Li Auto Explains Multi-Supplier Battery Strategy: Long-Term Collaboration and Open Partnership
Li Auto responded to user queries about its partnerships with multiple battery cell manufacturers, stating that power batteries are complex systems requiring long-term collaboration across technology routes, product platforms, and engineering capabilities. The company reaffirmed its commitment to open cooperation, selecting partners with strong technical, manufacturing, and quality capabilities, while ensuring all solutions align with its unified product definition and standards, with Li Auto ultimately responsible for user experience.
In its latest Q&A session with netizens, Li Auto addressed why it collaborates with multiple battery cell manufacturing partners. The company explained that power batteries are complex engineering systems, requiring long-term coordination across different technology routes, product platforms, and engineering capabilities. Li Auto stated that it consistently adheres to open cooperation, selecting partners that possess technical expertise, manufacturing capacity, robust quality systems, and a willingness for long-term collaboration, to jointly advance product development and mass production.
Li Auto emphasized that regardless of the number of partners, its principle remains unchanged: all solutions must revolve around a unified product definition and Li Auto's standards, with the company ultimately accountable for the user experience.