Li L8, L9 and ONE are not clearly distinguishable? As a replacement model for the discontinued ONE, the L8 looks like a mini version of the L9. 21-inch wheels and LIDAR become optional, with a battery capacity of 40.9kWh and a pure electric range of 168km. 5-seat and 6-seat versions are available, and will be released in early November this year, with deliveries starting the same month as the release. With the release of the MIIT data, the mystery of L8 was further unveiled .
Li L8, what kind of a car?
Let’s look at the dimensions of the Li L8 first.
The length, width and height are 5080 x 1995 x 1800mm, and the wheelbase is 3005mm.
From the exterior view, L8 is like a reduced version of L9, 138mm shorter in length, 3mm narrower in width, the same height and 100mm shorter in wheelbase.
Even so, the Li L8 is still not small in size and is slightly larger than the Li ONE.
In terms of configuration, the following changes have been made compared to L9: 21-inch wheels and LIDAR have been changed from standard to optional; battery capacity has been reduced from 44.5kWh to 40.9kWh; pure electric range (WLTC conditions) has been reduced from 180km to 168km.
At the rear of the car, except for the different placement of the license plate, L8 and L9 can be said to be very similar.
The front of the car is also not much different.
No difference can be seen on the side either.
According to the previous microblogging information, L8 seat number has 5 seats, 6 seats two versions, while the intelligent configuration of Max and Pro high and low, Max will be equipped with dual Orin-X plus LIDAR, and Pro without LIDAR, with a high-performance chip.
Not only that, combined with the previous official news and Li’s Weibo, we can confirm that
Li L8 is the replacement model of Li ONE, which will be released in early November this year, and the delivery will be opened in the same month of release.
Li L8, why is it so controversial?
In fact, the L8 has already been hotly debated on the Internet before it was launched.
On the one hand, before the L8 was revealed, the official suddenly decided to discontinue the production of the Li ONE.
Especially for those new Li ONE owners who just picked up their cars in July and August, it is undoubtedly a headache.
Li ONE starts delivery in 2019 and will stop production in October or November 2022, with a total life cycle of 3 years. As of September 1, a total of 199,484 Li ONEs have been delivered.
Obviously, this car has a short life cycle and not much market retention, so the sudden discontinuation will cause great harm to the retention rate.
And in order to clear the inventory, the remaining Li ONE models took a discount promotion, a sharp drop of 20,000 yuan.
Many owners have expressed their dissatisfaction and mocked themselves for being cut by the Li leeks.
On the other hand, the L8 is extremely similar in appearance to the L9, and some owners who ordered the L9 actually did not know that a new car would be released so soon.
So now along with the exposure of the L8, some owners are caught in an awkward dilemma ……
Also, this is not the first time that Li has been caught up in this controversy. The mid-life facelift of the Li ONE caused upset owners because of a similar secret and unannounced sales approach.
Li may have proven its product capability with the ONE, but it still keeps falling into the same river over and over again in terms of user relations and consumer experience.
