Xpeng will bring its next-generation VLA 2.0 artificial intelligence driving technology to Australia from 2027, with local buyers set to be among the first outside China to receive the system. Alex Tang, Head of the International Business Centre at XPENG, confirmed the timing during a media roundtable at the company’s Guangzhou headquarters, stating, "2027 will be the first year that we roll out VLA 2.0 into the global market," and that Australia "will be the first batch of the market that we are trying to implement." The rollout centres on Xpeng’s Vision Language to Action system, a vision-led AI platform. For road cars, the key hardware change is the move to three Xpeng Turing chips in new global models, delivering a combined 2250 TOPS of compute, with that hardware required from the L03 onwards. For existing and lower-tier vehicles in China, Xpeng is developing a separate pathway using model distillation, targeting about 80 per cent capability of the larger model, with a China rollout targeted for the third quarter of 2026. Tang did not promise the same approach for overseas markets, including Australia.