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Xpeng is targeting monthly production capacity of more than 1,000 IRON humanoid robots by end of 2026, with deployment as showroom sales assistants in China in Q1 2027 and international expansion later that year, backed by a 110,000 square-meter production base under construction in Guangzhou.
Mitsubishi Motors and University of Tokyo spinout Highlanders have signed an MOU to jointly develop humanoid robots for Mitsubishi’s manufacturing facilities and explore mass production at the Kyoto Plant, with production feasibility being examined for early 2027 – the first such collaboration between an automaker and a humanoid robot developer involving mass production.
Xpeng CEO He Xiaopeng has assumed direct leadership of the company’s robotics business, effective immediately, as the EV maker targets mass production of its IRON humanoid robot by the end of 2026 and commercial customer delivery from 2027.
XPENG Chairman He Xiaopeng predicts 2027 will mark the commercialization of mass-produced humanoid robots, as the company convenes a 1,000-person production mobilization meeting and targets mass production by end of…