Li Auto is carrying out a new organizational restructuring centered on product
decision-making, moving parts of the product department — including vehicle and
autonomous-driving product functions — into R&D, people with direct knowledge
said on July 2. A source close to senior management said the change aims to
simplify a long-criticized, cumbersome vehicle product-definition process that
currently involves three groups: Liu Jie's product-line unit (front end), Fan
Haoyu's platform product-definition group (middle), and the R&D teams.