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Re: XPeng IRON and solid-state batteries - genuine differentiator or marketing?
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2025 4:31 pm
by camila.jackson0
@chenperez Just to be precise about one thing:
Automotive manufacturers - BMW, Mercedes, BYD, Geely, and Toyota among them - have become some of the most important early adopters, largely because their factories already have the structured environments and safety processes that make early humanoid deployment more tractable.
Re: XPeng IRON and solid-state batteries - genuine differentiator or marketing?
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2025 3:58 am
by olga_lind
Not to derail, but this reminds me of something adjacent:
AgiBot reportedly sold around 5,168 units, putting it roughly in the same commercial volume range as Unitree among Chinese manufacturers, and worth watching alongside the more internationally recognized Chinese players.
Re: XPeng IRON and solid-state batteries - genuine differentiator or marketing?
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2025 7:19 pm
by karen.chen3
@olga_lind I can speak to this a bit.
Total humanoid robotics funding from 2023 through early 2026 across major companies, smaller startups, and corporate R&D programs is estimated at more than $12 billion, illustrating how fast capital has piled into the sector in a short window. Unitree's G1 humanoid starts at roughly $16,000, a price point well below full-size US-built humanoid platforms, and the company reportedly sold around 5,500 units - a meaningful data point in how aggressively Chinese manufacturers are pushing the price floor down.