According to the official data released by Li Auto, the company delivered 8,589 vehicles in July 2021, which exceeded 8,000 units for the first time in a single month, representing a YoY growth of 251.3\% compared to July 2020 and a MoM growth of 11.4\% compared to June 2021. As of July, Li Auto’s total deliveries reached 38,743 units, with cumulative deliveries of Li ONE reaching 72,340 units.
Currently, Li ONE is the only model available under Li Auto’s brand. However, due to the characteristics of a large SUV, Li ONE meets the needs of most households; moreover, it is a special extended-range hybrid model that qualifies for green license plates in some regions, and can also be recharged in the traditional way, greatly reducing the anxiety of range and the awkward situation of being unable to find a charging station. Its strong product strength has led to high sales and increasing popularity in the new energy vehicle market.
Since the facelift of Li ONE a few months ago, the sales volume has grown significantly, and it is expected that the monthly sales volume will soon break ten thousand. It may even exceed 100,000 units by the end of the year if the current trend continues.
Based on the sales data from the 42Garage website in June, Li ONE has already taken the top position in the category of plug-in hybrid models for motor vehicle insurance. It is currently the best-selling hybrid model among real on-road vehicles. It ranks high on the new energy vehicle sales chart, surpassing NIO and XPeng, demonstrating that Li ONE is quite popular in the Chinese market and is rapidly expanding its market share in the popular market of large SUVs powered by fuel. We can speculate that, according to the current growth trend, it may even rival Toyota Highlander by the end of the year.
Based on the data from Garage 42’s website, Intelligent Assistance Driving has always been a weakness of the Ideal ONE, with poor performance in all aspects. This has always been a pain point for Ideal ONE. Fortunately, Shen Yanan, co-founder and president of Ideal Auto, stated that “with its outstanding product power, the 2021 Ideal ONE refreshed its delivery record again in July. Before the end of the year, we will continue to launch heavyweight OTA upgrades, pushing the product power of Ideal ONE to a new level.” If this OTA can further improve the ability and level of Ideal ONE’s assistant driving, then the influence of Ideal ONE in the household SUV field will be further enhanced. Will the improvement in product power make Ideal ONE the top player in the medium and large SUV market? Let’s look forward to Ideal’s “operation”.
Information Source: Ideal Auto
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