China Specialist, Auto and Industrial Specialist

Victoria Li

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Despite the remaining EV subsidies finishing next year, we expect demand to be relatively unimpacted</li>
<li>Battery supply issues should be eased with Covid lockdowns easing and new capacity expansions</li>
<li>&gt;100 new models due for launch in 2023E vs ~70 in 2022 and will keep potential customers and market excited in the sector</li>
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Despite the remaining EV subsidies finishing next year, we expect demand to be relatively unimpacted
Battery supply issues should be eased with Covid lockdowns easing and new capacity expansions
&gt;100 new models due for launch in 2023E vs ~70 in 2022 and will keep potential customers and market excited in the sector


China NEV Outlook: Life After Subsidies Is Still Beautiful

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>After a 86% decline on share price YTD, we believe it’s time to revisit Xpeng.</li>
<li>Having gone through all the negatives which led to Xpeng’s underperforming vs peers, we believe the market has overreacted, while the company’s advantages/technology improvements have been ignored.</li>
<li>After 4 months of sales decline, company fundamentals would bottom out from November onwards with G9 starting to speak for itself. </li>
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After a 86% decline on share price YTD, we believe it’s time to revisit Xpeng.
Having gone through all the negatives which led to Xpeng’s underperforming vs peers, we believe the market has overreacted, while the company’s advantages/technology improvements have been ignored.
After 4 months of sales decline, company fundamentals would bottom out from November onwards with G9 starting to speak for itself. 


Xpeng (9868.HK, XPEV): Painful Year, but Payoffs for Technology Improvements Ahead

Covering IPOs, Healthcare and Technology Stocks

Andrei Zakharov

Algosun Global

Private Capital Markets

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<li>XPeng Robotics is a bionic smart robot maker backed by Chinese EV giant XPeng and high-profile investor IDG Capital. The company focuses on AI, robot autonomy, and interaction.</li>
<li>Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Shenzhen, XPeng Robotics is an affiliate of XPeng, with R&amp;D centers in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Silicon Valley. </li>
<li>Bloomberg reported that $100M+ Series A financing was the largest single-tranche fundraising for the bionic robot sector in China in the past two years. </li>
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XPeng Robotics is a bionic smart robot maker backed by Chinese EV giant XPeng and high-profile investor IDG Capital. The company focuses on AI, robot autonomy, and interaction.
Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Shenzhen, XPeng Robotics is an affiliate of XPeng, with R&amp;D centers in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Silicon Valley. 
Bloomberg reported that $100M+ Series A financing was the largest single-tranche fundraising for the bionic robot sector in China in the past two years. 


XPeng Robotics: Early-Stage VC Investment in Developer of Smart Robot Pony

Smartkarma Research Team, Smartkarma

Smartkarma Research

Smartkarma Research Team

Smartkarma

Smartkarma unites the fragmented investment industry, connecting institutional investors, independent research providers, and corporates within a single network.

Research Reinvented

<p>In our next Webinar, we welcome Analysts <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/profiles/sc-capital/analysis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Redl (SC Capital)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/profiles/sameer-taneja-a0539e0c-84dd-4e66-9c40-6e598edfb4c5/analysis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sameer Taneja (Investics Research)</a>, who will be joined by Smartkarma CEO Raghav Kapoor in an exciting discussion on the EV landscape in China.</p>
<h3>The webinar will be hosted on Friday, 21 October 2022, 11:00 SGT/HKT.</h3>
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<p>Chris Redl has over 20 years' experience covering the global automotive industry both on the Sell-side (UBS &amp; Morgan Stanley) and Buy-side (Och-Ziff). His current focus is on electric vehicle stocks &amp; their supply chains, aiming is to identify the winners and losers from a long/short perspective. This includes close coverage of legacy automakers as well.<br><br>Sameer Taneja is the founder of Investics Research, a firm that engages in bottom-up sectoral research, fundamental research of publicly listed companies as well as forensic analysis. He started his career as a sell-side analyst in a stockbroking firm called B&amp;K Securities (India) from 2004-07, covering the ferrous sector. From 2007-16 he worked as an investment analyst in a hedge fund called Kelusa Capital, covering the materials, utilities, construction &amp; heavy machinery, and the auto sector. He continued to work on the buy-side from 2017-19 in a firm called Skale Investments (with similar sectoral coverage), before founding Investics Research in 2019.</p>
<p>Raghav is the co-founder and CEO of Smartkarma.</p>

In our next Webinar, we welcome Analysts Chris Redl (SC Capital) and Sameer Taneja (Investics Research), who will be joined by Smartkarma CEO Raghav Kapoor in an exciting discussion on the EV landscape in China.
The webinar will be hosted on Friday, 21 October 2022, 11:00 SGT/HKT.



Register for the Webinar here



Chris Redl has over 20 years' experience covering the global automotive industry both on the Sell-side (UBS &amp; Morgan Stanley) and Buy-side (Och-Ziff). His current focus is on electric vehicle stocks &amp; their supply chains, aiming is to identify the winners and losers from a long/short perspective. This includes close coverage of legacy automakers as well.  Sameer Taneja is the founder of Investics Research, a firm that engages in bottom-up sectoral research, fundamental research of publicly listed companies as well as forensic analysis. He started his career as a sell-side analyst in a stockbroking firm called B&amp;K Securities (India) from 2004-07, covering the ferrous sector. From 2007-16 he worked as an investment analyst in a hedge fund called Kelusa Capital, covering the materials, utilities, construction &amp; heavy machinery, and the auto sector. He continued to work on the buy-side from 2017-19 in a firm called Skale Investments (with similar sectoral coverage), before founding Investics Research in 2019.
Raghav is the co-founder and CEO of Smartkarma.

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Caixin Global

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XPeng Inc. designs, produces, and distributes electric vehicles. The Company designs, develops, manufactures and markets smart smart electric vehicles, as well as finance, parts, and maintenance services. XPeng serves customers in China.

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China NEV Outlook: Life After Subsidies Is Still Beautiful

Despite the remaining EV subsidies finishing next year, we expect demand to be relatively unimpacted. Battery supply issues should be eased with...

Victoria Li

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After a 86% decline on share price YTD, we believe it’s time to revisit Xpeng. We believe the market has overreacted, while the company’s...

Victoria Li

XPeng Robotics: Early-Stage VC Investment in Developer of Smart Robot Pony

With Chinese EV giant XPeng moving into robotics, we believe XPeng Robotics is a high-return early-stage VC investment in the rapidly growing...

Andrei Zakharov

Smartkarma Webinar | China EVs: Sales Strong, Stocks Weak?! 🤨

On 21 October 11am SGT, Smartkarma CEO Raghav Kapoor will be joined Analysts Chris Redl and Sameer Taneja in an exciting discussion on the EV...

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CX Daily: What to Look Out For at the 20th Party National Congress

Caixin Explains: What to look out for at the 20th Party National Congress. China has no timetable for easing ‘zero-Covid’ policy yet, top...

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