From Smart EVs to autonomous vehicles: XPENG positions Robotaxi as a key milestone in bringing Physical AI to the real world

XPENG has officially started employee testing of its Robotaxi platform, marking a major milestone in the company's journey from intelligent electric vehicles to autonomous vehicles powered by Physical AI. The programme follows just eight months after XPENG first unveiled its Robotaxi initiative at XPENG AI Day 2025, reinforcing the company's rapid progress towards commercial deployment.

To mark the occasion, XPENG Chairman and CEO He Xiaopeng became the first internal passenger to complete a full end-to-end Robotaxi journey, successfully placing an order, being picked up and reaching his destination through the XPENG Robotaxi platform. The test demonstrated that the company has successfully connected the entire service chain, from ride hailing and autonomous dispatch to passenger transport and journey completion.

The employee testing programme was announced during XPENG's first company-wide Robotaxi business meeting, where He Xiaopeng outlined the strategic importance of autonomous mobility to the company's future development.

As autonomous driving advances from driver assistance to full autonomy, XPENG believes vehicles will increasingly become intelligent robotic platforms capable of perception, reasoning and decision-making. Powered by XPENG's self-developed Turing AI chip, VLA2.0 AI model and proprietary infrastructure, Robotaxi represents one of the company's most complete Physical AI applications to date, bringing together its advances in intelligent vehicles, autonomous driving and embodied AI into a single platf...