Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio launches a smartphone at an event in Shanghai on Sept. 21, 2023.
He told CNBC that among Nio users from which the company makes a profit, more than half are iPhone users, while the other half uses flagship Android phones from Huawei and other brands.
Nio is the first high-end Chinese electric car brand to release its own smartphone, which Li said the company developed in about a year.
Huawei also sells its in-car software to other electric car companies such as Avatr and BAIC's Arcfox.
He pointed out that the Nio phone app has 600,000 active users a day, about 1.5-times the number of car users.
Persons:
Evelyn Cheng, William Li, Li, Nio
Organizations:
CNBC SHANGHAI, CNBC, Huawei, Apple
Locations:
Shanghai, China, Europe, Germany