Xpeng has announced the official rollout of its first mass-produced robotaxi in Guangzhou. This, it says, marks the first time in China that an automaker has achieved mass production of a robotaxi through full-stack, in-house development.
The newly unveiled robotaxi, built on the Xpeng GX platform, is a production-ready, pre-assembled robotaxi model developed entirely with in-house technologies and engineered to L4 autonomous driving standards, the company says.
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In January of this year, the Xpeng robotaxi secured a road-testing permit for intelligent connected vehicles in Guangzhou, formally entering the phase of routine L4 public road testing. In March, the company established its robotaxi business unit to oversee product definition, R&D testing, and operations, thereby accelerating the commercialisation roadmap.
Xpeng’s robotaxi operates without LiDAR or high-definition maps. Instead, it adopts a pure vision solution, with decision-making driven by the VLA 2.0 end-to-end large model. The model, it says, eliminates the language-translation step inherent in traditional “Vision-Language-Action” three-stage architectures, compressing system response latency to under 80 milliseconds. It also offers ‘enhanced urban generalisation capabilities, supporting cross-city and even cross-border deployment’, Xpeng claims.
The mass-produced Xpeng robotaxi is equipped with ‘practical intelligent cabin configurations’ including privacy glass, comfort gravity seats and rear in-car entertainment screens. Passengers can enjoy multimedia entertainment and adjust in-car settings via built-in voice assistant during rides.
Xpeng plans to initiate pilot robotaxi operations in the second half of this year to validate technical viability, user acceptance, and the complete business model. The company aims to achieve fully autonomous operations without on-site safety officer by early 2027. On the ecosystem front, Xpeng will open its Robotaxi SDK, with Amap becoming its first global ecosystem partner.
The robotaxi sector is currently at a critical inflection point, transitioning from technical validation to large-scale commercialisation.
As a full-stack automaker with in-house capabilities spanning software, chips, and complete vehicles, Xpeng says it is positioned to move directly to scaled delivery upon completion of technical validation, thereby shortening the cycle from R&D to commercial operations.
As one of the flagship products of Xpeng’s physical AI ecosystem, this mass-produced robotaxi shares the same VLA 2.0 large model foundation as the humanoid robot IRON and the flying car. The rollout, Xpeng says, represents a pivotal step forward in Xpeng’s journey from physical AI research and development to large-scale deployment.
