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He Xiaopeng

(何小鹏)

He Xiaopeng
何小鹏
He Xiaopeng is a prominent Chinese entrepreneur, currently serving as CEO of AeroHT and Chairman and CEO of XPeng Motors.
Staff members assist Xpeng’s Iron robot after its fall during a demonstration in Shenzhen. Photo: Handout
Robotics

When a robot topples: China’s Xpeng deals with fallout from humanoid’s plunge

CEO draws parallel to toddlers learning to walk before they run, after Iron’s loss of balance becomes viral fodder.

Electric & new energy vehicles

How Tesla’s AI shift is prompting Chinese rivals to expand tech offerings

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Xpeng’s flying car unit readies Hong Kong IPO for take-off

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Xpeng CEO dismisses AI bubble fears, predicts more affordable robots soon

He Xiaoping’s recent trip to the US, where he met more than 30 professionals in the AI field, helped form his conclusions about the industry.

Xpeng CEO He Xiaopeng poses for a photograph at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in Hong Kong, April 14, 2025. Photo: Sun Yeung
Electric & new energy vehicles

Xpeng steps up ‘go global’ drive with Malaysian assembly hub for Southeast Asia

The Guangzhou-based company said it would partner with Malaysia’s EP Manufacturing to locally assemble intelligent EVs.

Hong Kong

McDonald’s Hong Kong named Company of the Year at SCMP Live’s Business Awards

The restaurant chain’s CEO Randy Lai and chairman Zhang Yichen received the award from SCMP’s CEO Catherine So at an event on Friday.

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China-Japan relations

Beijing rebuffs Takaichi, Macron-Xi talks, key economic meeting

This week: China rejects Takaichi’s Taiwan climbdown, Macron visits Xi in Beijing, US deepens Taiwan ties, PBOC slams stablecoins. Next week: economic planning meeting, November trade and inflation data, Hong Kong Legco elections and more.

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Made in China 2025

Chinese EV makers accelerate robotics drive for ‘game-changing’ edge over US

Xpeng, Cherry and others expand beyond cars, with humanoid robot Iron winning praise from Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

SCMP Business Awards

Xpeng’s founder headlines SCMP Live’s 2025 Business Awards

The winners of the awards in six categories will be announced on December 12 in Hong Kong.

Made in China 2025

China’s Xpeng posts record revenue as robotaxi and humanoid ambitions take shape

JPMorgan raises Chinese electric-vehicle maker’s price target, citing long-term AI potential.

Xpeng is broadening its ambitions into advanced mobility and robotics. Photo: AFP
Robotics

The big reveal: Chinese firm cuts open its robot to prove it’s not human

China’s EV maker stuns social media after its lifelike robot performs so convincingly that many thought it was a person in a costume.

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He Xiaopeng, co-founder and chairman of Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng, launches the company’s next-gen Iron humanoid robot. Photo: AFP
Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s Xpeng touts driverless cars with Alibaba’s Amap to take on Tesla

Company promises three robotaxi models, a humanoid robot and flying cars leveraging a new vision-based AI model.

Electric & new energy vehicles

China aims to dominate the skies in the race to make flying cars the transport of the future

Xpeng subsidiary expects to start mass production next month and begin deliveries of its eVTOLs in the second half of 2026.

Electric & new energy vehicles

BYD outsells Tesla, BMW in Hong Kong’s right-hand drive EV market

Hong Kong sells fewer than 40,000 cars a year, but mainland carmakers consider it the beachhead for breaking into the global right-hand-drive market.

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A BYD showroom in Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: Jelly Tse
Electric & new energy vehicles

Xpeng launches G7 ‘Super AI’ SUV, taking on Xiaomi YU7 and Tesla Model Y

The G7, Xpeng’s first model to feature its in-house Turing AI chip, starts at 195,800 yuan (US$27,325).

Xpeng’s G7 sits next to a model of the company’s slef-developed AI chip. Photo: Weibo
China Future Tech briefing

Robotics | China’s Blade Runner moment as androids, flying cars take off

Humanoid robots are going into mass production, followed soon by flying cars, with China in a leading position in both technologies.

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