Recent events
Recent events tied to this brand in public sources.
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2022
XPeng announces vehicle price increases
XPeng announced that it was increasing product prices by RMB 10,100 to RMB 20,000, citing substantial increases in raw-material prices.
2022
Xpeng responds to customer’s alleged braking failure claim
Xpeng said its analysis found the vehicle was accelerating at full throttle when the accident occurred, and that police found no brake marks at the scene. The customer did not accept the analysis and disputed possible abnormal acceleration, brake failure and driver-assistance failure. Xpeng said it could not conclude that the vehicle had a quality problem and offered to cooperate in arranging a qualified third-party inspection of the braking system.
2022
Zhixin Electronics completes strategic financing from XPeng
Zhixin Electronics said it recently completed strategic financing provided exclusively by XPeng. The financing will be used for market development, research and development, operating funds, and talent recruitment.
2022
XPENG partners with Bilia for retail and service in Sweden
XPENG reached an agency retail collaboration agreement with Bilia in Sweden. XPENG products would be available through Bilia stores and serviced at its service centers, initially in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö.
2022
XPENG opens its first self-operated international retail store in Sweden
XPENG opened its retail experience store in Sweden, which the article described as its first self-operated retail store in the international market. The source says it opened “this week” but does not give a calendar day.
2022
Xpeng enters retail partnerships in the Netherlands and Sweden
Xpeng said it had entered strategic partnerships with Emil Frey Nederland in the Netherlands and Bilia in Sweden to self-operate experiential retail stores in Europe.
2022
XPeng completes an in-car voice assistant upgrade using Microsoft Azure
Microsoft announced that XPeng had completed an upgrade to its in-car voice assistant, “小P,” supported by Microsoft Azure neural-network text-to-speech technology. The upgraded assistant was available to XPeng P7 buyers in China through an over-the-air update.
2022
XPeng makes the Xiao P voice assistant upgrade available for P7 owners
XPeng P7 users in China can upgrade via OTA to the new Xiao P voice assistant, which is supported by Microsoft's Azure-based deep neural network text-to-speech technology.
2022
Dynacare and XPeng enter strategic cooperation
Dynacare and XPeng signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement to develop retail business and jointly develop and launch the XPLORE pocket shaver.
2022
Microsoft and XPeng announce collaboration on in-car voice technology
Microsoft China announced a collaboration with XPeng, whose vehicle-grade voice assistant technology uses Microsoft Azure-based deep neural network text-to-speech support.
2021
Shanghai Xiaopeng Motors Sales fined over facial-data collection
Shanghai market regulators fined Shanghai Xiaopeng Motors Sales RMB 100,000 and ordered it to correct violations after the company collected consumers’ facial-recognition data without their consent or notice. Xiaopeng Motors apologized and said the incident resulted from mistakenly purchasing and using a supplier’s product that violated relevant laws.
2021
XPeng apologizes for facial data collection at Shanghai sales shops
XPeng apologized after reports that its Shanghai sales shops collected consumers’ facial recognition data without consent. The company said the data collection devices had been removed and the data collected by a third-party software supplier had been deleted; it also said it had never leaked or illegally used consumers’ personal information.
2021
Shanghai Xpeng sales company fined over facial-image collection
Shanghai Xpeng Automobile Sales Service Co. was fined 100,000 yuan by the Xuhui District Market Supervision Administration. The stated grounds were that it installed 22 facial-recognition cameras in its stores and collected and uploaded 431,623 face images from January through June.
2021
XPeng launches X-SERVICE and X-CERTIFIED service systems
At the Guangzhou Auto Show, XPeng announced two new service-system brands: X-SERVICE, an online and mobile customer service offering, and X-CERTIFIED, an official used-car trading service. X-SERVICE had started in 23 cities; the article says X-CERTIFIED would later open its assessment system to all XPeng users.
2021
Qualcomm Technologies and XPeng announce strategic partnership
Qualcomm Technologies and XPeng announced a strategic partnership and signed a memorandum of understanding to promote adoption of the Snapdragon automotive digital cockpit platform across XPeng vehicle models and future models.
2021
XPeng unveils sixth-generation flying car
At its annual technology day, XPeng unveiled XPeng AeroHT’s sixth-generation flying car and said its target was to achieve mass production in 2024 while keeping the price below 1 million yuan. The mass-production target is a plan, not a reported completion.
2021
XPeng unveils next-generation flying car design
XPeng unveiled the design of a new-generation vehicle that can drive and fly, and said it would be officially launched in 2024.
2021
Xiaopeng HT Aero completes Series A funding
Xiaopeng HT Aero announced that it had completed a Series A financing of more than US$500 million, led by IDG Capital, 5Y Capital, and XPeng Motors.
2021
Xpeng updates the G3 as the G3i
Xpeng launched a revised version of its G3 electric SUV in China under the model designation G3i, with a refreshed exterior design and optimized intelligent functions.
2021
XPeng debuts on the Hong Kong stock exchange
XPeng shares debuted on the Hong Kong stock exchange on Wednesday. The company raised HK$14 billion in its IPO ahead of the start of trading.