Gasgoo Daily: NIO’s founder names Mercedes, BMW, Audi as rivals

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NIO’s founder names Mercedes, BMW, Audi as rivals

Founder, chairman, and CEO of NIO, Li Bin, said that Tesla is not a competitor to NIO, nor are XPeng and Li Auto, but such traditional automakers as Mercedes, BMW, or Audi. Li believes that NIO is battling against traditional fossil-oiled vehicles on behalf of new energy vehicles.

ET5; photo credit: NIO

HUAWEI's Intelligent Automotive Solution BU accumulates 300 partners

According to the COO of HUAWEI's Intelligent Automotive Solution Business Unit (BU), Wang Jun, the BU has formed relationships with roughly 300 companies in the past year. Over 70 companies are HUAWEI's iDVP digital platform partners, another 70 are MDC intelligent driving computing platform partners, and the rest 150 are partners to the HarmonyOS intelligent cockpit.

China’s first port driverless container car criterion issued

Dongfeng Motor, China COSCO Shipping, and China Mobile have co-formulated the “Port Driverless Container Vehicle Technical Requirements”, the first regulation in the field in China. The criterion was approved by China ITS Industry Alliance, offering a basis for all future conducts in the driverless container car segment in the country.

Desay SV’s intelligent driving assistance unit approved by ASPICE CL2

China’s major automotive supplier, Desay SV, announced that its intelligent driving assistance business unit had passed the ASPICE CL2 evaluation authentication, signifying the company's achievements in the field.

NavInfo secures autonomous driving service, mapping contracts from Volvo Cars

China’s major navigation player NavInfo announced that the company had signed a service contract with Volvo Cars Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in regards to autonomous driving.

Ningbo Jifeng, Grammer offer NIO ET5 auto parts worth 2,000 yuan per car

Chinese automotive supplier Ningbo Jifeng Auto parts Co., Ltd. (Ningbo Jifeng) and its subsidiary Grammer AG provide the NIO ET5 with 2,000 yuan ($315) per car worth of components, including the headrests for second-row seats, armrests, center console, and electric power air vents, Ningbo Jifeng revealed on Dec. 20 on a communication platform of Shanghai Stock Exchange.

ByteDance leads A round investments of Chinese autonomous driving startup Senior.auto

China’s autonomous driving startup Senior.auto announced today that it had landed hundreds of million RMB in its Series-A round of financing, led by TikTok’s parent, ByteDance.

HUAWEI’s intelligent automotive solution innovation center starts operation

HUAWEI’s intelligent automotive solution innovation center started operation on December 21st, and its intelligent connected vehicle test field will start operation next year, according to the ICT giant.

WeRide invests in GAC's ride-sharing platform Ontime

GAC Group, WeRide and Ontime held a strategic cooperation and investment signing ceremony on December 21st, further cementing the trio’s future collaboration.