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XPeng's own AI chip, Turing: the computer in its cars, Robotaxi and IRON robot that runs driver assistance and other AI.

Who designs and makes it

XPeng designs the Turing chip but makes no chips: its annual report says its foundry (a contract chip factory) and other suppliers make, assemble, package and test its 'processing hardware'. [1, 2]

  • The chip business stays with XPeng Group: the Dogotix robotics deal leaves out its 'integrated circuit business'.

Where it stands

Turing in XPeng's cars

In customers' cars

Since 3 Jul 2025 · over 200,000 shipped by 20 Mar 2026

  1. Research

    Design finished and sent to the chip factory (tape-out) [3, 1]

  2. Demonstration

    Shown at AI Day; XPeng says its driving software was tested on it in October [4]

  3. In customers' hands

    G7 Ultra on sale, deliverable from launch day: two chips run driver assistance [5, 6]

Turing in the Robotaxi and IRON

In the first Robotaxi and IRON builds

Robotaxi: 4 chips, first built 18 May · IRON: 3, line open 8 Sep

  1. Demonstration

    Tech Day: new IRON robot shown with three chips; Robotaxi models to carry four [7]

  2. Production

    First production Robotaxi built, with four Turing chips; a test vehicle [8]

  3. Production

    IRON production line opens; the production robot keeps three chips [9, 10]

What's ahead

2026Close to 1 million Turing chips shippedTarget

He Xiaopeng's target for the year, given on the Q4 2025 call on 20 Mar 2026, when more than 200,000 had shipped since mass production began in Q3 2025. [11]

How it got here

  1. Turing design sent to the chip factory (tape-out) [3, 1]

  2. G7 Ultra: first car on sale with Turing [5, 6]

  3. Volkswagen chooses Turing as a supplier (nomination) [7]

  4. First outside carmaker's car with Turing: VW ID. UNYX 08 [12, 13]

  5. 2026 MONA M03: the last model moved to Turing (Max, Ultra SE), XPeng says [14, 15, 16]

Explore the evidence

Full dated history

  1. On saleTuring in XPeng's cars

    XPeng MONA: more than 90% of MONA L03 orders chose the Max or Ultra SE versions, which carry one or two Turing chips; the cheapest L03 versions carry none.

    Media IT之家; Media CNMO

  2. Plan or target

    Banma, the Alibaba and SAIC car-software company, and XPeng's computing centre plan an in-car AI cockpit on one Turing chip, offered to carmakers, overseas ones included. Full item →

    Banma

  3. Production

    Volkswagen opens pre-sales of the ID. UNYX 09 and starts production. Every version has Turing as standard at 750 TOPS: one chip, by XPulse arithmetic. Full item →

    Media CnEVPost; Media ifeng

  4. In customers' handsTuring in XPeng's cars

    XOS 6.3.0 reaches owners' cars with the Master Agent assistant, putting the third (cockpit) Turing chip to work. XPeng had announced on 27 Aug that the chip was switched on, first on the G9L.

    XPeng, September deliveries · 2 Oct 2026; Media CNMO · 27 Aug 2026; Media Autohome · 27 Aug 2026

  5. On saleTuring in XPeng's cars

    The G9L goes on sale with one, two or three Turing chips by version (Max, Ultra SE, Ultra). Full item →

    XPeng, G9L launch; G9L configuration

  6. ProductionTuring in the Robotaxi and IRON

    XPeng's IRON production line opens and the first robot walks off it. XPeng said on 24 Aug that the production robot keeps three Turing chips (2,250 TOPS). Full item →

    XPeng, IRON line opens; Q2 2026 call · 24 Aug 2026

  7. Plan or target

    Q2 call: a group-level team will offer the Turing chip, VLA 2.0, the Robotaxi and humanoid robots to other companies worldwide.

    Q2 2026 call

  8. Plan or target

    Q1 call (Charles Zhang, Vice President): from the second quarter XPeng 'will start' delivering the Turing chip to Volkswagen 'at scale'.

    Q1 2026 call

  9. ProductionTuring in the Robotaxi and IRON

    XPeng's first production Robotaxi, built on the GX, comes off the line with four Turing chips (3,000 TOPS); a test vehicle, with no paid service. Full item →

    XPeng, Robotaxi production

  10. In customers' hands

    Volkswagen's ID. UNYX 08 goes on sale at RMB229,900–289,900 with XPeng's VLA 2.0 and Turing chips (1,500 TOPS).

    Media CnEVPost

  11. In customers' handsTuring in XPeng's cars

    2026 MONA M03: Max versions carry one chip (from RMB129,800), Ultra SE two (from RMB141,800), Plus none. XPeng later called it the last step in moving its line-up to Turing.

    2026 M03 configuration; Media CnEVPost; Q1 2026 call · 29 May 2026

  12. In customers' handsTuring in XPeng's cars

    He Xiaopeng: more than 200,000 Turing chips shipped since mass production began in Q3 2025.

    Media IT之家

  13. Plan or targetTuring in XPeng's cars

    He Xiaopeng's targets: close to 1 million chips shipped in 2026, and every model, Max versions included, on Turing from the second quarter.

    Media IT之家

  14. Production

    Volkswagen's ID. UNYX 08 enters series production with XPeng's VLA and Turing as standard, 1,500 TOPS: two chips, by XPulse arithmetic. Volkswagen's own release gives the 1,500 TOPS without naming the chip.

    XPeng, UNYX 08 production; Volkswagen Group China

  15. In customers' handsTuring in XPeng's cars

    The 2026 P7+, G7, G6 and G9 launch on Turing in three steps, 750 to 2,250 TOPS (one to three chips). On the 2026 G7 and G9 the extra chips are option packages: +RMB12,000 for two, +RMB20,000 for three.

    XPeng, 2026 global launch; 2026 G7 configuration; 2026 G9 configuration

  16. In customers' handsTuring in XPeng's cars

    Owners of P7 Ultra and G7 Ultra cars can book the third (cockpit) Turing chip, fitted under the front-passenger floor; it was switched on only in August 2026.

    Media CNMO

  17. Plan or target

    Tech Day: XPeng says Volkswagen has chosen Turing as a supplier (定点): a nomination, not an order with a stated volume or value.

    XPeng, Tech Day 2025

  18. DemonstrationTuring in the Robotaxi and IRON

    Tech Day: the new IRON robot is shown with three Turing chips (2,250 TOPS); Robotaxi models are to carry four (3,000 TOPS).

    XPeng, Tech Day 2025

  19. In customers' handsTuring in XPeng's cars

    The new P7: XPeng says every version carries three Turing chips, two for driving and one, beside a Qualcomm 8295P, for the cockpit. The November cockpit-chip offer also names the P7 Ultra.

    XPeng, new P7; Media CNMO · 28 Nov 2025

  20. In customers' handsTuring in XPeng's cars

    The G7 Ultra is the first car on sale with Turing, deliverable from launch day: two chips run driver assistance, and the third, for the cockpit, is to be fitted later at XPeng's service centres. The G7 Max keeps two Nvidia Orin-X chips.

    XPeng, G7 launch; G7 configuration

  21. Plan or targetTuring in XPeng's cars

    He Xiaopeng: the chip will go into cars from Q2 2025, earlier than planned; by XPeng's own measure one Turing chip does the work of three Nvidia Orin-X.

    Media Gamersky; Media CnEVPost

  22. DemonstrationTuring in XPeng's cars

    Shown at XPeng's AI Day. XPeng says its latest driving software was tested on the chip in October, and that the chip is the brain of its IRON robot.

    Media CnEVPost

  23. ResearchTuring in XPeng's cars

    Turing, XPeng's own AI chip, is taped out: the finished design goes to the chip factory to make the first chips. XPeng announced it on 27 Aug.

    XPeng, 28 Aug 2024; 20-F 2025 · 16 Apr 2026

  24. ResearchTuring in XPeng's cars

    XPeng starts building its own chip team, the financial news service CLS reported in 2024.

    Media CLS · 29 Aug 2024

Plain words
AI chip
The computer in the car that runs the driver-assistance and voice-assistant AI. XPeng's own is called Turing (图灵).
Tape-out
The finished chip design sent to the factory to make the first real chips.
TOPS
Trillions of operations a second, a measure of computing power. XPeng quotes 'effective' TOPS, its own yardstick: 750 for one Turing chip.
Supplier nomination (定点)
A carmaker choosing a supplier for its models. It is not an order with a stated volume or value.
Details & sources

Every fact is dated by the time it describes; a figure by when it was first stated. A product line shows only the steps it has reached, each dated and sourced. The step “Plan or target” (a hollow ring) records when a target was set; it never counts as progress, and what it aims for is under What's ahead, never shown as reached. Where XPeng's Chinese and English differ, the Chinese stands. What XPeng reported, what it targets, what others say and XPulse's own arithmetic are kept apart and labelled. Research as of 5 Oct 2026.

Research as of 5 Oct 2026