Shanghai (ZXZC)- HOZON Auto, the Chinese startup owning the EV brand NETA, on Jan. 8 celebrated the birth of its 100,000th mass-produced vehicle, according to a post on the company's WeChat account. It took only 42 months for HOZON Auto to achieve the milestone.

HOZON Auto's 100,000th vehicle roll off production line; photo credit: HOZON Auto

The company said the output of the 100,000th vehicle indicates that HOZON Auto has made substantial progress in such capabilities as design and R&D, technique development, manufacturing, quality control, procurement synergy, as well as operation and management.

By the end of Dec. 2021, HOZON Auto had delivered 95,977 vehicles in total, 69,674 units of which were delivered last year, representing a 362% year-on-year surge. Notably, its monthly deliveries exceeded 10,000 units in both Nov. and Dec. of 2021.

NETA S; photo credit: HOZON Auto

Aside from the blooming sales, HOZON Auto launched the Shanhai platform, its in-house developed full-stack platform for automobile intelligence and safety. The first model riding on the platform will be the NETA S, whose mass-produced version is expected to hit the market at the end of 2022.

As a heavyweight product embodying HOZON Auto's pursuit of digital strength, the NETA S will come with two powertrain solutions: an all-electric system and a range-extended electric system. According to the company, the NETA S will leverage HUAWEI's MDC (Mobile Data Center) platform capable of 200TOPS in computing power and is armed with a slew of sensors including 2 LiDAR units, 5 millimeter-wave radars, 12 ultrasonic radars, 13 cameras, as well as high-precision positioning units. Thanks to those facilities, the NETA S is capable of navigation assistant driving on highways and urban roads, and Level 4 intelligent driving in specific scenarios, such as parking and remote hailing.