Li Auto L9 rated 1,200 km range

Li Auto’s new L9 Livis did not arrive with a 1,200-kilometer rating. At the Beijing auto show on April 24, the company said its flagship SUV can travel more than 1,500 kilometers with a full charge and full tank. (cnevpost.com) That figure comes from an extended-range setup, not a battery-only claim. The L9 Livis uses a 72.7 kilowatt-hour battery for 420 kilometers of CLTC electric range, plus a 1.5-liter gasoline range extender that generates power when the battery runs low. (cnevpost.com) (bitauto.hk) Li Auto opened pre-sales for the L9 Livis at 559,800 yuan, or about $81,890, and said the model will officially launch on May 15 with deliveries starting the same day. The SUV is 5,255 millimeters long and rides on a 3,125-millimeter wheelbase. (cnevpost.com) A range extender is a small engine that works like an onboard generator. It does not drive the wheels directly in the usual way; it keeps electricity flowing so a heavy three-row SUV can go farther between charging stops. (cnevpost.com) That formula has become central to China’s biggest new utility vehicles. Auto China 2026 opened with 1,451 vehicles on display, including 181 global or China premieres, and one of the show’s dominant themes was a wave of “8” and “9” series full-size SUVs from Li Auto, XPeng, Nio, Aito and others. (carnewschina.com) Li Auto is also using the L9 Livis to push its in-house electronics. The vehicle carries two 5-nanometer M100 smart-driving chips with 2,560 TOPS of computing power and four lidar sensors, according to the company. (cnevpost.com) The chassis pitch is just as aggressive. Li Auto said the L9 Livis gets an 800-volt fully active suspension and a drive-by-wire system with steer-by-wire, four-wheel steering and electro-mechanical braking. (cnevpost.com) So the cleanest takeaway is that the viral number in this story was low, not high. Li Auto’s own launch details put the L9 Livis above 1,500 kilometers of combined range, and the company is selling that promise into a Beijing show dominated by giant family SUVs. (cnevpost.com) (carnewschina.com)