Li Auto delivers 20,000 vehicles in just 10 months

Beijing (Gasgoo)- Chinese premium smart electric vehicle maker Li Auto announced on October 18, 2020 that it had delivered more than 20,000 Li ONEs in only 10 months, the fastest to achieve such deliveries among all local new energy vehicle startups. In December, 2019, the company began the delivery of its six-seat, large premium electric SUV.

Li ONE; photo credit: Li Auto

Data from the China Automotive Technology and Research Center, a science research institute in China, showed that the Li ONE won the championship in the new energy SUV segment by September insurance registrations. The model had 3,830 insurance registrations last month, outnumbering the NIO ES6, the BYD Tang DM, the Tesla Model X, while its cumulative insurance registrations for the first nine months were up to 18,722 units.

Ever since Li Auto started the delivery, it has been trying to collect feedbacks from its customers via various channels to better its products and services. In the past ten months, the company has released 9 OTA updates, including one that will start from October 20, to make continuous improvement in user experience.

The latest update includes a total of 20 new features, such as car-cleaning mode, which can avoid frequent locking or unlocking when cleaning the car, and improvement in charging reservation logic, which can allow users to choose charging time and mode.

By the end of September, Li Auto has 35 retail centers in 30 cities with another five retail centers to be added in October. In the last quarter of this year, the company will continue to set up stores in such provinces as Shanxi and Jilin.

In the future, the startup will continue to develop SUV models with a full-size premium electric SUV to come in 2022. Afterwards, the company plans to expand the product portfolio with mid-size and compact SUV models to gain a broader consumer base.