XPENG unveils major applications at 2025 AI Day

Under the theme of "Emergence", the XPENG AI Day was successfully held at the XPENG Science Park in Guangzhou, where the brand unveiled four important applications centred around "Physical AI", including the XPENG VLA 2.0, XPENG Robotaxi, XPENG Next-Gen Iron, and two sets of flying systems from Aridge.

Based on nearly a decade of technological accumulation, XPENG has built a full-stack self-developed Physical AI system that covers multiple fields such as chips, operating systems (large models), and intelligent hardware. The construction of this system will provide a technological foundation for XPENG's implementation in embodied intelligent carriers such as AI cars, Robotaxis, humanoid robots, and flying cars.

He Xiaopeng, chairman and CEO of XPENG, stressed that the rise of the AI wave has sparked a brand-new revolution in the digital world

XPENG has also officially launched the VLA 2.0, its first mass-produced physical world large model. It acts as both an action generative model and a physical world model for understanding and prediction. The VLA 2.0 can also perform self-evolving learning while understanding the interaction laws of the real world. This model can be cross-domain driven and applied to AI cars, humanoid robots, and flying cars simultaneously.

Based on the VLA 2.0, XPENG has also released the "Narrow Road NGP" function, significantly enhancing intelligent driving performance in complex narrow roads and mixed-traffic environments. And by the end of December 2025, XPENG has said that it will invite pioneer users to co-create and experience the VLA 2.0, and in Q1 2026, it will fully roll out the VLA 2.0 to XPENG Ultra models.

In addition, at the event, XPENG also presented a clear physical AI future mobility map to the outside world with three embodied intelligent products, namely the Robotaxi, humanoid robots, and flying cars.

The XPENG Robotaxi is set to be China's first full-stack, self-developed, and mass-produced Robotaxi

Currently, the Robotaxi industry has not yet entered the stage of large-scale popularisation, and pain points such as high retrofit costs, small fleet size, limited operating scope, and numerous ride-hailing restrictions urgently need to be addressed. To this end, XPENG will launch three Robotaxi models in 2026 and will also initiate the trial operation of Robotaxi.

The humanoid robot, titled XPENG Next-Gen Iron, also made its debut at the event, showcasing its humanoid spine, bionic muscles, and fully covered flexible skin. With 82 degrees of freedom throughout the body, its movements are natural, smooth, and flexible, capable of achieving, catwalk walking and other high-difficulty human-like actions; it uses the industry's smallest "harmonic joint" to achieve 1:1 hand size.

XPENG also said that although the current development of humanoid robots face several major challenges, it aims to achieve large-scale mass production of high-level humanoid robots by the end of 2026.

The XPENG Next-Gen Iron has achieved "ultra-realistic anthropomorphism" in both appearance and thinking interaction

And in the "airspace" extension of embodied intelligence, XPENG Aridge (formerly AEROHT) is building two flight systems for low-altitude travel, namely the "Land Aircraft Carrier" for individual short-haul flights experience and the full tiltrotor hybrid flying car "A868" for multi-passenger long-haul travel, thus inaugurating a new era of three-dimensional low-altitude travel.

As flying cars gradually move towards commercial application, low-altitude travel scenarios are constantly expanding. To accelerate the implementation of this trend, Aridge has said that it will join hands with the Dunhuang Municipal Government to launch the first low-altitude, self-driving tourism route in Northwest China in 2026.