Xpeng Targets 2026 Mass Production of Humanoid Robots With New Manufacturing Base

At the Guangzhou High-Quality Development Conference, Xpeng’s humanoid robot full-chain mass production base was officially submitted as a key district-level project.

Construction has begun at the Guangtang Sci-Tech Innovation City Embodied Intelligence Industrial Park, where Xpeng signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with the Tianhe District government. The park will cover approximately 110,000 square meters and be built to high industrial standards, including upgraded power supply, load-bearing capacity and ceiling height specifications. Phase one will focus on high-standard robotic manufacturing facilities.

Xpeng has been investing in robotics for seven years, evolving from early quadruped prototypes to humanoid designs. At its 2025 Tech Day, the company unveiled its latest humanoid robot, IRON, equipped with three Turing AI chips delivering 2,250 TOPS of total computing power. The system integrates Xpeng’s second-generation VLA large model and combines VLT, VLA and VLM capabilities to enable dialogue, locomotion and complex interaction.

The humanoid robotics sector currently faces dual challenges: insufficient training data and the difficulty of scaling manufacturing. Xpeng Chairman He Xiaopeng stated that by the end of 2026, the company aims to become the first globally to achieve scaled mass production of advanced humanoid robots. Leveraging its vertically integrated capabilities in chips, systems, control and manufacturing—derived from its smart vehicle operations—Xpeng sees the new base as a critical step toward industrial-scale deployment.

Source：Xpeng