XPeng Launches China's First Production Pure-Vision Robotaxi – L4 GX to Begin Guangzhou Trial in Late 2026

On May 18, XPeng officially rolled out the first mass-produced Robotaxi based on its flagship GX SUV at its Guangzhou factory, marking China‘s first fully self-developed, production-grade L4 autonomous taxi. Trial operations in Guangzhou are set to begin in late 2026, with the goal of fully driverless operation by early 2027.

The Robotaxi adopts a pure-vision approach, rejecting both LiDAR and HD maps. Powered by XPeng’s second-generation VLA world model and four self-developed Turing AI chips, the vehicle delivers 3,000 TOPS of computing power. The system removes the language translation layer from the conventional "vision-language-action" pipeline, reducing response latency to under 80 milliseconds and enabling cross-city deployment without HD map dependency.

The vehicle also features six-fold redundant safety architecture covering computing, steering, braking and power supply, with failover capabilities within 100 milliseconds. Its LiDAR-free strategy is justified by superior algorithmic generalization and cost control, though real-world reliability in low-light and adverse weather remains unproven. By comparison, Baidu's Apollo Go has already launched fully driverless commercial operations in Dubai and is expanding to London, making robotaxi a new global technology frontier.

The Robotaxi shares the production line with the standard GX SUV, a full-size six‑seater offering both 430 kW BEV (750 km CLTC) and EREV (1,585 km total range) variants, priced from 399,800 RMB. For Hong Kong buyers, a right-hand-drive version has not yet been confirmed. If homologated under the "One-for-One Replacement" EV tax scheme, the on-road price would be approximately HK$440,000–500,000.