For comparison, the rear-wheel drive Model Y has an official range of 593 km and the long-range model offers 719 km of range. Lei said the company is considering using the second generation of its in-house developed chip, the Xuanjie O1, on future models. Xiaomi said the five-seater crossover provides comfort with larger headroom and legroom across both rows than Tesla’s Model Y, as well as Nappa leather seats, an upscale option in many luxury-car interiors. A number of Chinese automakers have benchmarked their all-electric sports utility vehicles against the Tesla Model Y, the world’s top-selling vehicle from 2023 to 2024. The US automaker sold 201,926 cars in China in the first five months of this year, according to figures compiled by the China Passenger Car Association.