William Li
CEO of NIOWikipedia
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Sep 9, 2026
Daniel KirchertGUEST
Um, and we were convinced that this is a cultural topic, uh, which for the European players is very hard to change.
Daniel KirchertGUEST
Say, which culturally, those founders in China, which came from the internet side, the auto founder Li Xiang, He Xiaopeng from Xiaopeng, William Li from NIO, and so on.
Daniel KirchertGUEST
So these guys, they had it in their DNA, and they saw that really from that side.
Daniel KirchertGUEST
And that is really, especially in the premium, is a key competitive issue.
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Daniel KirchertGUEST
So we were thinking of doing something, uh, like an kind of Apple car at that point of time, a smart device on wheels.
Daniel KirchertGUEST
And we were convinced that this is a cultural topic, uh, which for the European players is very hard to change.
Daniel KirchertGUEST
Say, which culturally, those founders in China, which came from the internet side, the auto founder Li Xiang, He Xiaopeng from Xiaopeng, William Li from NIO, and so on.
Daniel KirchertGUEST
So these guys, they had it in their DNA, and they saw that really from that side.
Martin LeeHOST
They're becoming legit overseas.
Martin LeeHOST
Let's talk about NIO's founder, Li Bin, says profitability should be the main test of a technology-driven company.
Martin LeeHOST
He made the point at a Science Innovation Center forum in Shanghai on August twenty-second.
Martin LeeHOST
NIO became profitable last year in Q4 and reported adjusted net profit of around six point five million dollars.
Fengming LuGUEST
And there also was a stock, stock price actually, uh, plummeted, uh, in Nasdaq, uh, because of COVID and also a lot of oth-other reasons.
Fengming LuGUEST
So, so starting from the late 2019, well, they started, well, raising, eventually raising capital from local governments because, well, some of the early, well, early colleagues of Li Bin, of William Lee, actually told me that, well, initially, well, NIO was very unwilling to take capital from local governments because, well, in many ways, well, capital, injected capital from local governments, well, it means that, well, a lot of conditions, a lot of conditionalities, right? You probably need to, well, invest, well, that much amo-amount of money into my locality or so on.
Fengming LuGUEST
But, well, starting from the late 2019, well, they had no choice.
Fengming LuGUEST
They need to [chuckles] look for investment from local government.
Fengming LuGUEST
And there also was a stock, stock price actually, uh, plummeted, uh, in Nasdaq, uh, because of COVID and also a lot of oth-other reasons.
Fengming LuGUEST
So, so starting from the late twenty nineteen, well, they started, well, raising, eventually raising capital from local governments because, well, some of the early, well, early colleagues of Li Bin, of William Lee, actually told me that, well, initially, well, NIO was very unwilling to take capital from local governments because, well, in many ways, well, capital, injected capital from local governments, well, it means that, well, a lot of conditions, a lot of conditionalities, right? You probably need to, well, invest, well, that much amo-amount of money into my locality or so on.
Fengming LuGUEST
But, well, starting from the late twenty nineteen, well, they had no choice.
Fengming LuGUEST
They need [chuckles] to look for investment from local government.