<p><img src="https://hawk-oss.hawkinsight.com//picture//202405/1077001737_151.jpg" style="width: 100%;">The CEO of Xiaopeng Motors personally delivered the Xiaopeng X9 MPV to Li Bin of Weilai Motors during his visit to Volkswagen Anhui and Weilai Hefei。(On May 11, He Xiaopeng (left), Chairman and CEO of Xiaopeng Automobile, delivered the X9 MPV to Li Bin (right), founder, Chairman and CEO of Weilai Automobile, in Hefei, Anhui Province.。Photo source: Xiaopeng Motors) < / p > Li Bin, founder, chairman and CEO of NIO (NYSE: NIO), bought Xiaopeng Motors (NYSE: XPEV) X9 MPV (multi-purpose vehicle), a rare vehicle choice for competitors。According to the information shared by Xiaopeng Motors, on May 11, Xiaopeng Motors Chairman and CEO He Xiaopeng personally delivered a silver Xiaopeng X9 to Li Keqiang in Hefei, Anhui Province, which was the first time that the CEO of Weilai Motors bought a car of another brand in eight years.。Xiaopeng Weibo。|Join our Telegram to receive news immediately. The X9, which went on sale on January 1, is the flagship model of Xiaopeng Automotive SEPA (Intelligent Electric Platform Architect) ure) 2.0 Schema。The 7-seater MPV starts at 359,800 yuan ($49,800), the highest price to date for Xiaopeng, and begins delivery on January 16.。According to data compiled by CnEVPost, Xiaopeng Motors sold 31,214 vehicles in January-April, of which X9 sales were 9,831, accounting for 31.5%。In December last year, in the first endurance challenge of the Weilai 150 kWh semi-solid-state battery pack, Li Shufu said in a phone call to Mr. He of Xiaopeng Motors that once the Xiaopeng X9 is on the market, he will buy it。Lee joked at the time that he hoped Xiaopeng would give him a discount。Mr. Ho responded that he would give Mr. Li a 50% discount, but the discount would come from his own pocket, not from Xiaopeng Motors。Up to now, NIO's product line only includes cars and SUVs (sports utility vehicles), excluding MPVs。NIO management said in November last year that the company would not launch a technology based on the current NIO 2.0 (NT 2.0) of the MPV) platform, but plans on the company's third-generation NT 3.0 MPV launched on the platform。Sir。According to his microblog, on May 11, he visited Volkswagen Anhui Company and Weilai Automobile in Hefei and handed the vehicle to Li。During a visit to Hefei's Weilai Home, the CEO of Xiaopeng Automobile joked that Weilai already has more than 2,400 exchange stations, and when that number reaches 5,000-6,000, Xiaopeng may really consider joining the system。At present, GAC Group, Lotus Technology, Jianghuai Automobile, Chery Automobile, Geely Holdings, Changan Automobile, etc. have announced power exchange cooperation with Weilai Automobile.。Sir。He visited Volkswagen's factory in Anhui province on May 11.。On July 26, 2023, Volkswagen announced that it would invest about $700 million to acquire Xiaopeng Motors about 4.99% stake, the two companies plan to jointly develop two Volkswagen-branded electric models for the Chinese mid-size car market。Xiaopeng Automotive CEO said he had inspected our company's factories, including Volkswagen's, but it was the first time he had visited a Volkswagen factory so close.。Sir。After his trip to Hefei, he and Mr. Wei Lai took the same high-speed train to Shanghai.。($1 = RMB 7.2268)</p>