Xiaomi denies report of YU7 SUV launch delay, Lei Jun to skip Shanghai auto show

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Xiaomi on Wednesday denied a report that the launch of its highly-anticipated YU7 had been delayed and said the electric SUV would still go on the market in June or July, as CEO Lei Jun had earlier announced. Wang Hua, the head of Xiaomi's public relations department, said on his personal Weibo account that the launch date "had not been changed." Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that Xiaomi would not start selling the YU7 electric SUV in June or July and that a new launch date had not been confirmed.