Li auto L9 is the best EV SUV ever made so far with all the details and features everyone wishes in a car. We would buy it in the U S A as soon as it gets here. Amazing job done Li !
Outstanding video review of the Li L9! Abundant vehicle details presented in a clear and entertaining manner. Will, you are an awesome presenter and the L9 is a very impressive vehicle. Thank you for introducing me to a brand I knew nothing about. Li Auto will have their hands full meeting domestic Chinese demand. You sold me on the L9, Will - good work!
L9 is the best EV SUV ever made. It has features that nor even the other competitors have. We hope to buy it in the US in the next future. In the meantime I will keep my stock shares until then.
Yes I do! Cos I asked this question to Li! Two reasons 1) that’s the boss seat. You can move the passenger front out of the way. Since it’s the boss seat they may need to do work and need a table. 2) putting a table on the rear of the driver seat would result in the drivers seat being moved about a bit while the rear passenger uses it.
You are 100% right. Li Auto aim primarily at families. However, they also know these are used in place of MPVs & large sedans for chauffeur driving. I personally know a few people who use a Li Auto for this purpose. So let’s clarify. 1) knowing that some will use this as a business vehicle a table is essential. 2) If you’ve ever had a kid behind you whilst driving who likes to put their feet on the back of the drivers seat or whatever you’ll know it’s super annoying to have your seat wiggling even a tiny bit. Hence why they decided not to have a table there as it would only increase the likelihood of such an annoying disturbance to the driver. Honestly when I asked these questions they gave these answers without hesitation. It shows that some deep level of thought went into every part of how they designed their vehicles. Could they have had tables that fold out from the second row chair like the Zeekr 009, sure. But it would encroach on space to move from the second row to the third row.
So my burning question to you is. Since you began our interaction questioning why such a review exists of a vehicle not available outside of China, then asked a great question which I believe I’ve answered very nicely… Are you a subscriber to a channel showing cars you can’t buy yet hahaha If nothing else showcasing what is going on in the largest EV market might just point to what to expect in the future in your market. It’s so cutthroat here in the EV space that companies have to keep continually bringing their A-game. That results in a lot of interesting vehicles
@@ChinaDriven I’m driving new Mercedes GLC and was thinking about buying another car, more like a toy. First I was thinking about something fancy, like 911 or rs Q8 or m5. But i’ve faced that ev’s ruined all the magic. I can buy something like tesla model y performance for half of the price of fancy cars and will be faster. But evs don’t have such magic as fancy cars. So i’ve start researching all the evs. And most interesting for myself I find zeekr 001, but still ain’t perfect.
Great video Will! Just a correction, there two NVIDIA Orin-X GPUs not CPUs. 508 TOPS of processing power, this computer is a beast! I wonder how much energy is consumed when the autopilot kicks in.
So i saw someone say the NIO ET7 using 4 Orin GPUs ;) is using something like 0.3kW/hour There are two snapdragon CPUs for the infotainment systems in here. & i didn’t touch on Li Auto’s new XCU
if you like the Li Auto ONE this is just a more premium, more feature packed version of that. Has all the room and flexibility we love about the Li ONE with some added premium-ness
@@ChinaDriven If I export this car outside China will Infotainment system works with other SIM card? & how easy to install SIM card or does it require professional ?
There is an answer to that question. There is no calf rest or table behind the driver so the passenger behind the driver doesn’t annoy the driver by banging or moving his seat. Both seats recline equally just the passenger side has the added calf support because you can push the passenger front seat forward. Be sure to check out our new video of driving the Li L9, at the end I use the buttons to move the front seat and calf rest.
Good question! Unfortunately Li Auto don’t have any public plans to enter the NA market currently. They are focusing their efforts on the Chinese domestic market for now.
The price of the Li Auto L9 is $68.5K (US) / £56K / €65K The price was announced after recording. The Li Auto L9 is one price with everything included as standard. Except 3 optional paint colours for around $1.7KUSD Also the CEO claims the Li Auto L9 is the best car under $750k (¥500万) not $75k (¥50万)
If only there is an outlet in the UK selling not just this car, but other cars from China. It looks like the Chinese car makers are catching up and may be ahead in some areas to offer good value high quality products. I will not be surprised if in 5-10yrs time, that they will have a significant global market share.
Unsure of Li Auto has not announced plans to go abroad yet. Maybe when they release their first EV next year they might have a pathway to expanding outside of China. Will they bring their EREVs to the west? or just EVs.
Uhm. I gues technically AWD but it has the ability to modulate torque between each individual wheel simulating 4WD. but I’m not sure the wheels can completely move 100% independently of the other wheel on the axel. Let me ask Li Auto and I’ll come back with a more informed answer.
Impressive car, although I am puzzled that it has all those things standard, but you need to pay extra to upgrade qi wireless charging speed? While iPhone remains popular, isn't it true that in China, domestic android based phones (Huawei, Vivo, Xiaomi etc) still hold around 80% market share? You'd think this thing should come with the faster wireless charging standard.
Yeah, it’s true android is big in China no doubt. And just to clarify i have nothing against android devices just poking a bit of fun. The car comes with 60W USB-C ports so fast charging is available. In regards to the fast charging pads, I’d suspect a lot of people buying this will be using higher end phones so the split between android and iPhones may be closer than the whole market split. So I think it makes sense to offer as an aftermarket upgrade if interest is really there for this upgrade they may make it standard like they did with some features that were originally aftermarket packages in the 2020 LI ONE when they came out with 2021 refresh. I also assume some things had to be cut or lowered to be able to deliver the car at under 470,000rmb.
@@ChinaDriven Putting a 60W wireless charger would probably cost 3-5 dollars more over the standard one for the company and they can charge the customer 10 or 20 dollars for the upgrade so that they would make some profit from each upgrade. More realistically, phones support upto 50W wireless, no phone supports 60W wireless charging and only a handful phones support wireless charging above 25W so they are charging only some people.
You're absolutely correct. They do not sell these outside of the Chinese market. There are people who do export them. But for the most part they are not available outside of China. Why does this review exist? Simply we just try to showcase what is going on in the largest EV market in the world. China's EV market is more mature at all price points then any other market. We show what is happening here, as a pre-cursor to what will come in other markets. Personally we believe Li Auto will perhaps transition to international market when they launch their pure EV line-up. We believe their EREV line-up would be popular in the US, but less so in the EU. However, entry for Chinese cars into the US is not an easy path, hence why most Chinese EV companies are entering EU (and other no US markets) first. Perhaps you can look at this review to see how a company who has been very successful as a start-up in China, has carved out market share by delivering very strong products that's resonates with consumers.
On these pre-production models no. When they are deliveried in August…Not Sure. They will have English. The Li ONE already has an English UI, so they are working on it for the Li L9
Li Auto is the most profitable New EV brand in China. Nio is still loss money and their battery re-placement design cost too much to build battery station instand of super-charger.
Waiting on it. Shanghai Lockdown delayed everything. Was meant to receive it by now. August now as a tentative date. I now receive 1000 nio points every day it is delayed. 1000 nio points = 100rmb/$15 of credit to spend in NIO Life store
Li auto L9 is the best EV SUV ever made so far with all the details and features everyone wishes in a car. We would buy it in the U S A as soon as it gets here. Amazing job done Li !
Outstanding video review of the Li L9! Abundant vehicle details presented in a clear and entertaining manner. Will, you are an awesome presenter and the L9 is a very impressive vehicle. Thank you for introducing me to a brand I knew nothing about. Li Auto will have their hands full meeting domestic Chinese demand. You sold me on the L9, Will - good work!
Thanks, greatly appreciated. Glad you enjoyed it.
A lot of exciting NEVs coming out in China.
L9 is the best EV SUV ever made. It has features that nor even the other competitors have. We hope to buy it in the US in the next future. In the meantime I will keep my stock shares until then.
Great video you deserve more subscribers and views
Underrated channel for sure
Working on it!
Yo, even I have watched lots of review, but still need to give my boy China driven a support.
Appreciate it!
Great review! I am sure you will have lots of subscribers soon.
🤞
@ChinaDriven do you know why there is only 1 table for rear passengers?
Yes I do! Cos I asked this question to Li! Two reasons
1) that’s the boss seat. You can move the passenger front out of the way. Since it’s the boss seat they may need to do work and need a table.
2) putting a table on the rear of the driver seat would result in the drivers seat being moved about a bit while the rear passenger uses it.
@@ChinaDriven The car looks more like a Familiy type, not Bussines, so there can be 2 little bosses on rear seats and both will need a table 🙂
You are 100% right. Li Auto aim primarily at families. However, they also know these are used in place of MPVs & large sedans for chauffeur driving. I personally know a few people who use a Li Auto for this purpose.
So let’s clarify.
1) knowing that some will use this as a business vehicle a table is essential.
2) If you’ve ever had a kid behind you whilst driving who likes to put their feet on the back of the drivers seat or whatever you’ll know it’s super annoying to have your seat wiggling even a tiny bit. Hence why they decided not to have a table there as it would only increase the likelihood of such an annoying disturbance to the driver.
Honestly when I asked these questions they gave these answers without hesitation. It shows that some deep level of thought went into every part of how they designed their vehicles. Could they have had tables that fold out from the second row chair like the Zeekr 009, sure. But it would encroach on space to move from the second row to the third row.
So my burning question to you is. Since you began our interaction questioning why such a review exists of a vehicle not available outside of China, then asked a great question which I believe I’ve answered very nicely…
Are you a subscriber to a channel showing cars you can’t buy yet hahaha
If nothing else showcasing what is going on in the largest EV market might just point to what to expect in the future in your market. It’s so cutthroat here in the EV space that companies have to keep continually bringing their A-game.
That results in a lot of interesting vehicles
@@ChinaDriven I’m driving new Mercedes GLC and was thinking about buying another car, more like a toy. First I was thinking about something fancy, like 911 or rs Q8 or m5. But i’ve faced that ev’s ruined all the magic. I can buy something like tesla model y performance for half of the price of fancy cars and will be faster. But evs don’t have such magic as fancy cars. So i’ve start researching all the evs. And most interesting for myself I find zeekr 001, but still ain’t perfect.
Great video Will! Just a correction, there two NVIDIA Orin-X GPUs not CPUs. 508 TOPS of processing power, this computer is a beast! I wonder how much energy is consumed when the autopilot kicks in.
So i saw someone say the NIO ET7 using 4 Orin GPUs ;) is using something like 0.3kW/hour
There are two snapdragon CPUs for the infotainment systems in here. & i didn’t touch on Li Auto’s new XCU
Does the L9 infotainment support English in China?
Not right now. But the Li ONE had English so I expect it will come in a future update
Beautiful car! I am growing on this SUV!
if you like the Li Auto ONE this is just a more premium, more feature packed version of that. Has all the room and flexibility we love about the Li ONE with some added premium-ness
Ha, no, don't be gross! The SUV is growing on you 😉
@@ChinaDriven If I export this car outside China will Infotainment system works with other SIM card? & how easy to install SIM card or does it require professional ?
Seems like this car has a lot of stuff for the price. Like more than half the price of a BMW X7 in China!
The foreign premium brands’ full size SUVs are imported so they are very costly in China for sure.
Stunning car !
There’s a lot to like!
I also wonder why they only pay attention to 1 seat in the second row with all the extra function ( table and recline ) why not both ?
There is an answer to that question. There is no calf rest or table behind the driver so the passenger behind the driver doesn’t annoy the driver by banging or moving his seat. Both seats recline equally just the passenger side has the added calf support because you can push the passenger front seat forward.
Be sure to check out our new video of driving the Li L9, at the end I use the buttons to move the front seat and calf rest.
I really love this SUV. It's a perfect tow vehicle, range, easy to road trip, and efficient. When will it be available in North America?
Good question! Unfortunately Li Auto don’t have any public plans to enter the NA market currently. They are focusing their efforts on the Chinese domestic market for now.
Be sure to check out our drive in the Li L9 as well! ruclips.net/video/88KEsnI1FVU/видео.html
Oh i wish this will come to europe !
Great car. Love it.
A lot of features inside this car. And the price is really reasonable compared to foreign Premium full-size SUVs
Are there right hand side steering wheel?
N. Only LHD
Lidars are freaking sick
The price of the Li Auto L9 is $68.5K (US) / £56K / €65K
The price was announced after recording. The Li Auto L9 is one price with everything included as standard. Except 3 optional paint colours for around $1.7KUSD
Also the CEO claims the Li Auto L9 is the best car under $750k (¥500万) not $75k (¥50万)
If only there is an outlet in the UK selling not just this car, but other cars from China. It looks like the Chinese car makers are catching up and may be ahead in some areas to offer good value high quality products. I will not be surprised if in 5-10yrs time, that they will have a significant global market share.
When is this coming to the US east coast? I’d buy it right away.
Unsure of Li Auto has not announced plans to go abroad yet. Maybe when they release their first EV next year they might have a pathway to expanding outside of China. Will they bring their EREVs to the west? or just EVs.
No $7,500 rebate allowance for Chinese made cars, plus 30% tax, no Chinese brands want to go to US.
L9 SO GREAT
Is it all wheels drive or a 4 wheel drive
Uhm. I gues technically AWD but it has the ability to modulate torque between each individual wheel simulating 4WD. but I’m not sure the wheels can completely move 100% independently of the other wheel on the axel. Let me ask Li Auto and I’ll come back with a more informed answer.
Thanks
Freaking sensor array... I was figuring we are talking about millitary weaponry. Lol
Looks huge
It’s massive! over 2 inches longer than a BMW X7
Beautiful car
We agree!
Hope this comes to Sweden
Impressive car, although I am puzzled that it has all those things standard, but you need to pay extra to upgrade qi wireless charging speed? While iPhone remains popular, isn't it true that in China, domestic android based phones (Huawei, Vivo, Xiaomi etc) still hold around 80% market share? You'd think this thing should come with the faster wireless charging standard.
Yeah, it’s true android is big in China no doubt. And just to clarify i have nothing against android devices just poking a bit of fun.
The car comes with 60W USB-C ports so fast charging is available. In regards to the fast charging pads, I’d suspect a lot of people buying this will be using higher end phones so the split between android and iPhones may be closer than the whole market split. So I think it makes sense to offer as an aftermarket upgrade if interest is really there for this upgrade they may make it standard like they did with some features that were originally aftermarket packages in the 2020 LI ONE when they came out with 2021 refresh.
I also assume some things had to be cut or lowered to be able to deliver the car at under 470,000rmb.
@@ChinaDriven Putting a 60W wireless charger would probably cost 3-5 dollars more over the standard one for the company and they can charge the customer 10 or 20 dollars for the upgrade so that they would make some profit from each upgrade. More realistically, phones support upto 50W wireless, no phone supports 60W wireless charging and only a handful phones support wireless charging above 25W so they are charging only some people.
They dont sell those outside of China, what this review for?
You're absolutely correct. They do not sell these outside of the Chinese market. There are people who do export them. But for the most part they are not available outside of China.
Why does this review exist? Simply we just try to showcase what is going on in the largest EV market in the world. China's EV market is more mature at all price points then any other market. We show what is happening here, as a pre-cursor to what will come in other markets.
Personally we believe Li Auto will perhaps transition to international market when they launch their pure EV line-up. We believe their EREV line-up would be popular in the US, but less so in the EU. However, entry for Chinese cars into the US is not an easy path, hence why most Chinese EV companies are entering EU (and other no US markets) first.
Perhaps you can look at this review to see how a company who has been very successful as a start-up in China, has carved out market share by delivering very strong products that's resonates with consumers.
They sell it in Russia also
🤯😳 What a car
impressive!
can the language be set to English ?
On these pre-production models no. When they are deliveried in August…Not Sure. They will have English. The Li ONE already has an English UI, so they are working on it for the Li L9
@@ChinaDriven the reason i didnt buy LI one because it didnt have English UI, except when connected with apple play.
Has an English UI option since last summer 2021. But obviously it’s not a big selling point so it wasn’t advertised very much.
@@ChinaDriven maybe the sellers i went to didnt know much about the car ! Haha
I mean English UI isn’t exactly a major selling point in China. So possible they just didn’t know.
this is has better tech, more futuristic, next-generation, better off-roading, etc than the X7....
we drove the Li L9 on rough road back to back with the X7 & GLS
watch here for our thoughts!
ruclips.net/video/88KEsnI1FVU/видео.html
Li Auto is the most profitable New EV brand in China.
Nio is still loss money and their battery re-placement design cost too much to build battery station instand of super-charger.
Not gunna lie. As a soon to be NIO ET7 owner the battery swap is brilliant convenience for users. But the cost to implement such a system is ofc high.
@@ChinaDriven When are you getting it? Also are you gonna show it on the channel?
Waiting on it. Shanghai Lockdown delayed everything. Was meant to receive it by now. August now as a tentative date.
I now receive 1000 nio points every day it is delayed. 1000 nio points = 100rmb/$15 of credit to spend in NIO Life store
iPads??? I'm sure it's NOT iOS, might be android
yeah, they definitely aren’t running iOS. But the layout of the infotainment system is very apple-esque.
Ops bye bye Tesla 😂