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The Tesla of China Follows Musk in AI Hardware—with More Pragmatism

He Xiaopeng, cofounder and chairman Xpeng, speaks during AI Day. Photo by Getty Images
By
Juro Osawa

A billionaire CEO of an electric car maker took the stage last week with a humanoid robot prototype and shared ambitious plans to also develop robotaxis and flying cars. 

It wasn’t Elon Musk, though.