Li Auto signed partnership agreements covering Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines and Vietnam on Tuesday and said its right-hand-drive (RHD) Li MEGA minivan will make its debut in Thailand in December.
The Beijing-based carmaker said the five markets are now in launch preparation. That takes to nine the number of Asia-Pacific markets it is entering in 2026, after agreements signed in April for Macao, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.
Within one year, Li Auto will bring more than one right-hand-drive model to market, the company said, without naming the models.
“Today’s signings in Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines and Vietnam mark an important milestone as Li Auto officially enters Asia-Pacific markets,” said Nestor Wu, Vice President of Li Auto International Business.
The Partners
Thailand is the only one of the five that Li Auto will run itself. A company subsidiary will operate the market, with Evante and Infinite Automobile Company as dealer partners.
The other four go to distributors. Zung Fu Group Hong Kong will be the general distributor in Hong Kong, Wearnes Automotive will handle Singapore, Dangdang New Energy Auto Service the Philippines and Neera Motors Vietnam.
Only three of the five are right-hand-drive markets. Thailand, Hong Kong and Singapore drive on the left, while the Philippines and Vietnam use left-hand-drive cars.
The brand described all of them as leading automotive groups in their markets. It did not disclose the terms of the agreements, sales targets or prices.
Li Auto vehicles are not new to the Philippines. A local partner, HomeAuto, launched the L7 and L9 there in April 2025 and opened a showroom in Bonifacio Global City, in Metro Manila, the following month. Tuesday’s statement names Dangdang as the partner and does not mention the earlier arrangement.
The April round, announced alongside distribution deals in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, had targeted launches in Macao, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar for May. Li Auto said on Tuesday that Macao launched in June and gave no dates for the other three.
The Timetable
The right-hand-drive MEGA will be shown first at the Thailand International Motor Expo, which runs from December 2 to 13 near Bangkok. A brand launch and the MEGA’s launch in Hong Kong will follow, the company said.
Li Auto gave no launch dates for Singapore, the Philippines or Vietnam.
In Vietnam, Neera Motors plans to introduce the L6, L8 and L9 extended-range SUVs and the fully electric i6 in December or January, the newspaper Tuoi Tre reported, citing General Director Hoang Chi Trung. Prices and the start of sales have not been announced, it said.
In Singapore, Wearnes will open a showroom at 45 Leng Kee Road and expects first deliveries in January or February 2027, The Business Times reported.
Li Xiang, Li Auto’s founder and CEO, set out the plan in August. “For right-hand drive markets, in addition to launching Li MEGA in Hong Kong SAR and Singapore by the end of this year, we’ll also be rolling out the right-hand drive version of the Li i6 to complete our model lineup in the right-hand drive market,” he said on the second-quarter earnings call.
A 2027 start in Singapore would be later than that. In May, Li Auto had also said the right-hand-drive MEGA would be introduced in Hong Kong, Singapore and other markets by year-end.
“We aim to position Li Auto as a premium brand in overseas markets as well, and we will carefully manage our pace,” Li Xiang said on the call.
The Two Models
Li Auto calls the MEGA its first right-hand-drive flagship model. The export version gets 11-kilowatt (kW) charging and a CCS Type 2 connector, and is configured to meet the five-star standard of the ASEAN New Car Assessment Program, the company said.
It has also changed the glass specifications, license plate sizes, 220-volt cabin outlets, languages, SIM and data services, radio bands and infotainment software to suit local rules and habits.
The model keeps the rear-wheel steering that gives it a 5.5-meter (18-foot) turning radius, along with 800-volt active anti-roll bars and dual-chamber air suspension.
Li Auto did not publish the battery size, range or price of the right-hand-drive version.
The new-generation MEGA went on sale in China on September 2 in a single Home version priced at 509,800 yuan ($76,600). The MEGA sold in China is 5,355 millimeters (210.8 inches) long, carries a 108-kilowatt-hour battery and is rated at 710 kilometers (441 miles) on China’s CLTC cycle, with peak charging power of 520 kW, according to the company’s Chinese website.
The company delivered more than 3,000 MEGAs in October, it said in its monthly update. China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) data show 3,269 in October and 2,318 in September, up from an average of about 440 a month in the first eight months of the year.
The i6, the second model in the right-hand-drive plan, is Li Auto’s best seller. CPCA data show 162,173 units in the first ten months, 51% of the total across the company’s eight models.
Its monthly figure fell to 7,379 in September and 1,952 in October. Li Auto launched the 2026 version of the i6 on October 28.
A Late Start Abroad
Li Auto stayed almost entirely domestic for its first six years of production and moved abroad later than most of its Chinese rivals.
It entered Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Egypt in December 2025 and opened its first showrooms in Egypt in February. The Gulf agreements followed in April.
Europe comes next. The Li 6, the export name of the i6, is due to reach the Netherlands and Norway in the first quarter of 2027, and Wu has said the company will enter the U.K. in autumn 2027 with a different model. The U.K. is also a right-hand-drive market.
Pressure at Home
The push comes as sales in China fall behind the company’s own goal. Li Auto delivered 29,025 vehicles in October, down 8.6% from a year earlier and its lowest monthly total since February. That brought the total for the first ten months to 322,461, down 2.0%, by EV‘s calculation.
Li Xiang set a 20% growth target for 2026, which implies about 487,600 deliveries after 406,343 in 2025. September deliveries had already left the company far short of that pace.
Li Auto reported a second-quarter net loss of 1.71 billion yuan ($256.8 million), its second quarterly loss in a row, as revenue fell 15.1% to 25.67 billion yuan ($3.86 billion) and vehicle margin halved to 9.4%. It will report third-quarter results on November 25.
Hong Kong shares of the carmaker rose 4.6% to close at HK$50.35 ($6.42) on Tuesday. Its U.S.-listed shares closed down 1.5% at $12.34 on Monday.
