Chinese EV maker Xpeng and Volkswagen have announced they have established project houses for engineers to accelerate the development process of their new EV architecture, dubbed the ‘E/E Architecture’ collaboration.
They will be located in Guangzhou and Hefei, China, where engineers from both firms will work together for all locally produced vehicles based on Volkswagen’s China Main Platform (CMP) and Modular Electric Drive Matrix (MEB) platform.
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Ralf Brandstätter, Member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG for China, said: “For us at Volkswagen, this project is also the next milestone in the consistent implementation of our “in China for China” strategy – with a clear focus on Chinese customers and technological innovations.”
He added that from 2026, all all-electric vehicles of the Volkswagen brand in China will be equipped with this “very powerful and efficient architecture.”
Xiaopeng He, Chairman and CEO of Xpeng added: “The E/E Architecture collaboration marks the third major milestone we achieved within a year in our long-term strategic partnership with Volkswagen Group.”
Last year Volkwagen bought 4.99% of XPeng for around $700 million, forming a partnership with plans to jointly launch two Volkswagen-branded EV models by 2026.
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