On June 4, Li Xiang, founder and CEO of Lixiang Automobile, announced the latest information on Lixiang L9 on social platforms.It is reported that the ideal L9 is scheduled to be officially released on June 21. At present, thousands of mass-produced vehicles have been put into production at the Changzhou production base, and will be delivered to 233 retail centers in 108 cities across the country in July. This means that, All ideal storefronts across the country can test drive the L9 in July.
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At present, the mass production preparations for the Changzhou production base are all ready, and the Ideal L9 will be officially delivered to users in August.Li Xiang revealed that the company's supply chain investment on the new generation platform will significantly improve the efficiency of production ramping and delivery.First, Ideal has established joint ventures with a number of component companies. For example, the range extender is the ideal holding company. Ideal Xinchen is responsible for R&D and production, and can directly control every link of R&D and supply; battery cells are a joint venture between Ideal and Ningde Times. The production line is responsible for production, just in Liyang, Changzhou; the joint venture between Ideal and Inovance in Changzhou is responsible for R&D and production of motors and five-in-one powertrains.
In addition, due to the excellent delivery performance of Ideal ONE, many core suppliers have built factories around the Changzhou production base, and Ideal has formed a very good supply chain ecology in Jiangsu.In addition, Ideal has invested billions of funds and a large number of R&D personnel to improve the efficiency and controllability of the supply chain.
Based on the controllability of production and supply chain, as well as the product strength of Ideal L9, Li Xiang believes that under the premise that the epidemic is under control, Ideal L9 is confident that it will achieve over 10,000 deliveries in September, setting a new record among full-size flagship SUVs. a new record.
On June 1, the latest delivery volume released by Li Auto showed that in May, Li Li delivered 11,496 units, a year-on-year increase of 165.9%.If the monthly delivery of both models exceeds 10,000, then the ideal September delivery is likely to hit 20,000 vehicles.
