The Chinese Government Is Just Going to Let It Rip, Right?

Tu and Lei start out the podcast with a discussion on rumors of Ford building a battery factory that CATL would use to fab cells for Ford vehicles. This evolves into broader discussion about CATL & Huawei's ambitions.

Lei then talks the broader China economy for 2023 and how exports will likely continue to be strong next year.

Tu and Lei move the pod over to Li Auto's ambition and current sales of the L8/L9. 

Tu and Lei then discuss some of the topics they discussed for their Deutsche Bank investor call including how they would rank who would be the most successful in 2023 out of ABB (Audi, Bimmer, Benz).

Tu ends this pod with a brief update on the product rollout for XPeng in 2023 with three new or refreshed products on their way.