Xpeng and Volkswagen expand their partnership in China
The two parties have now signed a memorandum of understanding, giving each other access to their respective charging networks. According to Xpeng, the Chinese EV maker and Volkswagen together operate more than 20,000 EV chargers in 420 cities in China. These will now be available to customers of Xpeng and Volkswagen Group China.
According to the MOU, the carmaker will also look into setting up co-branded fast-chargers in the country. However, these plans are not yet more concrete. Xpeng just signed a cooperation agreement with Xiaomi, giving the latter access to its chargers. At the time, Chinese media reported that Xpeng has about 9,000 EV chargers in China.
The charging network agreement “marks the fourth milestone in the long-term strategic partnership between Xpeng and Volkswagen Group,” the Chinese carmaker writes in its press release. The two manufacturers have been working together since early 2024 and announced in July that Xpeng’s E/E Architecture (now referred to as CEA, the ‘China Electronic Architecture’) would be integrated into VW electric cars based on the China Main Platform (CMP) – in at least four models from 2026.
Moreover, VW will launch two electric mid-range models in 2026, developed jointly with Xpeng as part of that agreement.
Volkswagen and Xpeng have been officially working together since February. At the time, VW also published the first teaser image of the jointly-developed electric SUV. The German carmaker also invested 700 million dollars in its new Chinese partner.
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