He Xiaopeng: The electrification of automobiles is an unstoppable major trend.

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12/07/2026
Recently, the production team of "Shixiang Yaolingnan" entered Xiaopeng Group and had a in-depth conversation with the chairman and CEO of the group, He Xiaopeng. Through the story of Xiaopeng Motors, they got a glimpse of the rapid rise and international expansion of China's new energy vehicle industry. Question: By 2025, China's production and sales of new energy vehicles have ranked first globally for 11 consecutive years. As a witness to the development of China's new energy vehicle industry, how do you view the changes in the industry? Around 2014, new energy vehicles in China only accounted for four thousandths of all vehicle sales in China. By 2025, based on the monthly sales figures of new cars, new energy vehicles already account for 60%. In the past decade, both China and the global automotive industry have experienced a rapid transition from traditional fuel cars to new energy vehicles, and the trend is very clear. Question: Do traditional fuel cars still have a future? In the coming decades, there will definitely be demand for traditional fuel cars or hybrid cars in different scenarios. However, electricity is the most suitable and transformative energy source for future vehicles. Therefore, I firmly believe that by around 2035, new energy vehicles will account for over 90% of global automotive sales. Question: Why are major car companies all rushing to develop robots? I believe that the future of cars is robotic. In the future, there will be more commercial giants entering the robot industry, and the scale of this industry may surpass that of the automotive industry by three times or even more.