Li Auto launched a spread take a look at comparability video of the Li Mega versus the Tesla Mannequin X to point out that its first BEV mannequin has higher efficiency.
(A screenshot from the video Li Auto posted of Li Mega’s vary comparability take a look at of the Tesla Mannequin X.)
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) mocked Li Auto (NASDAQ: LI) on social media a few month in the past for having no actual expertise and counting on superficial consolation options to draw clients.
Now the Chinese language extended-range electrical automobile (EREV) maker is firing again.
Li Auto right this moment posted a video on its Weibo account difficult Tesla’s Mannequin X SUV in a spread take a look at with its yet-to-be-formally-launched first battery electrical automobile (BEV) mannequin, the Li Mega MPV (Multi-Objective Car).
“Not way back, Tesla’s official Douyin account implicitly mocked Li Auto’s fridges, coloration TVs, and massive sofas as ‘superficial ornament,’ and that one should purchase an EV for the ‘invisible good manufacturing’ (batteries, motors, and digital controls),” Li Auto wrote on Weibo.
“So we determined to do a good and neutral technical PK, difficult the Tesla Mannequin X with the Li Mega. Each fashions have a battery capability of round 100 kWh and a CLTC vary of round 700 km,” Li Auto stated.
The take a look at was carried out by 4 automobile bloggers, two of whom are Tesla house owners, together with a brand new Mannequin X proprietor.
The Li Mega and Mannequin X used for the take a look at are each dual-motor all-wheel-drive fashions, with the previous having a battery pack capability of 102.7 kWh and the latter 99.6 kWh.
The Li Mega weighs 2,785 kg and the Mannequin X 2,373 kg, they usually have drag coefficients of 0.215 and 0.24 respectively.
Despite the fact that the Li Mega is an MPV, its distinctive design that resembles a Chinese language high-speed rail locomotive helps it obtain a decrease drag coefficient.
The take a look at was carried out in Hainan, China’s southernmost province, the place the present larger temperatures are favorable for EV vary.
As of this writing, the real-time temperature in Hainan is round 16 levels Celsius, in comparison with about 4 levels Celsius in Beijing, the place Li Auto is headquartered.
The deliberate take a look at distance was 616 kilometers, and each the Li Mega and Mannequin X really drove 547.2 kilometers.
On the finish of the take a look at, the Li Mega had 14 p.c of its battery remaining, that means it might really obtain a spread of 636 kilometers, or 89.6 p.c of its claimed vary.
The Tesla Mannequin X had 4 p.c cost remaining, that means it might obtain a real-world vary of 570 kilometers, 81.4 p.c of the claimed vary.
The typical power consumption per 100 kilometers for the Li Mega and Mannequin X is 15.9 kWh and 15.8 kWh, respectively, in accordance with knowledge printed by Li Auto.
The charging speeds of those two automobiles had been additionally in contrast. The Li Mega could be charged from 5 p.c to 80 p.c in 11 minutes when utilizing Li Auto’s 5C charging pile. The Mannequin X takes half-hour to cost from 5 p.c to 80 p.c when utilizing Tesla’s V3 Supercharger.
On December 29, Tesla posted a brief video on Douyin titled “What to search for when shopping for an EV,” mocking the fridges, coloration TVs, and enormous sofas that include some fashions as superficial ornament.
Tesla did not straight point out Li Auto on the time, nevertheless it’s probably the most well-known Chinese language automaker to have a fridge, couch, and TV in its automobiles.
The quick video additionally implied that the protection of Li Auto’s automobiles is barely advertising and marketing, whereas the protection of Tesla’s automobiles is actual, and included a private picture of what’s suspected to be Li Auto CEO Li Xiang along with his head coated.
Tesla’s quick video sparked some native media protection on the time, and Li Auto’s authorized division retweeted a narrative on Weibo on the time, however didn’t make any feedback.
Tesla then rapidly deleted the quick video.
Li Auto’s three fashions at the moment on sale are the Li L7, Li L8, and Li L9, all of that are EREVs, basically plug-in hybrids.
The corporate plans to formally launch the Li Mega on March 1 and can begin deliveries quickly after that. It had deliberate to launch the Li Mega in December.
Tesla has a plant in Shanghai that produces the Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y. The costlier Mannequin S and Mannequin X are usually not produced in China.
Li Auto delays Li Mega MPV launch to Mar 1