LeEco / LeTV: sources

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The figures, dates and quotations in the LeEco / LeTV story come from these documents and reports, listed in the order the story draws on them.

1. Reuters, via Yahoo Finance: LeEco's self-driving car fails at U.S. launch event (October 19, 2016) · finance.yahoo.com
2. Engadget: LeEco jumps into the US market with TVs, phones, a car and a bike (October 19, 2016) · engadget.com
3. Wikipedia: Le.com · en.wikipedia.org
4. Caixin, via China Film Insider: How LeEco fell from glory (September 5, 2017) · chinafilminsider.com
5. China Daily: LeEco's market value decline and delisting (July 21, 2020) · global.chinadaily.com.cn
6. TechCrunch: LeEco demonstrates self-driving concept car in Beijing (April 20, 2016) · techcrunch.com
7. TechCrunch: LeEco calls off Vizio TV acquisition (April 10, 2017) · techcrunch.com
8. Bloomberg, via Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: LeEco chief's pay cut and restructuring announcement (November 13, 2016) · arkansasonline.com
9. Reuters, via Fortune: LeEco founder on cash constraints and cost reductions (November 8, 2016) · fortune.com
10. Bloomberg, via Taipei Times: Sunac's investment in LeEco units (January 17, 2017) · taipeitimes.com
11. Caixin: LeEco ends Vizio acquisition deal (April 11, 2017) · caixinglobal.com
12. AFP: LeEco assets frozen by Shanghai court (July 5, 2017) · phys.org
13. Reuters, via Yahoo Finance: LeEco founder steps down as chairman (July 6, 2017) · finance.yahoo.com
14. Caixin: Leshi Internet delisted from Shenzhen stock exchange (May 15, 2020) · caixinglobal.com
15. Statement on Jia Yueting's Chapter 11 filing, via DingDing TV (October 2019) · dingdingtv.com
16. China Securities Regulatory Commission: Leshi financial fraud penalty (March 26, 2021) · csrc.gov.cn
17. Caixin: Faraday Future debuts on Nasdaq stock exchange (July 23, 2021) · caixinglobal.com
18. TechCrunch: Faraday Future paid founder-controlled company millions (April 30, 2026) · techcrunch.com