Beijing (ZXZC)- Li Auto reported a record-high monthly deliveries in August with 9,433 Li ONEs delivered, up by 248.3% from a year ago and 9.8% month over month, the automaker announced today.

By the end of August, the company’s year-to-date deliveries soared 228.7% to 48,176 vehicles and the model’s cumulative deliveries totaled 81,773 vehicles.

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Li Auto said it had 114 retail stores in 69 cities, as well as 194 servicing centers and Li Auto-authorized body and paint shops operating in 143 cities across the country as of August 31.

When the company released its financial results two days ago, it said its quarterly deliveries in the third quarter of this year are expected to be between 25,000 and 26,000 vehicles, representing an increase of 188.7% to 200.2% from the same span of last year. Minus the combined deliveries of the first two months of the quarter, its monthly deliveries in September will range from 6,878 to 7,978, indicating that it may fail to realize the monthly target of 10,000 vehicles, which Shen Yanan, president of the company, announced in May.