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.
Bloomberg named eight Chinese billionaires including Ding Lei, Huang Zheng and Lei Jun, whose overseas trust assets exceed $140 billion, facing a new round of tax recovery and harvesting by the Chinese Communist Party.
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.
In 2025, Xiaomi released its highest-ever annual report since going public, with total annual revenue reaching 457.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 25%; adjusted net profit was 39.2 billion yuan, up 43.8% year-on-year. Revenue from the automotive business exceeded 100 billion yuan, with a profit of 900 million yuan.
On February 26, due to a rise in Xiaomi's stock price, Lei Jun briefly became the richest person in China, but he urgently denied the report, calling it fake news.
In 2011, at the Xiaomi smartphone launch event, Lei Jun imitated Steve Jobs by wearing a black T-shirt, blue jeans, and canvas shoes, and concluded with 'One more thing,' sporting a posture and outfit highly similar to Jobs.