** Shares of Chinese electric-vehicle makers continue to
race higher as Li Auto LI.O leads the charge on Fri
** LI surges 14.2% on Q3 rev beat, strong outlook in its
first report since going public in July urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HZ2SG
** Xpeng Inc XPEV.N rises 4.6% to fresh high following 33%
jump on Thurs after co also posted Q3 beat, and forecasted Q4
deliveries to more than triple yr/yr urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HY4NR
** Nio Inc NIO.N up 4.4% to new all-time high of $50.43.
This as Citron Research on Fri says it has $25 PT on the
stock urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2HZ0WD. Kandi Technologies KNDI.O up 14.0%
** Other EV stocks also along for the ride: Fisker Inc
FSR.N up 16.4%, Nikola NKLA.O up 8.4% and Lordstown Motors
RIDE.O up 8.2%
** Though Tesla TSLA.O and Workhorse Group WKHS.O taking
a break from the recent rally, down about ~2% and ~6%,
respectively, on the session
** Meanwhile, Wall Street gains on Fri after upbeat results
from Cisco and Disney .N
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)
((lance.tupper.tr.com@reuters.net
lance.tupper@tr.com))