Electric vehicle manufacturer Xpeng announced Monday that it has launched large-scale manufacturing of autonomous taxis at its facility in Guangzhou, with plans to achieve completely driverless taxi service by early 2027.
The company, which competes with Tesla, is ramping up its focus on autonomous vehicles and humanoid robotics as rivalry grows stronger in the world’s biggest automotive market.
According to the company, the autonomous taxi utilizes Xpeng’s GX platform and represents China’s first “production-ready, pre-assembled robotaxi model developed entirely with in-house technologies.”
Xpeng intends to launch test robotaxi services during the latter half of this year.
The manufacturer expects to produce hundreds to thousands of these autonomous vehicles within the coming 12 to 18 months, according to President Brian Gu, who spoke with Reuters last month.
