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Xpeng is a leading Chinese maker of electric vehicles. The company is considered the most tech-centric of the country's premium EV makers. It counts Alibaba Group, which owns the South China Morning Post, among its backers.
Chairman / President
He Xiaopeng
CEO / Managing Director
Wang Fengying
CFO / Finance Director
Wu Jiaming
Industry
Automobile
Website
xiaopeng.com
Headquarters address
No. 8 Song Gang Street, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
Stock Code
NYSE:XPEV
SEHK:9868
Year founded
2014
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Chinese carmakers race to develop flying cars after rivalry in EV market

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A sales increase in March proves short-lived, as April deliveries by the company’s Shanghai factory plunge nearly 26 per cent.

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Xpeng-backed maker of EV dump trucks plans US$30 million Hong Kong IPO

The Shanghai-based company is selling 13 million shares at HK$18 each, with trading to start on May 7.

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Trump tariffs making EV exports to US ‘impossible’, Xpeng executive says

Yeqing Zheng says company’s moves to establish assembly operations outside China and license technology can help ease impact of tariffs.

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Chinese EV makers take spotlight as Tesla skips Shanghai Auto Show

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Chinese EV maker Nio to join fray in right-hand-drive car markets

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EVs | Xpeng eyes Toyota’s Alphard, Europe sales with its X9 electric MPV

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Exclusive | Xpeng to use own Turing AI chip to power its self-driving cars this quarter

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Tesla halts importing Model S and X in China as buyers balk at tariffs

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China EVs: Tesla’s quarterly deliveries lag BYD for the second time

Output from the Shanghai Gigafactory dropped to 172,754 units in the first three months of the year from 220,876 a year earlier.

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Top Chinese EV makers power ahead thanks to subsidies, tax incentives

BYD’s first-quarter deliveries rose 59.8 per cent to more than 1 million vehicles.

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Xpeng CEO says flying car market will be bigger than EVs over next 2 decades

CEO He Xiaopeng believes the global flying car market could reach US$2 trillion in the next two decades, double the size of land vehicles.

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Chinese EV industry pressed to accelerate global expansion amid tariffs

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BYD launches a ‘Model 3 killer’ at half the price of Tesla’s top seller

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Xpeng sets up first self-branded EV supercharging station in Hong Kong

Fierce competition among auto manufacturers is extending to charging technologies.

Xpeng X9 electric vehicles in Guangzhou. Photo: AFP
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Xpeng says robotics industry will get bigger than automotive sector

Xpeng plans to mass produce humanoid robots and flying cars for the consumer market by the end of next year.

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Chinese EV maker Xpeng trims losses on 23% revenue rise

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Tesla plans cheaper model to put brakes on China sales slide

The US company’s share of the world’s largest EV market has dropped to 4.3 per cent from more than 16 per cent in 2022.

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Xpeng chairman calls on Hong Kong to open up to self-driving EVs

He Xiaopeng says company will introduce two models in the city this year in a launch ‘not just for Hong Kong, but also for the world’.

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