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Li Auto

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Li Auto (formerly CHJ Automotive, 车和家) is a Chinese smart electric vehicle maker founded in 2015 by serial entrepreneur Xiang Li, who remains its CEO . It launched its first model, the extended-range SUV Li ONE, in October 2018, began pre-orders in April 2019, and delivered the 10,000th unit by June 2020 — the fastest among China's EV startups at the time — before listing on Nasdaq in 2020 . On the capital side, Source Code Capital was its earliest institutional backer and lead Series A investor, ranking top-two among financial shareholders after multiple follow-ons , while BlueRun Ventures invested across five consecutive rounds . In its earlier CHJ Automotive days it also struck a strategic partnership and joint venture with DiDi , and today it works closely with suppliers including CATL, Sunwoda (SEVB), and Hesai — whose lidar it pushed from 64-line to 128-line specs . More recently the company has rebranded its ambition around AI, unveiling the MindVLA autonomous driving architecture in 2025 with a stated goal of becoming "a globally leading AI enterprise," and became China's first new-force EV maker to top ¥100 billion in annual revenue, as BlueRun put it .

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