Li Bin: five new cars will be launched in the first half of next year, and it is hoped that the upcoming Volkswagen brand will sell 50,000 cars in a single month.
CTOnews.com November 11 news, Lulai yesterday announced the latest third-quarter results. According to the financial report, the total revenue of Lailai in the third quarter was 13.0021 billion yuan ($1.8278 billion), an increase of 32.6 percent compared with the third quarter of 2021 and 26.3 percent compared with the second quarter of 2022.
Li Bin, founder and chairman of the company, said at a conference call that five new models will be launched in the first half of next year, and eight models will be on sale by June next year. Weilai will meet the various needs of users with a price range of 300,000 to 500,000, and there will be no MPV models for the time being.
"We have five models to be launched in the first half of next year, and one of them will always be the Model Y. we pay more attention to the total number of products on the same platform, and our overall strategy is to meet the needs of high-end users in a more efficient way. By June next year, we will have eight cars on sale to meet the diverse needs of users. we are confident in total sales."
As for popular models, I don't want to become a "street car". "I don't like it if ET5 sells 30,000 units in a month."
In June this year, Weilai said a new brand with a lower positioning was already being promoted internally. Li Bin said that Lai Automobile will launch a new brand to enter the popular market, while the new brand will emphasize "middle and high end". At the just-concluded Weilai New Brand Conference, Li Bin also revealed that management hopes that the new Volkswagen brand can sell 50,000 bikes a month.
Li Bin previously said that Weilai will deliver models under the new brand in 2024, with a focus of 20 to 300000 yuan. The new car is based on the NT3.0 platform and supports power exchange and high-voltage fast charging, but the battery system may not be common with the existing Weilai models.
As reported by CTOnews.com, Li Bin said in June that Weilai had signed an agreement with Hefei for the second phase of the Xinqiao plant, preparing for the annual production capacity of 500000 Volkswagen-branded models at the price of 200000.
He said the Weilai Volkswagen brand will offer a replacement version of the model, which is a standard Tesla Model3 / Y, but the price is 10% cheaper. "the electric version of Model3 and the electric version of Model Y are also 10% cheaper than Tesla."
According to the current plan, the new brand for the mass market will start delivery in the second half of 2024, which will be equipped with the next generation of NT3.0 technology, and the price of the main terminal products will be 20-300000 yuan. At the same time, it has a power-changeable structure and will be equipped with batteries produced by Wei. Li Bin said that the product will be very competitive.
