Exclusive 36kr | Li Auto Overhauls Organizational Structure: Cutting Out Middle Layers, Vehicle and Smart Driving Product Teams Return to R&D System Image source: Visual China Text by | Xiao Man Editor | Li Qin, Yang Xuan After Li Xiang set the goal of "returning to the entrepreneurial state" last year, Li Auto was still streamlining its organization and processes. 36Kr Auto has learned from multiple informed sources that Li Auto is about to conduct a new round of organizational structure adjustment around the product decision - making process. It plans to split some key functions of the product department and integrate them into the R & D department. In terms of group relationships, the product department of Li Auto is led by Fan Haoyu and includes electric vehicle body, spatial intelligence, autonomous driving terminal products, interaction design, platform operation, App and official website, etc. People familiar with the adjustment trend told 36Kr Auto that the current adjustment mainly targets the core product definition teams such as electric vehicle body and autonomous driving. Specifically, it has been confirmed that the electric vehicle body definition team of the product department will be split and integrated into the vehicle R & D department led by Liu Liguo; the autonomous driving terminal product team will be merged into the base model R & D team led by Zhan Kun. "Maybe some product personnel related to user experience will also join Liu Jie's product line," said an informed source. People close to Li Auto's senior management analyzed to 36Kr that the decision - making process for vehicle product definition has been cumbersome and criticized within Li Auto for a long time. The core reason is that three core departments are involved in product decision - making: the product line department led by Liu Jie