Everything Electric (Elliot Richards): "Puts a fizz in your pants"
Elliot Richards opens the Everything Electric Cars video with three numbers: 1,548 horsepower, 0–60 in less than 2 seconds, and a price equivalent to about $73,000. Then comes the line you'll remember whether you want to or not: "the kind of car that puts a fizz in your pants." The next 25 minutes argue this isn't just spec-sheet bravado — the SU7 Ultra is, in his framing, "the culmination of the last 10 years of Chinese EV development."
Watch original ↗- →Topline stats highlighted: 1,548 hp, 0-60 in less than 2 seconds, ~$73,000 — "the kind of car that puts a fizz in your pants".
- →Calls the SU7 Ultra "the culmination of the last 10 years of Chinese EV development".
- →Notes "very few cars do electric fast AND extremely good handling — this is one of them".
- →Closes calling it the "starting point of a performance car revolution with electric cars" and confirms Xiaomi is coming to UK/Europe.
Opening stats salvo. 1,548 horsepower combined, sub-2-second 0–60, $73K equivalent. Elliot frames these against the McLaren P1, the Porsche Taycan Turbo S, and the Tesla Model S Plaid — and notes this is the cheapest entry on that list by a factor of three.
Tri-motor architecture explainer. Why three motors instead of two: torque vectoring at the rear axle, more usable launch traction, central motor for top-end punch. Elliot walks through the power split and what it means for daily driving versus track work.
Ultra-specific cooling and aero — what makes this trim genuinely different from the standard SU7: front apron with 10% more cooling airflow, active rear wing, dedicated brake ducting, aero shutters. This is where the price gap between Standard and Ultra lives.
Track-day footage. Elliot calls out the under-rated half of the equation: "very few cars do electric fast AND extremely good handling — this is one of them." Most fast EVs accelerate and brake; the Ultra also turns, which is the rarer and harder achievement.
Cultural framing. Elliot zooms out: the SU7 Ultra is "the culmination of the last 10 years of Chinese EV development." The lineage from BYD, NIO, Zeekr, the catch-up-and-overtake cycle that ended with this car. He treats it less as a Xiaomi story than as a Chinese-EV-industry story.
Closing tease: Xiaomi's confirmed UK / Europe entry. Elliot positions this as the starting line, not the finish line. "We're at the starting point of a performance car revolution with electric cars."
“Welcome to Everything Electric Cars.”
“1,548 horsepower, 0-60 in less than 2 seconds, $73,000 — the kind of car that puts a fizz in your pants.”
“Very few cars do electric fast AND extremely good handling — this is one of them.”
“We're at the starting point of a performance car revolution with electric cars.”
Elliot's three opening numbers (1,548 hp, 0-60 < 2s, ~$73K) all live on /su7-ultra with confidence labels on /sources. The UK / Europe launch line he references is on /availability, where we track Xiaomi's confirmed timeline by market. The tri-motor + active aero specifics are on the Ultra page.
Different reviewers reach different conclusions on the same car. Here are the seven other videos we've watched and summarised — including at least one critical view if you want to balance the picture.
Carwow (Mat Watson)
Mat Watson reviews the SU7 Ultra: "My favourite car from China so far"
MKBHD (Marques Brownlee)
MKBHD: "Are we cooked? Not yet"
Doug DeMuro
Doug DeMuro: "A bargain Chinese luxury sport sedan" — Doug Score 69/100
Inside China Auto
Inside China Auto first-look at the updated SU7
Out of Spec Reviews
Out of Spec: "Best driving Chinese car I've ever been in"
Business Insider
Business Insider: Xiaomi's affordable $29,000 Chinese EV
The Electric Viking