CnEVPost Newsletter: NIO supplier shows off LiDAR for ET7 at CES; JiDU's robot car to feature same Nvidia chip as NIO

NIO supplier Innovusion shows off LiDAR for ET7, unveils new offering at CES - CnEVPost — cnevpost.com Innovusion showcased the ultra-long-range LiDAR Falcon that will be on board the NIO ET7 and gave the debut of a short- to medium-range LiDAR called Robin.

JiDU's robot car to feature Nvidia DRIVE Orin chip, same option as NIO has in its sedans - CnEVPost JiDU says its first model is expected to be available in 2023 and will be an L4 self-driving capable robot car.

BYD says its production in Covid-hit city of Xi'an has largely returned to normal - CnEVPost Production at BYD's car production site in Xi'an has been affected to some extent in December, but as of January 3, production at the site has largely returned to normal, it said.

Great Wall Motor's Ora brand sold record 20,926 vehicles in Dec despite image crisis over chips - CnEVPost Ora brand sold a record 20,926 vehicles in December, the first time it has sold more than 20,000 vehicles, despite an image crisis over the chip configuration of its hot-selling model.

Geely sold record 18,813 NEVs in Dec, up 162.4% year-on-year - CnEVPost For the full year 2021, Geely sold 1,328,029 all vehicles, just 87 percent of its target sales of 1.53 million vehicles.

Dongfeng Honda to build new EV plant in Wuhan, plans to start production in 2024 - CnEVPost The project, with a total investment of about RMB 10 billion ($1.57 billion), will have an initial annual capacity of 120,000 vehicles.

Belgium tops China's NEV export destinations in Jan-Nov, Norway only in 10th place - CnEVPost From January-November 2021, China exported about 100,000 NEVs to Belgium.