Charles Zhang

Vice President of Corporate Finance and BW Projects, Xpeng

Search every verified Charles Zhang interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In September 2023, Charles Zhang discussed the launch of Xpeng's city-level Navigation Guided Pilot (NGP), which he described as capable of handling complex urban driving scenarios. He stated that this launch, combined with the company's existing highway NGP and valet parking assist, brought Xpeng "one step closer to the full autonomy." Regarding U.S. restrictions on AI chip exports to China, Zhang said the export license requirement applied to chips used for deep learning training on the server and cloud side, not to chips used in the vehicles themselves. He stated that Xpeng had built a private cloud with Alibaba Cloud for deep learning training and that its computing power needs for the next two to three years were "basically secured." Zhang also noted that Xpeng had a long-term partnership with Nvidia and was launching the G9 model equipped with Nvidia's chip.