{"id":152781,"date":"2026-06-11T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152781"},"modified":"2026-06-11T12:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T12:00:06","slug":"from-electric-cars-to-humanoids-xpeng-boss-takes-over-robotics-unit-at-turning-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152781","title":{"rendered":"From electric cars to humanoids: Xpeng boss takes over robotics unit at \u2018turning point\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostXpeng chairman and CEO He Xiaopeng is doubling down on his vision to transform the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) giant into a \u201cphysical AI\u201d powerhouse, taking the reins of the firm\u2019s robotics arm just months before its humanoids are set for mass production.<br \/>\nIn an internal memo sent on Wednesday and seen by the South China Morning Post, He said he would personally serve as head of the robotics department.<br \/>\nCharacterising the move as a strategic pivot, He said the unit had reached \u201ca turning point&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/article\/3356777\/electric-cars-humanoids-xpeng-boss-takes-over-robotics-unit-turning-point?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostXpeng chairman and CEO He Xiaopeng is doubling down on his vision to transform the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) giant into a \u201cphysical AI\u201d&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152781"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152781\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}