** U.S. listed shares of Chinese electric automaker KNDI.O
up ~5% at $9.087
** U.S. unit of KNDI, Kandi America, says California Air
Resources Board (CARB) has granted certification to car model
K23 for having met the state's emission standards urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2IP0OJ
** Co says CARB had approved Model K27 in November
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBwbQSGTDa
** On Tuesday, co had responded to allegations by
short-seller Hindenburg, which had accused KNDI of using fake
sales to take money from U.S. investors, calling them "thinly
veiled assertions of opinion" urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2IN3O2
** Stock had risen ~92% YTD
(Reporting by Chavi Mehta in Bengaluru)
((Chavi.mehta@thomsonreuters.com))