But the expectations underscored the company’s growing ambition to position itself as a rival to Tesla, with offerings ranging from fully autonomous electric vehicles to flying cars and—yes—human-form robots. “The most significant current use of Xpeng’s AI is autonomous driving … and we are actually one of the top two [autonomous driving brands] globally, together with Tesla.” Xpeng’s European headquarters are in Amsterdam and it also has an office in London. Austrian car contract manufacturer Magna Steyr has been assembling two electric Xpeng SUV models since September at the same site where it makes the Mercedes-Benz G-class cars. Xpeng said it was the bestselling Chinese brand in Norway from January to June this year, but did not publicize any sales figures.