Original title: Xiaomi will build "the first new energy vehicle for young people"? As soon as the rumor of building a car came out, the market value soared to 5 billion, and the automobile patents and industrial layout were "a laundry list". Xiaomi responded like this ... < P > Xiaomi will launch the first new energy vehicle for young people?

Xiaomi's share price soared by 1% in late trading.

On the afternoon of February 19th, some media reported that Xiaomi had decided to build a car and regarded it as a strategic decision, but the specific form and path have not yet been determined, and there may still be variables. A person familiar with the matter said that Xiaomi's car will be led by Lei Jun, the founder of Xiaomi Group.

As soon as the news came out, the share price of Xiaomi Group rose sharply, with an increase of over 1%. At the close, the increase narrowed to 6.25%, at HK$ 3.6 per share, with a total market value of HK$ 772.3 billion.

Subsequently, Xiaomi Group responded to the latest car-making rumors, saying that "waiting for the announcement", more information will not be responded for the time being.

Lei Jun has considered building a car many times before

As early as 213, Lei Jun visited Tesla CEO elon musk twice in the United States. He wrote in his WeChat official account, "I am very interested in Musk's Tesla car."

after visiting musk and testing Tesla, lei jun believes that Tesla's success depends on its accurate positioning, advanced product thinking and super system engineering ability to realize advanced product conception stably, reliably and economically with sophisticated technologies. Musk made Tesla "also software, hardware and Internet, triathlon". Using the internet model of "triathlon" as a mobile phone has always been Xiaomi's business model.

In 215, Lei Jun once revealed the idea of building a car, but the feedback was not optimistic. Instead of pushing forward, Lei Jun invested in Weilai through Shunwei Capital, which he founded. In 217, Shunwei Capital participated in the A+ round of financing in Xpeng Motors. However, according to the prospectus of Weilai Automobile and Xpeng Motors, Shunwei Capital did not appear among the major institutional shareholders, and its share of shares in both companies was less than 5% when they went public. In 219, Xiaomi Group participated in the financing of Xpeng Motors Series C, with an investment of 5 million US dollars.

It is reported that in 218, Xiaomi launched an internal car-making project investigation called "micar", which was led by the general staff responsible for formulating Xiaomi's strategy. Wang Chuan, then chief of staff of Xiaomi, had many exchanges with senior officials of China New Car Company such as Weilai and Tucki to learn about the industry.

some media said that in the third quarter of 219, Xiaomi's decision-makers raised the issue of building a car at the board meeting. Wang Chuan took out a research report on the automobile industry and suggested to Lei Jun that the end of 219 to the beginning of 22 was the opportunity for Xiaomi to build a car.

However, Xiaomi has never been officially announced to build a car, and all kinds of related news have also been refuted.

Xiaomi actively lays out the automobile field

Although Xiaomi has not officially joined the army of making cars, it has been actively laying out the automobile field.

enterprise search APP shows that there are currently 134 patents related to vehicles owned by Xiaomi affiliated companies, and many affiliated companies of Xiaomi have registered auto parts as their business scope.

according to the investment and financing of enterprise investigation, Xiaomi has invested in 17 transportation events, among which, in 212, Xiaomi invested in Mucang Technology. According to the data, Beijing Mucang Technology is a practical application developer focusing on the automobile field. In 214, Xiaomi invested in Kailide, a manufacturer of in-vehicle intelligent terminal equipment, and Ruimi, a developer of in-vehicle intelligent products.

in terms of specific business, Xiaomi's previously published focus is the car service system of the Internet of Things in the big map. In June 219, Xiaomi announced a cooperation with Mercedes-Benz to promote its virtual voice assistant Xiao Ai to enter the automobile human-computer interaction system. Two months later, the head of Xiaomi MIUI said in the activity of "MIUI Head Online" that he was considering developing a vehicle service system based on MIUI. In June 22, Xiaomi applied for the registration of the trademark of Xiaomi Chelian and related graphic trademarks.

Some analysts believe that "the time has made him (Lei Jun) make up his mind". At present, new cars are worth fighting for and opportunities of the times. In the supply chain, pioneers such as Tesla have helped to cultivate relatively mature suppliers and talents with relevant management experience. The market is also in high spirits about smart electric vehicles.

according to the regulations on the management of new energy vehicle manufacturers and products access, which was formally implemented in September 22, the first step for Xiaomi to build a car may be to choose a car manufacturer with production capacity to cooperate.

Technology giants have rushed into the car-making track

In 22, new energy vehicles will be a well-deserved outlet. Tesla's share price has risen nearly sevenfold, reaching the top of the world's largest auto company by market value, which is more than three times that of Toyota, the leader of traditional auto companies. Weilai, Ideal, a new force in car making, and Tucki's share price hit record highs.

Under the wind, the market value of Evergrande has exceeded HK$ 6 billion, and FF founded by Jia Yueting will soon be listed on NASDAQ.

At present, the new car-making movement is in full swing. Technology giants have begun to build their own "dream of building a car".

At the end of December, 22, foreign media reported that Apple was setting up an automobile assembly plant in the United States, and began preliminary cooperation negotiations with global automotive electronics suppliers. It is expected that "Apple Car" will be officially unveiled in 224-225. At the same time, Apple is currently cooperating with TSMC to develop autonomous driving chips.

on January 11th, 221, Baidu announced the formal establishment of a smart car company to enter the automobile industry as a vehicle manufacturer, and Geely Holding will become a strategic partner. Geely Holding said that the cooperation will be based on the vast intelligent evolution experience architecture of SEA, the world's leading pure electric architecture newly developed by Geely.

Tencent, Ali, Huawei, Didi, Amazon, Google, etc. have also entered the car-making track to varying degrees.