XPENG & Volkswagen Group to Jointly Build Super-Fast Charging Network in China

XPeng Inc., a Chinese smart electric vehicle (EV) company, and the Volkswagen Group China have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for strategic collaboration on super-fast charging networks in China. The two companies plan to jointly build one of the largest super-fast charging networks in the country.

Through this strategic collaboration, more than 20,000 charging piles operated by both companies, spanning 420 cities in China, will be made available to customers of both XPENG and Volkswagen Group China.

The collaboreation will combine the technological advantages in high-power liquid-cooled super-fast charging as well as the broad and complementary coverage of both parties in China.

The collaboration will also extend to future possibility of building co-branded super-fast charging stations in China, to further accelerate the charging network expansion and improve operation efficiency.

In a press release Xpeng states: 'This strategic collaboration marks the fourth milestone in the long-term strategic partnership between XPENG and Volkswagen Group. Both parties plan to explore further strategic collaboration opportunities, broadening technology collaborations, and strengthening the win-win strategic partnership'.

Xpeng's headquarter is located in Guangzhou.

It has established research and development centres in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Zhaoqing, Yangzhou and other places, and has also laid out intelligent manufacturing bases in Zhaoqing and Guangzhou.