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XPeng is still focused in boosting the sales of its electric cars. But it has been focusing on building out future businesses in flying cars and robotics.Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesChinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and electric vehicle startup Xpeng are opening a computing center to train software for driverless cars, the two companies said Tuesday.Autonomous driving systems require huge amounts of data to be processed in order to train algorithms.Xpeng claims that the new computing center will reduce the…

Xpeng said it delivered 11,524 in July, a rise versus the same time last year, but slipping from June's figure. Xpeng had the highest deliveries out of its closest rivals Nio and Li Auto in July. Xpeng said it will begin accepting reservations for its new G9 SUV in August 2022.Chen Dongqiu | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesShares of Chinese electric vehicle startups Nio, Xpeng and Li Auto jumped in pre-market trade in the U.S. Monday after the companies posted a rise in July car deliveries.Nio said it delivered 10,052…

Urban air mobility (UAM) company HT Aero continues to make progress toward the “flying car” it has promised to deliver by 2024. XPeng Huitian (aka HT Aero) recently posted a video to Weibo demonstrating an eVTOL prototype taking off, flying around, and being maneuvered like a car. It has the XPeng Motors steering wheel and everything – check it out. HT Aero is the rebranded name of XPeng Huitian, a majority-owned entity of XPeng Inc. and founder He Xiaopeng. Since its foundation in 2013, HT Aero has conducted over…

XPeng Robotics, an affiliate of XPeng Inc., has announced an agreement to receive over $100 million in Series A capital funding, led by a group of longtime investors. The fresh financing will enable XPeng Robotics to further its R&D in robotic hardware and software and talent acquisition while accelerating product development. XPeng expects to have its dog-like robots in people’s homes within the next two years. You’re probably familiar with XPeng Motors as we cover them quite a bit at Electrek, but parent…

Ahead of its official release in China, XPeng Motors has posted a teaser video showcasing the engineering (beta) version of its City Navigation Guided Pilot (NGP). The one-take video shows XPeng’s P5 sedan driving autonomously from XPeng HQ in Guangzhou to the city center, demonstrating a number of ADAS functions. If and when it reaches mass production, City NGP could offer a legitimate challenge to Tesla FSD beta. Chinese automaker XPeng Motors is starting to gain some momentum back in 2022, following a slower…

Chinese EV automaker XPeng Motors announced it has suspended all P5 reservations and pre-orders in the four countries in Europe it currently has a presence. The decision comes just months after the company opened reservations for the P5 overseas. Citing foreseen export timeline issues, XPeng will shift its focus to the P7 sedan. XPeng Motors ($XPEV) made an initial splash in China last summer when it shared initial pricing for its all-electric P5 sedan – the third EV in its lineup. By initially undercutting the…

As Chinese EV automaker XPeng continues its market expansion into Europe, it has already set up shop in the Netherlands with the intent to inevitably begin sales there. While XPeng determines whether to bring its P5 or P7 sedan to the Netherlands first, I got the chance to visit the country, test them both out, and give feedback. Here’s how it went. XPeng’s entry into the Netherlands/EU Xiaopeng Motors, better known as XPeng Motors sits as one of the more prominent and quickly expanding EV automakers in China – a…

Nio began deliveries of its new ET7, an upscale electric sedan, on Monday, March 28, 2022.NioChinese electric vehicle maker Nio delivered more than 7,000 vehicles in May, up 4.7% from a year ago but well below its current production capacity, as Covid-related disruptions continued to limit the company's manufacturing and its ability to deliver vehicles to customers.Nio said in a statement that its manufacturing had been "gradually recovering" in May from pandemic-related disruptions, but that its ability to deliver…

Following the opening of reservations in four European markets last month, XPeng Motors has shared what pricing EU customers can expect to see after they put a deposit down on a new P5. Three of the four EU countries XPeng now calls home are accepting deposits on P5 reservations, with Norway to follow later this spring. Xiaopeng Motors aka XPeng ($XPEV) immediately made a splash with its all-electric P5 sedan – the third EV in its lineup – when it shared initial pricing in China last summer. By undercutting the…