XPENG Targets 2027 for Global Delivery of VLA 2.0 Intelligent Driving System, Starts Public Road Testing
XPENG announced its VLA 2.0 intelligent driving system will begin global deliveries in 2027, with Volkswagen as the first customer, and public road testing has already started.
2027
23%
2,250 TOPS per chip
What Happened
XPENG Motors announced that its VLA 2.0 intelligent driving system has begun public road testing on a robotaxi, with trial operations scheduled for later this year. Global deliveries of VLA 2.0 are planned for 2027, and Volkswagen will be the first customer for the system in China. VLA 2.0 integrates perception, reasoning, and action into a single AI foundation model, reducing dependence on HD maps and rule-based systems.
Public road testing begins on robotaxi equipped with VLA 2.0
Trial operations of VLA 2.0 robotaxi scheduled to commence
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23%
Measured during Guangzhou evening rush hour, exceeding traditional L2 systems and comparable to experienced human drivers.
“XPENG's VLA 2.0 is the first version designed to achieve full autonomous driving and will iterate at an unprecedented pace. We believe that full autonomy will arrive within the next one to three years, making autonomous driving a natural part of people's daily travel.”
Why this matters
This marks a step toward full autonomous driving, as the system integrates perception and action in a unified AI model, aiming to reduce reliance on HD maps and improve driving efficiency by 23%.
Terms in This Story
- VLA
- Vision-Language-Action: an AI model that integrates perception, reasoning, and action for autonomous driving.
- TOPS
- Trillions of Operations Per Second, a measure of computing performance for AI chips.
- HD map
- High-definition map used by autonomous vehicles for precise localization and navigation.
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