China's EV maker Li Auto expects monthly sales to reach 10,000 cars in Sept

Reuters2021-05-26

BEIJING, May 26 (Reuters) - China's electric vehicle maker Li Auto expects sales to reach 10,000 cars a month from September and will expand its sales network, executives said on Wednesday.

Li Auto President Shen Yanan said Li Auto, which has only one model, expects monthly sales of its facelifted Li ONE extended-range electric sport-utility vehicle model to nearly double by September. It sold 5,539 cars in April.

Shen said the firm would expand its sales network and continue to use a direct-sales model strategy to sell its vehicles, adding that it is building a team to research selling overseas. It has 75 stores in more than 50 Chinese cities.

Li Auto, with a market capitalisation of $18 billion, is competing with Tesla Inc and a swathe of Chinese EV makers, including Nio Inc and Xpeng Inc .

CEO Li Xiang said Li Auto plans to invest 3 billion yuan in research and development this year, and expects that number to grow.

Li said he open to further fundraising options including bonds, loans and follow-ons.

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  • Aat86
    2021-05-28
    Aat86
    To the moon 
  • ChloeQ
    2021-05-26
    ChloeQ
    Great leadership team. Bound to see further upside
  • AJ1KO
    2021-05-26
    AJ1KO
    I doubt it will go any further. Unless more varient of car coming up.
  • AnaiAnai
    2021-05-26
    AnaiAnai
    Still loss making.
  • Motivator
    2021-05-26
    Motivator
    I will give more attention to this stock in future 
  • Yangie
    2021-05-26
    Yangie
    Commet for li auto to the moon!
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