Xiaomi SkyNomad N90 Max: price, range and specs from its Chengdu debut

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At the Chengdu Auto Show, which opened on August 21, a SPEEDME.RU correspondent photographed the Xiaomi SkyNomad N90 Max. It's the model's first full public appearance at a major auto show. Xiaomi unveiled it back in July and has already opened orders, but Chengdu is where visitors first got a real chance to see the new flagship family SUV in person.

The N90 Max looks nothing like the sportier SU7 and YU7. Instead of a low-slung silhouette, Xiaomi went for maximum interior space. The car measures 5,285 mm in length, 1,998 mm in width and 1,825 mm in height, with a 3,080 mm wheelbase — longer than a Mercedes-Benz GLS and squarely in full-size SUV territory.

The photos show an almost vertical tail, a tall roofline, large 21-inch wheels and clean-looking lighting. The taillights form a large rectangular outline around the SKYNOMAD lettering, with the Xiaomi badge kept below it. The exterior is deliberately calmer than the YU7's — the real selling point is inside.

The cabin follows a 2+2+3 layout, seating seven. The second row consists of two individual seats, and the front seats can rotate 180 degrees while parked. Xiaomi fitted long floor rails, a movable center console and plenty of ways to rearrange the seats. At the Chengdu stand, the company even showed a cutaway car to demonstrate how the cabin transforms.

Four of the seats in the N90 Max get a "zero-gravity" mode. The equipment list includes an 8.8-inch digital instrument cluster, a 16.1-inch central touchscreen, a 20-inch head-up display and an infotainment system running Xiaomi HyperOS. A Qualcomm Snapdragon 8650 handles the computing.

But the N90 Max isn't a pure EV. Xiaomi built it on its own Kunlun architecture with a series-hybrid setup: a 1.5-liter turbocharged gasoline engine works purely as a generator and never drives the wheels directly. Two electric motors, rated at 210 kW and 100 kW, handle propulsion. Combined, that's 310 kW, or roughly 422 horsepower.

The battery is unusually large for a hybrid. At 76 kWh, it's a capacity that full electric vehicles carried not long ago. Official electric-only range comes in at 464 km on the CLTC cycle, and combined with the gasoline generator, the N90 Max can cover up to 1,705 km. Claimed fuel consumption with a depleted battery is 6.26 L/100 km on the WLTC cycle.

Driver assistance wasn't forgotten either. The car comes with Xiaomi's proprietary HAD suite, and the N90 Max adds a rear solid-state lidar on top of that. It's meant to improve the assistance systems' view around the car, including during lane changes and parking.

The pre-sale price for the Xiaomi SkyNomad N90 Max is 299,900 yuan, roughly $44,400. Xiaomi plans to announce final pricing, the full trim lineup and delivery timing in September.

This is an entirely new segment for Xiaomi. Where the SU7 was built as a sports sedan and the YU7 as an energetic electric crossover, the SkyNomad N90 Max is meant to compete for families currently eyeing large Chinese three-row SUVs from Li Auto, Aito and others. Xiaomi is essentially offering MPV-like interior packaging inside a large crossover body.