On September 19, many investors and users asked whether Li Auto would make mobile phones. Li Xiang, the founder, chairman and CEO of Li Auto, issued a response. He said there were no plans. In the team including R&D, operations, and intelligence, in the past eight years, at least 15% of the talent came from mobile phone brands, so it is not new. Top-notch talents in the mobile phone industry are an important support for our capabilities.
In addition, Li Xiang said that in order to avoid the potential impact of logistics around the Asian Games, we and our suppliers have adopted a non-resting weekend production method in the past two weeks in advance, so the increase in delivery volume is not an expansion of production. We will stop production and upgrade the factory at the end of September and during the National Day, and all will upgrade to double-shift production. This month we can achieve monthly orders exceeding 40,000, and monthly deliveries will most likely exceed 40,000 in November.
Recently, there was news that former iQOO product manager Song Ziwei was suspected of leaving the company, and related rumors were once on the hot searches. People related to iQOO mobile phones said that Song Ziwei has indeed resigned "due to personal reasons", and the information about her current situation is not clear yet. On the afternoon of the same day, Li Auto confirmed that Song Ziwei had indeed joined the company, but the specific position was unknown. "It is unclear whether she still serves as a product manager." In this regard, netizens speculated that Li Auto may be making mobile phones.