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IT Home reported on July 18 that the "Power Plant" column of Jiemian News quoted an automotive industry insider as saying:Hundreds of Volkswagen engineers have moved into the Xpeng Motors headquarters in Guangzhou, which means that the technical cooperation between Volkswagen and Xiaopeng Motors has been fully upgraded. The person quoted the information from the source as saying that "the coverage of both parties is very wide and the degree of cooperation is very deep.Unprecedented。”

The above-mentioned industry insider originally released the relevant information on Weibo, but quickly deleted the blog post. "Power Plant" contacted Xiaopeng Motors about this matter, and the public relations department responded that "no comment on relevant information", butDetails on further cooperation between Volkswagen and Xpeng will be revealed next week。

IT Home sorted out the timeline of the cooperation between Volkswagen and Xiaopeng Motors as follows:

• July 2023:Volkswagen announced plans to invest $700 million in Xpeng Motors. The two parties will jointly develop two new models based on their respective core competencies and Xpeng Motors' G9 platform, smart cockpit, and advanced driver assistance system software. B-Class Pure Electric Vehicleand sold in the Chinese market under the Volkswagen brand.

• February 2024:Xpeng Motors announced that it has signed a strategic technology cooperation and joint development agreement with Volkswagen Group and established a joint procurement plan. The signing of the joint development agreement will not only accelerate the joint research and development of two B-class pure electric vehicles, but also lay a solid foundation for a broader and deeper strategic cooperation between the two parties.

• April 2024:Xpeng Motors and Volkswagen issued a joint statement that the two parties will sign the latest strategic cooperation framework agreement on electronic and electrical architecture technology.The latest generation of EEA architectureJointly develop a new electronic and electrical architecture platform, which is expected to From 2026Applied to Volkswagen brand electric vehicles produced in China.