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China NEV insurance registrations for week ending May 21: Li Auto 7,100, XPeng 1,500, NIO 1,400

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vehicles registered 10,200 insurance units in China last week, bringing the number to 26,118 for the first three weeks of May.

founder, chairman and CEO Li Xiang said last week that they had been complained about by some of their peers and therefore could not continue to share the weekly insurance registration numbers.

Interestingly, however, the company resumed sharing those numbers today to continue to show that it leads the pack among Chinese new energy vehicle (NEV) startups.

For the week of May 15 to May 21, Li Auto sold 7,100 units, far outpacing other new car brands and reigning as the weekly sales leader for new automaking brands in the Chinese market, the company said today on Weibo.

Li Auto did not explain on what basis the sales were counted, but apparently, they were insurance registrations.

Li Auto surpassed all other traditional luxury brands except Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi to remain in the top five luxury brands in the Chinese market in terms of sales, the highest-ranked Chinese brand on the list, it said.

In the first two weeks of May, Li Auto vehicles had 4,543 and 6,670 insurance registrations, respectively. This means that from May 1 to May 21, Li Auto sold about 18,313 vehicles.

The tables Li Auto shared today show that vehicles had 1,400 insurance registrations last week. This means that NIO had 3,700 insurance registrations for the first three weeks of May.

NIO deliveries continue to be curbed by the upcoming launch of the new ES6, with insurance registration figures of 1,100 and 1,200 in the first and second weeks of May, respectively.

NIO will officially launch the new ES6 on May 24, and its deliveries will start on May 25.

The company is getting the ES6 to market with unprecedented delivery efficiency, and as of May 20, the new ES6 show cars were available at nearly 300 NIO stores in 92 cities.

registered 1,500 insurance units last week, the same as the previous week. In the first three weeks of May, XPeng vehicles had 3,870 insurance registrations.

XPeng deliveries were also dampened by the new model G6, which is expected to officially launch and begin deliveries at the end of next month.

Insurance registrations for Tesla vehicles in China were 10,200 last week, bringing the figure to 26,118 for the first three weeks of May. The number was 5,928 and 9,990 in the first two weeks of May.

Data table: China NEV weekly insurance registrations

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XPeng sees 1st G6 production vehicle off line

management previously said that the G6 will be officially launched and delivered by the end of the second quarter, with a price range of RMB 200,000 - 300,000.  |  XPeng US | XPeng HK

XPeng (NYSE: XPEV) has seen the first production vehicle of the G6 roll off the assembly line, as the new SUV gets closer to its official launch.

The development was revealed in a leaked image on Chinese social media of XPeng production line employees celebrating the moment, and XPeng has not released any official content about it.

On March 17, XPeng management said during the company's fourth-quarter earnings call that the G6 will be officially launched and delivered by the end of the second quarter, with a price range of 200,000 yuan ($28,450) to 300,000 yuan.

XPeng's monthly sales target for the G6 is two to three times that of the P7, the company's chairman and CEO He Xiaopeng said in the call.

XPeng gave several previews of the model in early April and unveiled the SUV's exterior ahead of its official debut.

On April 16, the electric vehicle (EV) maker unveiled a new architecture, called SEPA (Smart Electric Platform Architecture) 2.0, at a technology conference in Shanghai, saying the G6 would be the first model built on it.

XPeng officially unveiled the G6 on the first day of the Shanghai auto show on April 18, saying that the G6 is the ultimate form of car before full autonomous driving is achieved.

The model is based on the 800 V high-voltage platform and can get a 300-kilometer range in as little as 10 minutes on a charge, XPeng said at the time. The company's other 800 V-based model is the flagship G9 SUV.

XPeng did not release specific specs or pricing information for the G6, which they expect to know at a future official launch event.

The company appears to be ramping up production preparations for the G6 so that it can deliver it quickly after its official launch, as its local counterparts have proven that strategy to be effective in China's competitive EV market.

XPeng sees the Model Y as the G6's main competitor. The vehicle is positioned as an all-electric midsize SUV with a length, width and height of 4,753 mm, 1,920 mm and 1,650 mm, respectively, and a wheelbase of 2,890 mm, a regulatory filing in March showed.

For comparison, the Tesla Model Y has a length, width and height of 4,750 mm, 1,921 mm, 1,624 mm and a wheelbase of 2,890 mm.

G6 will need to be successful for XPeng to be truly relevant again in the marketplace, Deutsche Bank analyst Edison Yu's team said in a research note sent to investors on May 17.

XPeng will report its unaudited first-quarter financial results on Wednesday, May 24, before the US markets open, when its earnings call is expected to provide more information on the model.

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XPeng Q1 earnings preview: Counting down to G6

XPeng's financial performance in the first quarter and its outlook for the second quarter will be weak, though the company may see a turnaround after the launch of G6, according to Edison Yu's team.

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XPeng (NYSE: XPEV) will report its unaudited financial results for the first quarter on May 24 before the US markets open. As usual, Deutsche Bank analyst Edison Yu's team provided their preview.

XPeng's performance will be weak in the first quarter and the outlook for the second quarter is likely to be subdued, but a turnaround in the second half of this year may be in the cards after the launch of the new SUV G6, according to a research note sent to investors today.

First quarter earnings

Previously released data showed that XPeng delivered 18,230 vehicles in the first quarter, slightly above the lower end of the guidance range of 18,000 to 19,000 vehicles.

The company's previous revenue guidance for the first quarter was RMB 4 billion to RMB 4.2 billion, a decrease of about 43.7 percent to 46.3 percent year on year.

XPeng sales have been weak since the second half of last year, with deliveries of just 5,218 units in January. It rebounded to 7,079 units in April, essentially flat from March.

Yu's team expects XPeng to report revenue of RMB 4.04 billion and adjusted earnings per share of RMB -2.52 for the first quarter.

The team expects XPeng's gross margin to be 5.0 percent and vehicle margin to be 0.4 percent in the first quarter, or down 530 basis points sequentially, as price cuts and promotions hurt margins.

This compares to the current consensus analyst estimates of RMB 4.24 billion, 6.1 percent and RMB -2.09, respectively, in a Bloomberg survey.

Subdued second quarter

Yu's team believes that XPeng deliveries are likely to be subdued in the second quarter as the G9 has struggled to gain order flow and supply constraints have hampered P7i deliveries.

G9 sales have been below 1,000 units for the past three months, and a summer price cut is likely, the team said.

XPeng management has said that orders for the P7i have increased unexpectedly and will increase more meaningfully in June and beyond. As a result, Yu's team expects XPeng to guide for low-mid 20,000 range second-quarter deliveries.

Deliveries of the upcoming G6 will begin in late June and the model will not make a significant contribution in the second quarter, according to the team.

G6 is the swing factor

In the company's fourth-quarter earnings call on March 17, XPeng management said the G6 will be officially launched and delivered by the end of the second quarter, with a price range of RMB 200,000 ($28,590) to RMB 300,000.

XPeng's monthly sales target for the G6 is 2-3 times that of the P7, He Xiaopeng, the company's chairman and CEO, said during the call.

XPeng unveiled a new architecture called SEPA (Smart Electric Platform Architecture) 2.0 at a technology conference in Shanghai on April 16, saying the G6 will be the first model built on the architecture.

The architecture will shorten the development cycle of future models by 20 percent and optimize development efficiency significantly. Interchangeability and interoperability of common and modular components between new models will reach 80 percent, enabling XPeng to meet diverse customer needs at an optimized cost, it said at the time.

Yu's team believes that the G6 will need to be successful for XPeng to be truly relevant again in the marketplace.

On a relative basis, XPeng management sees the G6 selling 2-3 times as many units as the P7, which means at least more than 5,000 units per month, according to Yu's team.

"Our view is XPeng will price G6 below Model Y in hopes of attracting consumers with its sleeker design and newer interior," the team wrote.

With the increased production of the G6, XPeng management believes total monthly deliveries could reach 15,000 units at some point in the third quarter.

"This seems achievable and we model XPeng reaching this level in Sep with potentially some help from a midcycle P5 face-lift ('P5i')," the team said.

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China NEV insurance registrations for week ending May 14: BYD 46,892, Tesla 9,990, NIO 1,200

NIO's sales appear to continue to be dampened by the upcoming new ES6, as potential consumers may be waiting for this more cost-effective SUV.

The main channels that previously shared weekly auto insurance registrations in China stopped sharing these numbers, but multiple reliable sources that we track on a daily basis shared last week's numbers.

For the week of May 8 to May 14, insurance registrations for all passenger vehicles in China were 365,000, up 43.5 percent year-on-year, but down 11.8 percent from the previous week.

Insurance registrations for conventional internal combustion engine vehicles were 245,000 last week, up 29.8 percent year-on-year but down 20.3 percent from the previous week.

New energy vehicles (NEVs) were 120,000 units last week, up 82.7 percent year-on-year and 12.8 percent from the previous week.

In terms of NEV insurance registrations, BYD (OTCMKTS: BYDDY) continues to hold the distant lead with 46,892 units last week, up from 45,789 units the week before.
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During the week of May 1 to May 7, the first three days were the Labor Day holiday in China, although May 6 was a Saturday but a weekday. The holiday ran from April 29 to May 3.

(NASDAQ: TSLA) registered 9,990 insurance units in China last week, up from 5,928 the week before.

NIO (NYSE: NIO) had 1,200 insurance registrations last week, up from 1,100 the week before. These numbers are not precise to the single digit, as the sources tracked by CnEVPost did not share more detailed figures.

NIO's sales appear to be continuing to be dampened by the upcoming new ES6, as potential consumers may be waiting for the more cost-effective SUV.

The company announced yesterday that the new ES6 will be officially launched on May 24, with test drives available on the same day and deliveries to begin on May 25.

This will be its fastest model from launch to delivery, perhaps because of the lessons learned from the long waiting period for models including the ET5 that led to the loss of potential orders.

The continued product switchover led to months of sluggish NIO deliveries, which fell further to 6,658 vehicles in April. The company will report first-quarter earnings on June 9, when it is expected to provide guidance on second-quarter deliveries.

(NASDAQ: LI) continued its strong trend with 6,670 insurance registrations last week, up from 4,543 the previous week.

Li Auto is currently untroubled by product switches and its three models are competitive compared to their class, allowing it to maintain strong sales.

To show off that it is leading the pack of new car makers, Li Auto has shared weekly insurance registration figures for the past two months, but stopped sharing them this month.

On May 15, Li Auto founder, chairman and CEO Li Xiang said on Weibo that their sharing of weekly data was complained about by some of their peers, so they were unable to continue sharing them.

Li Auto guided for second-quarter deliveries between 76,000 and 81,000 vehicles when it reported first-quarter earnings on May 10. Considering it delivered a record 25,681 vehicles in April, that guidance means it expects to deliver a total of 50,319 to 55,319 vehicles in May and June.

XPeng (NYSE: XPEV) had 1,500 insurance registrations last week, up from 870 the week before.

XPeng, similar to NIO, is facing a product switch, with potential consumers perhaps watching the upcoming launch of the new SUV G6.

It previously said the G6 would be officially launched and delivered by the end of the second quarter, with a price range of RMB 200,000 ($28,660) - RMB 300,000.

XPeng's monthly sales target for the G6 is two to three times that of the P7, its chairman and CEO He Xiaopeng said during a March 17 analyst call after the company announced its fourth-quarter earnings.

XPeng delivered 7,079 vehicles in April, down 21.36 percent from 9,002 a year ago but up 1.1 percent from 7,002 in March.

It will report first-quarter earnings on May 24, when it is expected to provide guidance on second-quarter deliveries.

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Largest US pension cuts stake in NIO, liquidates Li Auto in Q1

CalPERS liquidated its position in in the third quarter of 2022.

The largest US public pension continued to trim its investment in Chinese electric vehicle (EV) stocks in the first quarter.

The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) owned 2,210,446 shares of NIO's US-traded ADRs at the end of the first quarter, according to a 13F report dated May 12.

This is down 390,806 shares, or 15.02 percent, from 2,601,252 at the end of the fourth quarter of 2022.

The pension's holdings in NIO were worth $23.23 million at the end of the first quarter, down 8.4 percent from 25.36 million at the end of the fourth quarter.

CalPERS now has about $440 billion in assets under management and is the largest public pension in the US. It opened a position in NIO in the first quarter of 2019, when it bought 140,451 shares. NIO went public in the US on September 12, 2018.

CalPERS cut its position in NIO by 10.79 percent in the fourth quarter of last year. The value of the pension's holdings in NIO fell 44.85 percent during the fourth quarter due to a large drop in NIO's stock price during the period.

In the third quarter of 2022, CalPERS liquidated its position in XPeng (NYSE: XPEV) while increasing its stake in NIO by 18.20 percent. As of the end of the first quarter, it still did not own any XPeng shares.

The pension liquidated its position in , another Chinese EV company, in the first quarter.  CalPERS held 1,136,298 shares of Li Auto at the end of the fourth quarter last year.

NIO, XPeng and Li Auto all rose in the first quarter, up 7.79 percent, 9.14 percent and 22.3 percent, respectively.

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Several prominent hedge funds reduced their positions in these three Chinese EV companies in the first quarter.

Bridgewater reduced its holdings in NIO by 40.53 percent, XPeng by 25.98 percent and Li Auto by 54.69 percent in the first quarter, according to Friday's Form 13F.

Renaissance cut its position in NIO by 0.16 percent, XPeng by 98.88 percent and Li Auto by 20.44 percent during the first quarter.

Bridgewater cuts positions in NIO, XPeng, Li Auto in Q1

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Bridgewater cuts positions in NIO, XPeng, Li Auto in Q1

Bridgewater reduced its holdings in NIO by 40.53 percent, by 25.98 percent and by 54.69 percent in the first quarter.

Bridgewater Associates, the world's largest hedge fund founded by renowned investor Ray Dalio, reduced its position in the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) trio in the first quarter, the second consecutive quarter it did so.

Bridgewater held 2,526,156 US-traded ADRs of NIO (NYSE: NIO) at the end of the first quarter, down 1,721,751 shares, or 40.53 percent, from 4,247,907 at the end of the fourth quarter, according to a Form 13F it filed with the SEC on Friday.

The value of Bridgewater's holdings in NIO was $26.55 million at the end of the first quarter, down $14.87 million, or 35.90 percent, from $41.42 million at the end of the fourth quarter.

Bridgewater's holdings in NIO decreased by 27.91 percent in the fourth quarter of last year. Prior to that, the fund's position in NIO had grown for five consecutive quarters.

At the end of the first quarter, Bridgewater's holdings in XPeng (NYSE: XPEV) stood at 1,501,493, a decrease of 527,119, or 25.98 percent, from the end of the fourth quarter.

The fund's holdings in XPeng were last valued at $16.68 million, a decrease of 17.27 percent from the end of the fourth quarter.

Bridgewater's holdings in XPeng decreased by 6.15 percent during the fourth quarter of last year. This followed three quarters of increased or unchanged holdings.

Bridgewater's holdings in Li Auto's US-traded ADRs were 792,442 shares at the end of the first quarter, a decrease of 956,375 shares or 54.69 percent from the end of the fourth quarter.

Bridgewater's Li Auto position had a value of $19.77 million at the end of the first quarter, a decrease of 44.58 percent from the end of the fourth quarter.

NIO, XPeng, and Li Auto all gained in the first quarter, up 7.79 percent, 9.14 percent, and 22.3 percent, respectively.

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Renaissance keeps NIO position stable in Q1, nearly liquidates position in XPeng

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Renaissance keeps NIO position stable in Q1, nearly liquidates position in XPeng

Renaissance reduced its position in NIO by 0.16 percent, by 98.88 percent and by 20.44 percent during the first quarter.

Renaissance Technologies LLC, one of the world's most prominent hedge funds, held its position in NIO (NYSE: NIO) steady during the first quarter, but reduced its holdings in XPeng (NYSE: XPEV) and Li Auto (NASDAQ: LI).

Renaissance held 10,791,394 US-traded ADRs of NIO at the end of the first quarter, down 17,200 shares or 0.16 percent from 10,808,594 at the end of the fourth quarter, according to a Form 13F filing on Friday.

Renaissance's holdings in NIO were worth about $113 million, up $8.03 million, or 7.62 percent, from $105 million at the end of the second quarter, as NIO shares rose in the first quarter.

The fund began its holdings in NIO in the second quarter of 2021, when it bought 5,293,900 shares. It reduced its holdings in NIO by 28.63 percent and 14.77 percent in the third and fourth quarters of last year, respectively.

While maintaining a flat position in NIO, the fund reduced its holdings in XPeng and Li Auto, particularly in XPeng, in the first quarter.

At the end of the first quarter, Renaissance held 81,929 shares of XPeng's US-traded ADRs, down 7,236,771, or 98.88 percent, from 7,318,700 shares at the end of the fourth quarter last year.

The fund's holdings in XPeng were valued at $910,000, down 98.75 percent from $72.75 million at the end of the fourth quarter.

Renaissance first bought XPeng in the third quarter of 2021.

The fund owned 8,111,300 shares of Li Auto at the end of the first quarter, down 2,083,700 shares or 20.44 percent from 10,195,000 at the end of the fourth quarter.

Its holdings in Li Auto were worth $202 million, down 2.69 percent from $208 million at the end of the fourth quarter.

Renaissance first bought Li Auto in the second quarter of 2021 and increased its position in the company in each subsequent quarter until the fourth quarter of last year, when it reduced its stake in the automaker by 17.91 percent.

During the first quarter, NIO gained 7.79 percent, XPeng gained 9.14 percent and Li Auto gained 22.3 percent.

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XPeng to report Q1 earnings on May 24

XPeng delivered 18,230 vehicles in the first quarter, slightly above the lower end of its guidance range of 18,000 to 19,000 vehicles.  |  XPeng US | XPeng HK

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XPeng (NYSE: XPEV) today announced that it will report its unaudited first quarter financial results on Wednesday, May 24, before the US market opens.

Previously released data showed that XPeng delivered 18,230 vehicles in the first quarter, slightly above the lower end of its guidance range of 18,000 to 19,000 vehicles.

The company previously guided for first-quarter revenue of RMB 4 billion to RMB 4.2 billion, a decrease of about 43.7 percent to 46.3 percent year on year.

XPeng sales have been weak since the second half of last year, with deliveries of just 5,218 units in January. The figure rebounded to 7,079 units in April, flat from March.

The P7i sports sedan, launched in March, continues to gather strong order momentum, XPeng said on May 1, adding that the company is significantly increasing production, which will accelerate customer deliveries of the P7i in the near future.

XPeng unveiled the new SUV G6 on April 18, the first day of the Shanghai auto show, which is based on the 800 V high-voltage platform and can get 300 kilometers of range in as little as 10 minutes on a charge.

The debut of the G6 drew great enthusiasm from visitors at the auto show, making XPeng's stand one of the most popular at the event, the company said on May 1.

The model is scheduled to be officially launched at the end of the second quarter and delivered immediately thereafter, XPeng said, repeating its previous plan.

Following the first-quarter earnings announcement, XPeng management will host an earnings call on May 24 at 8:00 a.m. US Eastern Time (8:00 pm Beijing Time on May 24).

Participants who wish to participate in the conference call by telephone can complete pre-registration by visiting the link provided below.

Pre-registration link:

https://s1.c-conf.com/diamondpass/10030387-tfg8sj.html

In addition, a live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available on the company's investor relations website at http://ir.xiaopeng.com.

A replay of the conference call will be available about one hour after the conference call, through May 31, 2023, by calling the following telephone numbers:

United States: +1-855-883-1031

International: +61-7-3107-6325

Hong Kong, China: 800-930-639

Chinese mainland: 400-120-9216

Replay PIN: 10030387

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