Li Auto (LI) 2025 Q1 Earnings Call: Strong Growth in Premium EV Market, New Models Driving Expansion
Earnings Call
May 29
【Earnings Highlights and Outlook】 - Q1 2025 Deliveries: 92,000 vehicles, up 15.5% year-over-year - Q1 Revenue: RMB 25.9 billion ($3.6 billion), up 1.8% year-over-year - Q2 2025 Delivery Guidance: 123,000 - 128,000 vehicles - Market Performance: Growing at twice the rate of the RMB 200,000+ new energy vehicle market in China - Product Pipeline: Li Auto I8 to launch in July, Li Auto I6 to launch in September
【Q&A Highlights】
Q1: How will Li Auto maintain its sales growth target of doubling the market rate in the RMB 200,000+ segment?
A: 1. Market Expansion: The new BEV models will allow Li Auto to enter a larger market. The RMB 200,000+ NEV market is expected to reach 3.8 million units in 2025, with 2.13 million being BEVs. 2. New Market Penetration: Li Auto is expanding into tier 4 and 5 cities through the "Star Program". Early results show strong market share gains, e.g., 28% in Sichuan's Zigong and Dazhou cities. 3. Product Strategy: The launch of models like L6 has opened up opportunities in lower-tier cities. 4. Growth Target: The expansion into tier 4 and 5 cities is expected to bring an incremental 100,000 unit sales by 2026.
Q2: What are the key selling points and advantages of the upcoming Li Auto I8 BEV model?
A: 1. VLA Driver Model: Incorporates the latest large language model technology. 2. Innovative Design: Maximizes interior space while achieving low drag coefficient. 3. Performance: Offers excellent handling and ride comfort. 4. Charging Capability: Supports 500km range in 10 minutes of charging. 5. Charging Network: By launch, Li Auto will have 2,500 supercharging stations strategically located for potential customers. 6. Target Market: Positioned as a top choice for existing NEV owners looking to upgrade.
Q3: Can you explain the Li Auto OS (Halos) and its advantages?
A: 1. Industry Interest: Attracting attention from automakers, chip manufacturers, and ecosystem suppliers. 2. Cost Efficiency: As the open-source community matures, it allows Li Auto to focus resources on differentiating features. 3. Vertical Integration: Halos enables better integration of hardware, software, and AI capabilities. 4. Performance Advantages: Offers more efficient resource usage and end-to-end determinism compared to traditional automotive operating systems. 5. Innovation: The new system architecture allows for faster and more agile innovation in software development.
Q4: What are the core difficulties in developing the VLA driver model and how is Li Auto differentiating itself?
A: 1. Key Challenges: The most difficult aspects are pre-training the VL foundation model and reinforcement learning. 2. 3D Understanding: Li Auto's model incorporates specific video data to understand 3D space, unlike other models limited to 2D understanding. 3. Simulation Capabilities: Li Auto has developed a world model that accurately simulates physical laws and traffic elements. 4. Efficient Training: The accurate simulation allows for low-cost, precise verification of real-world issues and significantly reduces the iteration cycle.
Q5: What is Li Auto's export strategy?
A: 1. Market Entry Criteria: Li Auto will only enter a market when it can provide hardware products, after-sales service, and intelligent software services simultaneously. 2. Initial Focus: In the next few years, the company will focus on Asian and European markets. 3. Approach: Li Auto is selecting established distributors in these countries while also assigning internal talent and recruiting professionals with international experience to the overseas market team. 4. Long-term Goal: Aims to have overseas sales account for 30% of total sales.
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