XPENG qualifies for Level 4 robotaxi demonstration operations in Guangzhou

XPENG said its Guangzhou qualification lets it test Level 4 robotaxi operations, with passenger access expanding gradually through invitation codes.

XPENG said on October 26 that it received Guangzhou’s qualification to conduct Level 4 robotaxi demonstration operations. The company says the qualification extends across the city. Passenger access will expand gradually through invitation codes during the initial phase, so the geographic scope of the qualification and the availability of rides are separate facts. [XPENG qualification announcement](https://www.xpeng.com/pressroom/news/01a1780feba5a12024aa8a02829e04fd)

Demonstration operations test the whole service

XPENG rolled its first mass-produced robotaxi off the line in Guangzhou in May. The latest milestone concerns operating the vehicles in a mobility service setting. XPENG says the demonstration will help it test how the service handles orders, dispatches vehicles, picks up passengers and deals with exceptions. Those tasks can determine whether a journey works even when the driving system itself behaves as intended. A rider might be at the wrong entrance, or a pickup point may be temporarily unavailable. Fleet operations have to resolve the disruption and tell the passenger what to do next. [May vehicle announcement](https://www.xpeng.com/news/019e3ad2f9789dd703de8a0282290180) · [October qualification announcement](https://www.xpeng.com/pressroom/news/01a1780feba5a12024aa8a02829e04fd)

The vehicle uses XPENG’s VLA 2.0 model and four of its Turing AI chips, according to the company. XPENG is testing how far it can reuse technology developed for its smart vehicles as it expands into robotaxis. A common platform can help spread engineering work across products. It does not determine the conditions under which any particular service can operate. The announcement does not provide a comparative safety result or detailed operating data for the demonstration. [XPENG qualification announcement](https://www.xpeng.com/pressroom/news/01a1780feba5a12024aa8a02829e04fd)

What to watch as access broadens

XPENG says it plans to supply vehicles, software and AI to mobility partners and is in discussions with several European platforms. That is a stated business strategy. Guangzhou gives the company a place to collect evidence about the service it is proposing to partners. The useful milestones are how access changes, where rides are actually available, how the fleet resolves interrupted trips and whether published performance measures describe the operating conditions behind them. [XPENG qualification announcement](https://www.xpeng.com/pressroom/news/01a1780feba5a12024aa8a02829e04fd)