Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp will invest 10 billion yuan ($1.52 billion) in the automotive industry.
This will be a new subsidiary that will manufacture smart electric vehicles over the next ten years.
Lei Jun, CEO of Xiaomi, will serve as CEO of that subsidiary.
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Xiaomi currently is the third-largest smartphone vendor with a market share of 11.5 per cent, followed by Vivo and OPPO with 10.6 per cent and 8.5 per cent global market share respectively according to a report from Strategy Analytics.
