Li Auto, a Chinese electric car maker, recently hired some talent from the smartphone industry, which has sparked speculation that the company is looking to enter the smartphone market as well. Similar to Nio, which will announce its first smartphone on September 21st. And it promises to be a flagship phone too.
However, Li Auto CEO Li Xiang clarified that the company has no plans to launch a smartphone. He’s too busy working on cars. The fact that the company has hired some high-profile talent from the smartphone industry is nothing new for Li Auto. In fact, the CEO and founder said that about 15% of the team he hired over the past eight years comes from the smartphone industry.
The latest hire of Violet Song, former product manager of iQOO, is the reason for the latest rumors. Lei worked at Huawei before joining vivo in 2019 as a product manager for its iQOO sub-brand. So we can understand why everyone is talking about her joining Li Auto.
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