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Xiaomi has re-filed for the SU7, with the manufacturer changing from the previous BAIC to Xiaomi itself.

Xiaomi (HKG: 1810, OTCMKTS: XIACY) has gained independent car-making qualification, after previously using BAIC’s credentials for its vehicles.

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) today released its latest catalog of models that will soon be allowed to be sold for public comment, and Xiaomi’s first EV model, the SU7, is included.

The public can submit their feedback between July 13-19. Entering the catalog is the last major regulatory process by which a model can be allowed to be sold in China.

Xiaomi has four models in the catalog, with product model numbers XMA7000MBEVA1, XMA7000MBEVR2, XMA7000MBEVR3, and XMA7000MBEVR5.

The name of the producer of these four models is Xiaomi Automotive Technology Co Ltd and the brand at the end of the vehicle has changed from Beijing Xiaomi to Xiaomi.

This means that Xiaomi’s EV unit, Xiaomi EV, has been granted independent car-making status and does not need to continue using BAIC’s qualification.

On November 15, 2023, the Xiaomi SU7 made its first entry into the MIIT filing catalog, with the pages showing the producer as BAIC Off-road Vehicle, the off-road vehicle business division of BAIC Group, not Xiaomi.

At the time, local media reported that Xiaomi was only borrowing BAIC’s automobile production qualification, while actual production was taking place at its own factory.

This means that Xiaomi didn’t quite nail the car production qualification issue, hence the model’s filing information has the producer as BAIC Off-road Vehicle.

In the latest filing page, the Xiaomi SU7’s production address is No. 21 courtyard, Huanjing Road, Beijing Economic-Technological Development Zone, Beijing, the same as the filing page from last November.

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