Comments on: Xiaomi CEO Drove an SU7 from Beijing to Shanghai https://carspiritpk.com/xiaomi-ceo-drove-an-su7-from-beijing-to-shanghai/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=xiaomi-ceo-drove-an-su7-from-beijing-to-shanghai Pakistan's Trusted Automobile Blog Thu, 28 Mar 2024 06:24:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: From its birthplace to export hub? https://carspiritpk.com/xiaomi-ceo-drove-an-su7-from-beijing-to-shanghai/#comment-16592 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 06:24:30 +0000 https://carspiritpk.com/?p=82884#comment-16592 BAIC has been contracted by Xiaomi to build the SU7 and the BAIC factory is in Beijing.
So the CEO basically perform the initial 1000km break-in drive.
Hun engine rawaan hogya hai sii?

]]> By: Not a Robot.. https://carspiritpk.com/xiaomi-ceo-drove-an-su7-from-beijing-to-shanghai/#comment-16587 Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:57:04 +0000 https://carspiritpk.com/?p=82884#comment-16587 In reply to Comparative study.

good info. besides, in China when traveling between two cities there is no fear of “kachay k daakus” 🙂

]]> By: Comparative study https://carspiritpk.com/xiaomi-ceo-drove-an-su7-from-beijing-to-shanghai/#comment-16577 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 09:20:30 +0000 https://carspiritpk.com/?p=82884#comment-16577 This is by road from Beijing to Shanghai using the traditional 京沪 G2 highway. JingHu, which is an abbreviation of Jing京 for Beijing and Hu沪 for Shanghai (don’t ask me why Shanghai is called Hu in short form xD ).

https: //www.google.com/maps/dir/Beijing,+China/Shanghai,+China/@35.4510973,113.6502602,6z/data=!4m15!4m14!1m5!1m1!1s0x35f05296e7142cb9:0xb9625620af0fa98a!2m2!1d116.407395!2d39.904211!1m5!1m1!1s0x35b27040b1f53c33:0x295129423c364a1!2m2!1d121.473701!2d31.230416!3e0!5i1

The road network in China is extensively developed with lots of redundancy, so there are literally dozens of highways you can take for this route.

The distance is around 1200-1300 kilometers depending upon where you want to go inside the city, because both these cities are megacities. Generally speaking this is around the same distance as Lahore to Karachi.

But the more amazing thing is the railway connection between the 2 cities.
The G1 bullet train departs every morning @07:00 AM from Beijing and in exactly 4h29m you’ll be in Shanghai with 2 stops in between.
The G1 uses the Fuxing复兴号 train which was inaugurated at 370 km/h but usually it is at 350 km/h.
There are 3 or 4 bullet trains from Beijing to Shanghai per hour, around 1 train every 15-20 minutes. Some trains take more time because they make more stops.

China is economically very diverse, still a developing country with a large poor segment. Not everybody can afford bullet train ticket. A number of tiers of trains are available serving people belonging to all income groups. The slowest train takes 18h49m.
Now compare it with our own Karachi-Lahore and Lahore-Karachi train timings which are over 30 hours in most cases.

During the time all of us drool over SU7, we must also keep in foresight that no country can progress without a competitive train system.
To know more about the Fuxing train:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuxing_(train)
https://www.railway-technology.com/projects/fuxing-hao-series-bullet-trains/?cf-view

These trains are EV too.

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