of Xiaomi is that in the electronic technology and user experience, the time to get out of the car in 2024 is just right.
He introduced that last year, Xiaomi Automobile and other new businesses invested over 3 billion yuan (the same, about S $ 587 million), and the R & D team exceeded 2,300.More than times.In September last year, the first Xiaomi soft film car was offline as scheduled. In December, the winter test was opened. The effect of each team was better than expected.
It is reported that on August 11 last year, Xiaomi invested 3.3 billion yuan in RMB research and development costs in the first phase of the autonomous driving field, and has formed a R & D team of over 500 people.At the same time, Xiaomi autonomous driving technology has entered the test stage.The first phase of the planned 140 test vehicles will be tested across the country. The goal is to enter the industry's first camp in 2024.This means that nearly half a year, the Xiaomi R & D team has expanded nearly 1,800 people.