On October 25, in Hengyang, Hunan, a Xiaomi SU7 was suspected of hitting a road protrusion, damaging its battery pack and bursting into fierce flames. Firefighters were dispatched to put out the fire, and no official accident report has been released yet.
Before Lei Jun publicly emphasized vehicle safety, a large number of Xiaomi car owners reported suspected faults in the vehicles' intelligent brake boosters, with problems such as brake pedals that could not be pressed down.
On October 21, Lei Jun, founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi Group, said at the 2026 World Intelligent Connected Vehicles Conference that without safety, all intelligence, performance, design and innovation lose their meaning; multiple media outlets including Chang'an Jie Zhishi and The Beijing News republished his press release.
According to a report by Sound of Hope, on October 15, 2026, a netizen posted a video showing a Xiaomi car losing control while driving, crashing through three or four roadside trees one after another, with the scene being quite gruesome. The specific cause of the accident and any casualties remain to be further verified.
Recently, multiple Xiaomi EV owners have reported suspected malfunctions in the vehicle's intelligent brake booster, which could cause the brake pedal to become impossible to press down; the issue appears not to be an isolated case. The manufacturer is currently handling it with free replacements, without a recall.
Xiaomi's interim results show that its auto business posted an operating loss of 5.7 billion yuan in the first half of the year; 104,199 vehicles were delivered in the second quarter, generating revenue of 23.9 billion yuan.
On June 29, 2026, in Tongchuan District, Dazhou, Sichuan, a Xiaomi new-energy vehicle caused a series of vicious collisions along the street, killing one pedestrian on the spot and seriously injuring a food delivery rider, with several vehicles damaged at the scene.
In June 2026, netizens reported that security guards at Guangzhou Huali College blocked a Xiaomi car from entering the campus; the security office confirmed that the ban had been in place for about a year. Public opinion questioned whether the school was imposing discriminatory restrictions on cars of other brands because it had jointly established a college with Huawei and signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement.
On June 13, during a live broadcast at the Yancheng Proving Ground, the Xiaomi YU7 GT, with Lei Jun participating, completed 50 consecutive braking tests from 100 km/h to a standstill. The first stop was 33.69 meters, and the 50th was 34.28 meters, with no significant performance degradation. The video was later dug up by netizens for comparison with Maextro (Zunjie) tests.
Bloomberg reported on May 26, 2026 that Xiaomi Group's profit in the first quarter of 2026 fell sharply, driven by manufacturing costs pushed up by surging global DRAM and flash memory prices as well as heavy investment in new businesses such as automobiles.
A Wuhan man found a Xiaomi Auto recruitment posting on BOSS Zhipin, traveled to Xiangyang for an interview, and was charged accommodation, bedding, and cleaning fees by an intermediary, only to discover that the position did not exist and that he had been blocked by the other party.
On February 24, Xiaomi's legal department announced that, in the lawsuit against the self-media account "AutoReport Auto Industry & Economics" for infringement, the company received the court's first-instance judgment, and the account was ordered to pay 5 million yuan in compensation.
On November 24, a Xiaomi SU7 driving in Nanyang, Henan Province lost control and crashed into a roadside tree. The vehicle was severely damaged; the power did not automatically cut off after the collision, and none of the four door locks could unlock normally. Netizens worried that the doors could not be opened after a power failure.