LI AUTO-W stock surged 5.56% during intraday trading on Wednesday, marking a significant upward movement for the electric vehicle maker.

The price increase follows announcements from Li Auto's Chairman Li Xiang about the company's ambitious plans to develop its first humanoid robot, with the goal of unveiling and operationalizing it as soon as possible. To accelerate this initiative, the company is restructuring its research and development department into specialized teams focused on base models, software, and hardware.

Huatai Securities released a research note supporting this strategic direction, stating that Li Auto aims to become a top performer in the field of embodied intelligence within 3 to 5 years. The firm believes the new organizational structure will accelerate technological implementation and create competitive differentiation through Vision-Language-Action models by 2026.