Gasgoo Daily: Li Auto adds 5 new delivery centers in January

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Li Auto adds 5 new delivery centers in January

This month, China’s new energy vehicle startup Li Auto added 5 new delivery centers, including three in Shenzhen, Chengdu and Luoyang, and two temporary centers in Bengbu and Fuyang. As of January 28, Li Auto has a total of 85 delivery centers in 79 cities in China.

Li Auto's delivery center in Shenzhen; photo credit: Li Auto

Hongqi said to produce new MPV in June

It is reported that Hongqi’s new MPV model, codenamed C095, will be named Q series. The new model’s mass production will start in June and deliveries are expected to commence in the second half of this year.

SKF partners with INOVANCE

SKF signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China’s Suzhou INOVANCE Automotive to conduct a comprehensive deep cooperation in many fields, such as supply chain service system, digitalization, intelligent status monitoring and new energy vehicles.

China sells over 1 million MPVs in 2021

In 2021, China’s MPV sales were on a level with the previous year with 1.055 million vehicles sold. The share of the segment in passenger vehicle market decreased 0.3 percentage points to 5%.

Dali to build autonomous vehicle demonstration area

On January 27, the municipal government of Dali, Yunnan province, signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Mushroom to jointly build an autonomous eco-tourism demonstration area around Erhai Lake with a total investment of RMB1 billion. 

Stellantis achieves better business performance in China in 2021

Stellantis announced on Jan. 28 it strengthened its business position in China last year, laying a solid foundation for its long-term expansion. Additional details on Stellantis' plan for the Chinese market will be announced within the global strategic plan on March 1, 2022, the automaker revealed meanwhile.

AutoX operates largest RoboTaxi service area in China

China’s autonomous driving company, AutoX, expands its RoboTaxi operation area to 1,000 square kilometers in Shenzhen, as the country’s largest autonomous driving area.

Former Pony.ai executives’ autonomous truck startup completes Angel round

Local commercial vehicle autonomous driving startup, Qingtian Truck, announced that it had completed an Angel round of investment, raising tens of millions of dollars from 5Y Capital. Qingtian Truck was established in November 2021 by Pan Zhenhao and Sun Youhan, two former executives from China's another autonomous driving company, Pony.ai's commercial vehicle autonomous driving arm, PonyTron.

China imported PV deliveries drop 6.1% YoY in 2021

For the year of 2021, there were 939,109 imported passenger vehicles (PVs) delivered across China, representing a 6.1% decrease year-over-year, according to the Sinomach Automobile Co., Ltd., China's largest dealer of imported vehicles.