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September is just around the corner. According to the plan, the ideal ONE, the first added smart electric car, will begin mass production in October this year and begin delivery in November. It means that there is not much time left for the ideal car and will usher in the "answer paper" for the first mass production delivery.

However, in mid-August, when the media visited the ideal car base in Changzhou, they found that another plant had not yet been completed, and according to workers, it would take another half a month to complete. According to some employees, the production line has been built, but the factory is the last link out of the factory, and there is still a factory that has not been completed near the test site for road testing. according to workers, it will take half a month to complete. It is reported that there is still a large wasteland between the factory and the test site used for road tests.

It is understood that the first base of che Hejia Smart car officially laid the foundation in Wujin High-tech Zone in August 2016. it covers an area of 500000 square meters and has a design production capacity of 300000 vehicles, covering the four major processes and related supporting facilities of stamping, welding, painting and final assembly. It is said that when it is fully completed, the overall investment of the car and home factory will reach 5 billion yuan. It is planned to achieve mass production of the whole vehicle and produce intelligent SUV series models in June 2019.

According to the plan, the first phase of the plant has been completed by the end of 2017, with a production capacity of 200000 vehicles. The second phase of the project officially started in the second quarter of 2017 and is expected to be completed and put into production in 2018. However, according to previous media visits, construction of the second phase did not begin until the end of 2018, and it was completed and put into production this year.

At the same time, the media also found dozens of blue and black ideal ONE in the open space of the base. On the periphery of the factory, there are also black ideal ONE driving, in addition, there are car planes carrying the ideal car to the highway. Some employees said that at present, only prototype cars are produced, and these sample cars are being sent to experience stores around the country for exhibition and test driving.

Among them, an engineer of ideal car said that compared with other car companies, the progress of ideal car is indeed a little slow. This is because our add-on technology is more difficult than pure electric technology, and they are also working overtime.

At present, the car companies with the head of the new forces of car building have already achieved mass production and delivery, such as Xiaopeng, Weimar and NIO and so on. The latest figures in July 2019 show that Xiaopeng and G3 sold 720 vehicles, with a market share of 30.3%. In addition, NIO ES6 and Weimar EX5 ranked second and third in July, with sales of 659 vehicles and 601 vehicles respectively.

Compared with other new car-building forces, the progress of the ideal car is more than a step or two slower.

On Aug. 16, ideal announced the completion of a $530 million (3.7 billion yuan) C round of financing, with a post-investment valuation of about $2.93 billion (20.6 billion yuan). So far, the cumulative financing amount of ideal car has reached 1.575 billion US dollars (about 11.1 billion yuan).

Recently, a Weibo post posted by Li Xiang on the second-class seat of the high-speed rail from Beijing to Changzhou caused a heated discussion among netizens. Some netizens said that such a big boss would only take a second-class seat when he went out. Li Xiang said, "what kind of business class does an ideal car need for an enterprise that hasn't made money for four years?" It also reflects the shortage of ideal automobile funds from the side. It can be seen that although the ideal has obtained a new round of financing, it is still trapped by the influence of funds and policies.

In addition, on Aug. 27, ideal CEO Li wanted to reply to the car plan for the first time on social media, saying that ideal does not have a large car plan, rather than a "interruption plan." It is speculated that there are also some factors in the cancellation of car projects and financial constraints.

With the delivery deadline approaching and imperceptibly putting more pressure on the company, Li Xiang does not seem to be living an "ideal" life due to various factors.

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