Revenue rose to 76.88 billion yuan ($12 billion) in the quarter ended March 31, from 49.70 billion yuan a year earlier. Analysts expected revenue of 74.5 billion yen, according to Refinitiv data.
Adjusted net profit rose to 6.1 billion yuan, versus market estimates of 3.97 billion yuan.
Xiaomi has surpassed Apple in terms of market share in Europe.
Xiaomi now accounts for 23 percent share of the European region as compared to Apple's 19 percent and witnessed impressive 85 percent year-on-year growth in Europe as compared to Apple's 22 percent.
At a livestreamed event held on Tuesday, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun, who will also head the smart EV unit, said the division will be the "last major entrepreneurial project" in his life.
The firm will initially invest 10 billion yuan ($1.52 billion) in the unit, with a total investment goal of $10 billion over the next ten years, it said in a filing published earlier on the Hong Kong stock exchange.
"We know that the economy is primed to begin to really accelerate in the second quarter," Kelly said. "But we haven't seen that acceleration yet so that's what we're waiting for."