Li Auto

LI

Market cap $16.6B

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NIO, XPeng and Li Auto posted December and Q4 delivery updates, with records at NIO, rapid growth at XPeng and softer results at Li Auto.

Welcome to the Green Stock News brief for Monday January 5th. Here are today's top headlines: In Q4 2025, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) produced 434,000 vehicles, delivered 418,000 vehicles, and deployed a record 14.2 GWh of energy storage.

BYD Company Limited remains the global EV volume leader, selling 420,000 vehicles in December, though growth slowed to 8% in 2025 versus prior years. NIO achieved a record December with 48,000 vehicles sold, up 55% YoY, driven by strong premium brand performance and sub-brand launches. Xiaomi rapidly scaled to over 50,000 vehicles in December, signaling strong momentum and positioning it as China's second-largest EV player by volume.

China-based EV giants Li Auto Inc (NASDAQ:LI) and Nio Inc (NYSE:NIO) are both in the spotlight after surpassing fourth-quarter delivery estimates due to strong December sales.

NIO, XPeng and Li Auto report December and Q4 delivery results, showing record growth for NIO, surging annual gains at XPeng, and softer trends for Li Auto.

Combined, Li Auto, NIO, and XPeng delivered almost 130,000 cars in December, a monthly record.

BEIJING, China, Jan. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Li Auto Inc. (“Li Auto” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: LI; HKEX: 2015), a leader in China's new energy vehicle market, today announced that it delivered 44,246 vehicles in December 2025. This brought the Company's fourth-quarter deliveries to 109,194. As of December 31, 2025, Li Auto's cumulative deliveries reached 1,540,215.

China's electric vehicle (EV) boom is losing momentum in 2025, with sales declining across major players and analysts warning that the intense price war is likely to persist. While overall adoption remains high, slowing domestic demand, rising market concentration, and shifting policy support are reshaping the world's largest auto market.

China's new energy vehicle market is set to see more price competition next year as overall growth slows, analysts predict. Domestic saturation is pushing Chinese automakers such as BYD to expand overseas, including opening local factories.