Xiaomi's New EV Doubles as a Camper With Swiveling Seats and a Pop-Up Roof

Xiaomi just unveiled the SkyNomad N90 Max, its first extended-range electric SUV, and the pitch isn't really about speed or specs. It's about what happens once you park it.

The N90 Max claims a range of more than 1,705 km, or roughly 1,059 miles, according to Xiaomi. That figure comes from the extended-range setup, a design that pairs a battery with a small onboard generator so the car can keep going well past what a pure EV battery would allow. It's a format that's grown popular in China as a way to ease range anxiety without asking buyers to fully commit to charging-only ownership, and it's a first for Xiaomi's lineup.

But the real story here is the cabin. Xiaomi has built the N90 Max less like a traditional SUV interior and more like a piece of furniture that happens to move. The front seats rotate a full 180 degrees, letting passengers face each other or turn toward the second row instead of staring out the windshield. The center armrest slides out into a small table. The second-row seats are "zero gravity" style, reclined and paired with footrests, the kind of setup you'd expect in a business-class cabin rather than a family SUV.

Xiaomi is leaning hard into that comparison. The company describes the N90 as something that can flex between roles depending on who's riding: a solo workspace, a small café setup for two, a lounge for three, or a full family hangout, in the company's own words a vehicle that can be a "studio for one, a cafe for two, a lounge for three, a playground for the whole family."

A camper edition with a pop-up roof

Xiaomi is also rolling out an N90 Max Camping Edition, which pushes the living-space concept even further. It adds a pop-up roof, a platform up top for sleeping, an attachment point for mounting a tent off the vehicle, and a detachable table for outdoor use. Depending on the trim, buyers can also get a built-in fridge and overhead speakers, turning what started as an SUV into something closer to a compact overlanding rig.

The N90 Max will be offered in both five-seat and seven-seat configurations, giving buyers a choice between a more conventional family layout and one built for larger groups, on top of the camping variant.

Smaller siblings join the lineup

Alongside the N90 Max, Xiaomi introduced two smaller models, the SkyNomad N70 and N70 Max. Both seat five and share the same extended-range technology platform as their bigger sibling, suggesting Xiaomi is building out a full family of extended-range vehicles rather than treating the N90 as a one-off experiment.

That matters for where Xiaomi is headed as a carmaker. The company has moved fast from smartphone maker to serious EV player, and extended-range tech gives it a way to compete in markets where charging infrastructure isn't dense enough yet to make pure battery-electric ownership painless. Wrapping that powertrain in an interior built around flexibility and lifestyle use, rather than just hauling people from point A to point B, is Xiaomi's attempt to differentiate in an EV market that's gotten crowded fast, especially in China.

Xiaomi hasn't detailed pricing or a launch timeline for the N90 Max or its N70 siblings. For now, the unveiling gives a clear look at where the company sees its EV lineup heading: longer range, more configurations, and interiors designed to double as a place to actually spend time, not just a way to get somewhere.