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<ul><li>We summarize the Jan 2025 price discounts at dealers for major automakers in this report.</li><li>Note that Jan discounts for each automaker are calculated based on the weighted average of Dec 2024 retail sales volume for each model, as Jan 2025 retail sales volume data have not been released yet.</li><li>The industrywide average discounts widened by 0.3ppts MoM in Jan 2025, based on our calculations, mainly driven by Chinese automakers, including BYD, Leapmotor and GAC Aion, and German brands, such as BMW and Audi. BYD plans to cover the majority of its models with autonomous driving (AD) functions this year, which may have resulted in higher discounts for its existing models. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

We summarize the Jan 2025 price discounts at dealers for major automakers in this report.Note that Jan discounts for each automaker are calculated based on the weighted average of Dec 2024 retail sales volume for each model, as Jan 2025 retail sales volume data have not been released yet.The industrywide average discounts widened by 0.3ppts MoM in Jan 2025, based on our calculations, mainly driven by Chinese automakers, including BYD, Leapmotor and GAC Aion, and German brands, such as BMW and Audi. BYD plans to cover the majority of its models with autonomous driving (AD) functions this year, which may have resulted in higher discounts for its existing models. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Auto - Leap, BYD, Aion Led Discount Increase in Jan

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<li>We summarize the Jun 2023 leading indicators as below, including number of leads, customer flows, and new orders generated, for Tesla, NIO, Li Auto, Xpeng, BYD and Aion.</li>
<li>Note that such data are based on a sample size of 96 stores (15- 18 stores for each brand) in 15 major cities in China.</li>
<li>We are of the view that Tesla is still resilient, while NIO’s key metrics in Jun were below our expectation.</li>
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We summarize the Jun 2023 leading indicators as below, including number of leads, customer flows, and new orders generated, for Tesla, NIO, Li Auto, Xpeng, BYD and Aion.
Note that such data are based on a sample size of 96 stores (15- 18 stores for each brand) in 15 major cities in China.
We are of the view that Tesla is still resilient, while NIO’s key metrics in Jun were below our expectation.

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China Auto Sector – Jun leading indicators: NIO weaker than expected

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<ul><li>Maintain HOLD. We project NIO’s net loss in 2Q23E to be similar to 1Q23, at around RMB 4.9bn.</li><li>We estimate that its recent price cuts on margin dent to be limited in FY23E but more severe in FY24-25E.</li><li>Such price cuts could also make its new brand less differentiated from the NIO brand, in our view.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Maintain HOLD. We project NIO’s net loss in 2Q23E to be similar to 1Q23, at around RMB 4.9bn.We estimate that its recent price cuts on margin dent to be limited in FY23E but more severe in FY24-25E.Such price cuts could also make its new brand less differentiated from the NIO brand, in our view.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

NIO Inc. (NIO US) – Margin dent from price cuts lingers into FY24-25

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NIO Inc. manufactures and sells automobiles. The Company offers electric vehicles and parts, as well as provides battery charging services. NIO serves customers worldwide.

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Auto - Leap, BYD, Aion Led Discount Increase in Jan

Note that Jan discounts for each automaker are calculated based on the weighted average of Dec 2024 retail sales volume for each model, as Jan 2025...

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China Auto Sector – Jun leading indicators: NIO weaker than expected

We summarize the Jun 2023 leading indicators as below, including number of leads, customer flows, and new orders generated, for Tesla, NIO, Li...

CMB International

NIO Inc. (NIO US) – Margin dent from price cuts lingers into FY24-25

Maintain HOLD. We project NIO’s net loss in 2Q23E to be similar to 1Q23, at around RMB 4.9bn. We estimate that its recent price cuts on margin dent...

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