A couple of months ago, in March this year, Chinese tech giant Xiaomi officially announced the commencement of its smart electric vehicle business. Now, a new report coming from China says that the firm is looking to expand its team.
Xiaomi has opened up several new positions in the company which include categories like Data Platforms, Vehicle-Mounted Infrastructure, Decision & Planning, Millimeterwave Algorithms, Development Tools, Front-End Development, Embedded Software, High-Precision Maps, Simulation, etc.
Further, the job listing for all the positions shows that the work address is based in Haidian, Beijing. Earlier, the company had said that the Xiaomi Research & Development Headquarters will be located in Beijing but this hasn’t been confirmed by the firm.
The company has set up a new wholly-owned subsidiary to work on electric vehicles and related business. Initially, it plans to invest around 10 billion yuan (~$1.5 billion) but over a period of 10 years, Xiaomi would have invested more than $10 billion for this new category of business.
Lei Jun, who is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Xiaomi Group, will also serve as the Chief Executive Officer for this new smart electric vehicles entity. It’s likely that the smart car from Xiaomi will be a consumer product and will be targeted at mass market.
The company was earlier rumored to partner with China’s Great Wall Motor Co Ltd and use its factory for building its own electric car. But after the company rejected to partner with Xiaomi, Lei Jun recently visited the Great Wall Motor’s Research and Development Center in China but the outcome of the recent visit has not been revealed yet.
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