At CES 2025, Chinese electric vehicle startup Xpeng's aerospace company, Xpeng Aero HT, unveiled its revolutionary new product — the 'Land Aircraft Carrier,' a modular flying car. This vehicle combines the functions of an electric van and a foldable electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL), with the ability to unfold and take off from the rear, enabling seamless transitions between air and ground. The flying car has already attracted 3,000 pre-orders and is set to begin deliveries in 2026. Aero HT stated that it plans to...

Li Liyun, head of intelligent driving at Xpeng Motors, recently disclosed the company's autonomous driving development timeline for the first time, announcing plans to offer pseudo-autonomous driving capabilities on the Max series models by 2025, making Xpeng the first domestic car manufacturer to set a clear timeline for the rollout of autonomous driving. Li stated that Xpeng is currently on the 'eve of unmanned driving'. Based on a firm belief in the Scaling Law of autonomous driving, Xpeng has chosen a pure vision technology route for intelligent driving. He believes that with the accumulation of massive amounts of data and continuous improvement in cloud and vehicle computing power, the transition will be feasible.

At the 2024 XPENG AI Tech Day event, XPENG Motors launched its latest AI robot — Iron. This robot has attracted wide attention due to its advanced technology and humanoid structural design. Standing 178 cm tall and weighing 70 kg, the XPENG AI robot Iron boasts 62 active degrees of freedom, allowing it to flexibly perform a variety of tasks.

On October 24, Xpeng Motors held the 'Xpeng P7+ AI Driving Technology Sharing Conference and the Launch of AI Tianji 5.4.0' in Guangzhou, announcing that the P7+ and subsequent models will come standard with AI advanced smart driving without the need for optional purchases, subscriptions, or additional fees. Dr. Li Liyun, Vice President and Head of Autonomous Driving at Xpeng Motors, emphasized that building a cloud-based large model is the key to success in the smart driving competition. Xpeng Motors chose the same path as OpenAI from the research phase, which is to first build a powerful 'cloud-based large model'.

He Xiaopeng, chairman of Xpeng Motors, recently showcased the company's latest advancements in robotics technology through a video. He announced that Xpeng Motors is no longer limited to development in the Internet sector, and its technology has been successfully applied to the real-world 'hand replacement' robots.