Xiaomi PengCheng Arrives in Stores: An Open Source Contributor's Take on 'Road Testing' vs. 'Ecosystem'

The most valuable info in this article is Xiaomi Pengcheng's test data—566 vehicles, 4.28 million km of real-world road testing, covering extreme cold, high heat, and high altitudes. This number isn't shocking in the auto industry, but in the context of "internet companies making cars," it signals a key shift: from "PPT road tests" to "community-verifiable road tests."