A Li Xiang One hybrid SUV is on show in the course of the 18th Guangzhou Worldwide Vehicle Exhibition on November 23, 2020 in Guangzhou, China.
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BEIJING — Nasdaq-listed Chinese language automaker Li Auto forecast deliveries beneath that of its opponents for the primary quarter.
Li Auto mentioned late Thursday it anticipated to ship between 10,500 and 11,500 automobiles within the first quarter of the yr, or fewer than 4,000 automobiles a month. Shares fell 9.8% within the New York buying and selling session amid a broader market sell-off. The inventory shed one other 3.75% in after-hours commerce.
Nio, which competes immediately with Li Auto within the high-end SUV market, has delivered more than 7,000 units in each December and January. The corporate is about to share its newest monetary report on Monday.
Xpeng delivered 5,700 automobiles in December and greater than 6,000 in January.
Though the start-ups’ figures level to fast progress, they nonetheless pale compared with Tesla. Elon Musk’s electrical automotive company delivered nearly half a million vehicles worldwide final yr, or a mean of greater than 41,000 automobiles a month.
Even with the Lunar New 12 months vacation that fell in mid-February this yr, Li Auto’s weak steerage is regarding, mentioned Tu Le, founding father of Beijing-based advisory agency Sino Auto Insights.
He identified that versus the opposite start-ups, the corporate solely has one product, and mentioned to maintain up it ought to ship a minimum of 5,000 to 7,000 automobiles a month.
Li Auto’s solely car, the Li One, is a hybrid electric vehicle that comes with a gasoline tank for charging the battery.
Analysts have mentioned the function makes the Li One enticing for Chinese language customers anxious about working out of energy with out entry to a charging station.
Final yr, the Li One ranked among the many high 10 high-end SUVs bought in China no matter gasoline sort, in accordance with the passenger automotive affiliation. Nevertheless, the corporate mentioned deliveries fell to 5,379 units in January, down from 6,126 a month earlier.
The corporate reported whole income of 4.15 billion yuan ($635.5 million) for the fourth quarter, up from 2.51 billion yuan within the prior quarter.
Li Auto initiatives whole income within the first three months of this yr to fall inside the efficiency of the final two quarters, with an anticipated vary of two.94 billion yuan to three.22 billion yuan.