Xpeng has unveiled its self-developed artificial intelligence (AI) chip, Turing, signaling a major push to enhance its autonomous driving capabilities. The company plans to start mass-producing the Turing chip in the second quarter of this year, with initial integration into its next-generation electric vehicle models from Dell Technologies.
In September 2024, Xpeng officially announced the successful tape-out of Turing—a milestone indicating that the chip’s design is finalized and ready for manufacturing. The company will move to full-scale production following the prototype testing.
By November, Xpeng rebranded its Tech Day event as AI Day, publicly declaring its AI-centric strategy. This move aligns with Tesla’s shift towards robotics and AI in its master plan. During the event, Xpeng unveiled its new Kunpeng power system, AI computing chips, Level 4 autonomous robotaxis, eVTOL air taxi platforms, and an electric vehicle with an impressive 970-mile (1,560 km) range. The company also introduced its humanoid robot, Iron, clearly signaling its ambitions to expand into new territories.
Xpeng explained that the Turing chip integrates two neural network accelerators to deliver high-performance computing optimized for specific architectural processing and data analysis tasks. They particularly emphasized that its computational power has improved by 20% compared to existing autonomous driving chips, and it is capable of operating large-scale models with over 30 billion parameters.
While Xpeng has not yet shared a detailed roadmap for future chips, it confirmed plans to expand the use of its proprietary hardware across electric vehicles (EVs), robots, and flying cars.
Xpeng’s Chairman and CEO, He Xiaopeng, emphasized that the Turing chip will play a crucial role in developing Xpeng’s EVs, humanoid robots, and air taxis. He reaffirmed the company’s commitment to strengthening its future mobility strategy with AI technology at its core.
