In Phase one, the base will provide essential capacity and foundational support for the commercialization of XPeng’s advanced humanoid robots. On February 26, at the Guangzhou High-Quality Development Conference, XPeng disclosed new progress in its humanoid robotics program, announcing plans to build the industry’s first full-chain mass production base for humanoid robots at the Embodied Intelligence Industrial Park in Guangtang Sci-Tech Innovation City, Tianhe District. On the same day, construction of the Guangtang Sci-Tech Innovation City Embodied Intelligence Industrial Park officially commenced, with XPeng signing a strategic cooperation framework agreement with the Tianhe District government. XPeng signs a strategic cooperation framework agreement with the Tianhe District government. The move signals XPeng’s transition from technology validation to industrialization preparation in its humanoid robotics business. The base will have a total floor area of approximately 110,000 square meters and will be built to industrial manufacturing standards, covering the entire process from research and validation to pilot production and large-scale manufacturing. Phase one will include high-standard robot production facilities, power stations and supporting infrastructure, providing essential capacity and foundational support for the commercialization of XPeng’s advanced humanoid robots. XPeng has been developing robotics technology for seven years, evolving from early quadruped robots to the humanoid robot IRON unveiled at its 2025 AI Day. The product form has gradually matured. Xpeng’s humanoid robot IRON unveiled at its 2025 AI Day IRON is equipped with three Turing AI chips delivering combined computing power of 2,250 TOPS and integrates a second-generation VLA large model. Through a VLT, VLA and VLM architectural framework, the robot supports dialogue, locomotion and complex interactive capabilities. Its technical pathway shares significant hardware and software commonality with XPeng’s intelligent vehicle systems. The humanoid robotics industry currently faces two core challenges: insufficient high-quality training data and the complexity of scaling up manufacturing. Compared with startups, XPeng benefits from mature vehicle manufacturing expertise and in-house development capabilities in chips and control systems, providing an established foundation in supply chain management and industrialization. The establishment of a full-chain humanoid robot mass production base marks a substantive step toward XPeng’s goal of scaling advanced humanoid robots. Xpeng aims to mass-produce advanced humanoid robots by the end of 2026 XPeng Chairman and CEO He Xiaopeng stated that by the end of 2026, the company aims to achieve the world’s first large-scale mass production of advanced humanoid robots.
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