BEIJING — Chinese language smartphone firm Xiaomi introduced Tuesday it might formally launch its long-awaited electrical automobile on March 28.

The corporate claimed in a social media publish its SU7 electrical automobile “can be delivered as quickly as it’s launched,” in accordance with CNBC’s translation of the publish written in Chinese language.

The publish stated the corporate was opening the waitlist for 59 shops in 29 cities in China.

Xiaomi revealed the automobile’s exterior and tech options in late December, however didn’t share a value or particular supply date.

Final month, Xiaomi President Weibing Lu instructed CNBC the corporate was focusing on the premium phase with the automobile, and indicated deliveries might start as quickly because the second quarter.

Whereas the corporate revealed the automobile to a world viewers for the primary time at Cell World Congress Barcelona, Lu stated it might probably take at the least one other two or three years earlier than Xiaomi begins promoting the automobile abroad.