With ZXZC Daily, we will offer daily important automotive news in China. For those we have reported, the title of the piece will include a hyperlink, which will provide detailed information.

Geely 2021 sales fail to achieve target

Geely Automobile Holdings Limited sold 1,328,029 vehicles, increasing 1% from a year ago and completing 87% of its annual sales target.

Great Wall Motor 2021 sales jump 15.24%

China’s top SUV maker Great Wall Motor sold 162,369 vehicles in December 2021, representing a growth of 8.17% from a year ago. For the whole year 2021, the automaker’s total sales amounted to 1.28 million units, jumping 15.24% year on year.

China’s daily passenger vehicle sales down 6% in December

The retail sales of new passenger vehicles in China are expected to reach 2.157 million units in December, down 6% from a year ago but jumping 19% month over month, according to the China's Passenger Car Association.

Cumulative sales of GSEV-based vehicles total 750,00

The cumulative sales of vehicles based on SGMW's global small electric vehicle (GSEV) platform, including the Hongguang MINIEV, the Wuling NanoEV and the KiWi EV, totaled 750,000 units.

Photo credit: SGMW

GAC, Sun Yat-sen University to build joint research institute

On Jan. 5, GAC Group and Sun Yat-sen University signed a strategic cooperation agreement to build a joint research institute. Both parties plan to build the institute into a state-level scientific and technological innovation platform within 5 to 10 years.

Nissan Motor 2021 China sales slip 5.2% YoY

In December, Nissan Motor sold 133,803 vehicles, dropping 20.8% from the earlier year. During the entire year of 2021, the auto group sold 1,381,494 vehicles in total, representing a 5.2% year on year decline.

Tech giant Tencent invests in China’s auto OS developer LinearX

China’s tech mogul, Tencent, has become a shareholder to Shanghai-based intelligent driving platform software developer LinearX, according to corporate database, Qichacha.

Baidu’s JiDU to showcase first L4 NVIDIA powered model at Beijing Auto Show

China’s tech giant Baidu and automaker Geely’s JiDU Auto’s first production vehicle model, to be unveiled in April, will be powered by the NVIDIA DRIVE Orin SoC, with L4 autonomous driving capability.

Former NIO executive joins China’s EV startup Aiways as CEO

Aiways, has completed its latest investment round worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The investor has then orchestrated a personnel change inside the company hierarchy.

Honda Motor sees China retail sales dip 4% YoY in 2021

Honda Motor Company said on Thursday its full-year China auto retail sales in 2021 amounted to 1,561,540 units, sliding 4% from the year-ago period due to the impact of component supply constraint.

GAC AION starts selling AION LX PLUS BEV with 1,008km of CLTC range

GAC AION, the NEV-dedicated wholly-owned subsidiary of GAC Group, saw its long-anticipated new all-electric SUV model, the AION LX PLUS, hit the market on Jan. 5.

Hesai Technology partners with Lumentum for next-generation LiDAR solution

China’s LiDAR supplier, Hesai Technology, announced that it had formed a cooperation with the photonics expert, Lumentum, on hybrid solid-state directional LiDAR solutions for ADAS.

Dongfeng Honda to build new EV plant with 120,000-unit capacity at early stage

Dongfeng Honda, a 50/50 joint venture between Dongfeng Motor Group and Honda Motor Company, on Jan. 5 signed an investment agreement with local authority of Wuhan Economic & Technological development Zone for construction of a new electric vehicle (EV) plant.