A Xpeng P7 electrical automobile is on show throughout the 18th Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition at China Import and Export Fair Complex on November 20, 2020 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province of China.
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Chinese electrical carmakers Nio and Xpeng noticed deliveries dip in January versus December but had been nonetheless greater in comparison with a 12 months in the past.
Xpeng stated Tuesday it delivered 12,922 electrical automobiles in January, a greater than 19% dip from December. But that also represents a 115% year-on-year rise. It’s the fifth straight month that Xpeng has delivered over 10,000 units in a single month. But in November and December, it managed to exceed 15,000 deliveries.
As of Jan. 31, Xpeng stated cumulative deliveries of its electrical cars — the P7, P5, G3 and G3i — surpassed 150,000 units.
Rival Nio stated that it delivered 9,652 automobiles in January, up 33.6% year-on-year but down from December’s variety of 10,489.
As of Jan. 31, Nio stated cumulative deliveries of its automobiles — the ES8, ES6 and EC6 — reached 176,722 unites.
Both Nio and Xpeng have been grappling with the global chip shortage which continues to plague the auto business. In an earnings name in July, Xpeng CEO He Xiaopeng stated that the worldwide chip scarcity remains the “biggest production hurdle” for the company.
Xpeng stated Tuesday that it’s “finishing up a know-how improve” at its manufacturing facility in Zhaoqing, south China, to benefit from schedule manufacturing downtime over the Lunar New Year vacation.
“The improve will allow accelerated supply of the numerous order backlog carried over from 2021 in addition to permit us to raised serve the growing demand within the new 12 months,” Xpeng stated in a press release.
China’s electrical car gamers have additionally been making an attempt to spice up the semi-autonomous technology of their cars as a option to differentiate from Tesla and one another.