EV Maker Leapmotor Denies Hong Kong IPO to Raise $1 Billion

Chinese electric-vehicle maker Leapmotor is considering an initial public offering in Hong Kong that could raise at least $1 billion and happen as soon as next year, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. Leapmotor denied the report.

In August this year, Leapmotor announced the completion of a new round of financing of 4.5 billion yuan ($697 million), led by CICC Capital. The funds raised this year has already exceeded 8.8 billion yuan.

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Headquartered in Hangzhou, Leapmotor has so far completed its own research and development capabilities regarding smart EVs. The business scope of Leapmotor covers intelligent electric vehicle design, R&D and manufacturing, intelligent driving, electric motor control, battery system development, and vehicle networking solutions based on cloud computing.

In September, Leapmotor received 8,754 pre-orders while it delivered 4,095 vehicles, a fivefold jump from the same period last year, according to a posting on the company’s WeChat account. In the first nine months of this year, its cumulative sales volume of vehicles reached 34,731 units.

The Hangzhou-based company’s rivals Xpeng and Li Auto raised a combined $3.8 billion in dual primary listings over the summer.