Responding to a request from local media outlets, BYD declined to comment on a recent rumor saying it had been chosen as a battery supplier to Xiaomi's electric vehicle unit ("Xiaomi EV") as it had no information to be disclosed.

Li Auto recently signed an agreement to build a new auto parts industrial park in Changzhou city, Jiangsu province, where its self-built car manufacturing plant is located.

Li Auto saw the first mass-produced vehicle of its second production model, the Li L9, roll off the assembly line at the plant in Changzhou city, Jiangsu province on August 18.