China/Asia TMT

Shawn Yang

China growth and global non-US Internet equities

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Blue Lotus Research is a Hong Kong Type 4 Licensed investment advisory firm focusing on Chinese growth equities and global non-US Internet equities

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>NIO/LI/XPEV:Xpeng G9 facelift price cut exceeds expectations ( -/ -/ +)</li>
<li>Real Estate Industry Update: Guangzhou lift purchase restrictions in outer regions, and property transaction activities are ramping sequentially（+）</li>
<li>NIO：NIO released a self-developed chip, automotive operating system SkyOS , and NIO Phone（+）</li>
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NIO/LI/XPEV:Xpeng G9 facelift price cut exceeds expectations ( -/ -/ +)
Real Estate Industry Update: Guangzhou lift purchase restrictions in outer regions, and property transaction activities are ramping sequentially（+）
NIO：NIO released a self-developed chip, automotive operating system SkyOS , and NIO Phone（+）


China TMT Update-NIO/LI/XPEV/BEKE/NIO-Xpeng G9/Guangzhou Lift Purchase Restrictions/NIO Chip

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

APAC IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Equity Capital Markets

iMotion Automotive Technology / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/imotion-automotive-technology" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36900:1" rel="noopener">IMotion Automotive Technology (1812706D CH)</a> is looking to raise about US$100m in its upcoming HK IPO, after downsizing from an earlier reported float of US$300m.</li>
<li>The company possesses advanced full-stack R&amp;D capabilities including self-developed algorithms and hardware-software co-design capabilities. It provides two AD domain controller product lines, and the self-designed iDC series.</li>
<li>We had covered the company’s performance in our earlier notes. In this note, we talk about its PHIP updates.</li>
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IMotion Automotive Technology (1812706D CH) is looking to raise about US$100m in its upcoming HK IPO, after downsizing from an earlier reported float of US$300m.
The company possesses advanced full-stack R&amp;D capabilities including self-developed algorithms and hardware-software co-design capabilities. It provides two AD domain controller product lines, and the self-designed iDC series.
We had covered the company’s performance in our earlier notes. In this note, we talk about its PHIP updates.


IMotion Automotive Technology Pre-IPO - PHIP Updates - Concentration Risk Even More Apparent Now

<ul>
<li>NIO/LI: NIO to launch the all-new EC6 on Friday (+/-)</li>
<li>BYD/ TSLA /LI /XPEV/NIO: August China Automotive Delivery Data Update (+)</li>
<li>Gloated inventory in solar panel led to price collapse in Europe（/）</li>
</ul>


NIO/LI: NIO to launch the all-new EC6 on Friday (+/-)
BYD/ TSLA /LI /XPEV/NIO: August China Automotive Delivery Data Update (+)
Gloated inventory in solar panel led to price collapse in Europe（/）


China TMT Update-NIO/LI/XPEV/BYD/TSLA/Solar Power-All-New EC6/China Automotive Delivery Data

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<li>There has been renewed push for the German carmakers to enter the BEV market, at the expense of the PHEV market. </li>
<li>We believe it will benefit Chinese battery makers and PHEV makers; We, however, prefer to look at the issue through the lens of industry standardization.</li>
<li>Battery is the Intel and Advanced Driving Assistance System (ADAS) is the Windows of EV. Only China and US are in the ADAS ring.</li>
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There has been renewed push for the German carmakers to enter the BEV market, at the expense of the PHEV market. 
We believe it will benefit Chinese battery makers and PHEV makers; We, however, prefer to look at the issue through the lens of industry standardization.
Battery is the Intel and Advanced Driving Assistance System (ADAS) is the Windows of EV. Only China and US are in the ADAS ring.


[Blue Lotus Transportation Sector Update]: German Cars’ EV Push Belies Issue of Standardization

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

<ul><li>We summarize the Aug 2023 price discounts at dealers for major automakers in this report.</li><li>Note that such discounts for each automaker are calculated based on weighted average of Jul 2023 retail sales volume for each model, as Aug retail sales volume data have not been released yet.</li><li>Discounts at dealers for most brands widened mildly MoM in Aug 2023, as the price war persists with more and more competitive product rollouts and raw-material price decline.</li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

We summarize the Aug 2023 price discounts at dealers for major automakers in this report.Note that such discounts for each automaker are calculated based on weighted average of Jul 2023 retail sales volume for each model, as Aug retail sales volume data have not been released yet.Discounts at dealers for most brands widened mildly MoM in Aug 2023, as the price war persists with more and more competitive product rollouts and raw-material price decline.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China Auto Sector – Aug discounts widened slightly MoM

China

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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XPeng (XPEV US)

China TMT Update-NIO/LI/XPEV/BEKE/NIO-Xpeng G9/Guangzhou Lift Purchase Restrictions/NIO Chip

Xpeng G9 facelift price cut exceeds expectations、Guangzhou lift purchase restrictions in outer regions、NIO released a self-developed chip

Blue Lotus Research Institute

IMotion Automotive Technology Pre-IPO - PHIP Updates - Concentration Risk Even More Apparent Now

IMotion Automotive Technology (1812706D CH) is looking to raise about US$100m in its upcoming HK IPO, after downsizing from US$300m. In this note,...

Ethan Aw

China TMT Update-NIO/LI/XPEV/BYD/TSLA/Solar Power-All-New EC6/China Automotive Delivery Data

Gloated inventory in solar panel led to price collapse in Europe（/）；NIO/LI: NIO to launch the all-new EC6 on Friday (+/-)；BYD/TSLA/LI/XPEV/NIO:...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

[Blue Lotus Transportation Sector Update]: German Cars’ EV Push Belies Issue of Standardization

There has been renewed push for the German carmakers to enter the BEV market, at the expense of the PHEV market. We believe it will benefit Chinese...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

China Auto Sector – Aug discounts widened slightly MoM

Discounts at dealers for most brands widened mildly MoM in Aug 2023, as the price war persists with more and more competitive product rollouts and...

CMB International

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