XPeng's third production model is set for mass production in 2021, the company told Benzinga in an email. "The only thing we can share now is that it will be equipped with lidar. Other details will have to wait," an XPeng spokesperson said. XPeng revealed at the Guangzhou Auto Show in late November that it will unveil the first production car with lidar technology in 2021. Automotive lidar or light image, detection and ranging, is a technology that uses sensors to emit invisible laser lights to scan and detect objects in the vicinity and create a 3D image of the surroundings on the display screen.