Li Auto Launches Its Tremendous Luxe Li MEGA “Cybervan”

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Li Auto has simply formally launched its Li MEGA, which is a car Jo Borras and I referred to as a “Cybervan” 4 months in the past. The Li MEGA is a brilliant luxurious and high-tech van, which is to be anticipated from Li Auto, a “new vitality car” startup in China that has been placing gigantic, costly, plugin hybrid SUVs on the highest 20 record of the greatest and best EV market on the planet for the previous 12 months.

The Li Mega, as reported beforehand, is providing ultra-ultra-fast charging in addition to a platter of different excessive tech. “Because the Firm’s first high-voltage battery electrical car, Li MEGA offers huge households with a mix of vitality replenishment expertise as environment friendly as conventional ICE car refueling, next-generation design and exceptionally low drag coefficient, roomy and comfy house, flagship-level efficiency and security options, and superior clever expertise.” That’s how Li Auto summarizes it.

Particularly, the car is without doubt one of the first EVs to make use of an 800-volt structure, and it’s counting on the collectively developed Li Auto-CATL Qilin 5C battery for its potential so as to add 500 kilometers (311 miles) of vary in a mega-fast 12 minutes. It’s a beast of a battery too (as one would anticipate from Li Auto’s first BEV), coming in at 102.7 kWh of vitality storage capability. It could drive 710 kilometers (441 miles) on a full cost in accordance with the CLTC ranking system. However the place can one interact 5C charging? At a Li Auto mega-fast charging station, in fact. “Moreover, the Firm has been constructing its tremendous charging community at scale, with plans to take a position an combination of at the very least RMB6 billion sooner or later and to determine over 5,000 self-operated 5C charging stations. Franchised city charging stations additionally shall be broadly deployed in 2024.”

Li Auto additionally launched the improve variations of its L7, L8, and L9 — all full-size SUVs — at immediately’s occasion. However demonstrating that the Le MEGA is certainly the mega mannequin of the bunch, right here’s the present worth chart for all the firm’s fashions:

In US {dollars}, the value of the Li MEGA comes out to $77,787.

Regardless of being giant and costly, the Li MEGA can be hyper-efficient and a part of that comes from its tremendous slippery design. Right here’s Li Auto bragging about all of that: “Li MEGA’s distinctive design grants it a remarkably low drag coefficient and low vitality consumption. Li MEGA adopts a waterdrop entrance, a fastback roof, a singular ‘Aero Blade,’ and flawless bodywork, making a brand-new aesthetic image opposite to traditional MPVs. Li MEGA’s 0.215 drag coefficient is the bottom amongst all present, mass-produced MPVs globally^*. Enhanced by silicon carbide energy chips, Li MEGA’s vitality consumption is 15.9 kilowatt-hours per 100 kilometers, the world’s lowest amongst battery electrical four-wheel drive MPVs^*.” (Questioning in regards to the asterisk? Right here’s what that’s for: “* Primarily based on the statistical outcomes of publicly obtainable info on mass-produced autos as of November 7, 2023, performed by Li Auto Laboratory.”)

It’s no sports activities automobile, in fact, however the Li MEGA is highly effective. It could go from 0 to 100 km/h in 5.5 seconds because of 400 kW of energy and 542 Nm of torque.

Li Auto formally launched the MEGA immediately at an occasion the place it was outfitted with a fridge and a settee.

Right here’s extra on the luxe options and technical management of the mannequin: “Geared up with Li Magic Carpet air suspension Max, Li MEGA incorporates a chassis construction with double-wishbone entrance suspension and H-arm multi-link rear suspension, dual-chamber air spring and steady damping management (CDC), encompassing extraordinary dealing with stability and driving consolation. Li MEGA additionally comes commonplace with the Fortress Safety System, boasting a physique torsional stiffness of 44,000 Newton meter per diploma. Meticulously developed in accordance with the China Insurance coverage Automotive Security Index’s (C-IASI) G ranking (the very best ranking) standards for 25% frontal offset impression exams on each the motive force and passenger sides, in addition to stringent standards for rear-end collision exams, Li MEGA ensures security for giant households on each journey.

“Li MEGA offers distinctive autonomous driving and sensible house expertise for giant households. With respect to autonomous driving, Li MEGA is powered by twin NVIDIA Orin-X chips with 508 TOPS of computing energy, able to full situation autonomous driving, automated parking, and AEB lively security. When it comes to sensible house, Li MEGA is powered by a high-performance Qualcomm Snapdragon 8295P chip. “Li Xiang Tong Xue,” outfitted with Thoughts GPT, serves as an encyclopedic instructor and a dependable assistant in driving, journey, and leisure for the entire household.”

And so on. and so on.

I anticipate the Li MEGA to promote very nicely in China, as a result of it appears every thing Li Auto produces sells nicely and this new mannequin is on the highest tier with a number of technical specs and options. It’s acquired a number of superlatives to brag about, and that ought to rake within the dough for one of the crucial profitable EV startups of the last decade, or century.