Xpeng CEO said the company expects to see the industrial park bring in 80 to 100 companies from the supply chain in the next 2 to 3 years.

The project started on March 28, 2021 and took 6 months to complete the topping out of the 500,000 square meter plant and saw the first equipment installed on site within 8 months.

Ten months after the project began, the first battery pack samples rolled off the production line and production started 14 months after the start of construction, a press release from the Zhaoqing government said.

Based on the two projects, Xpeng as well as CATL, the Zhaoqing municipal government has planned the construction of the 45-square-kilometer Dawang New Energy Intelligent Vehicle Industrial City, which will be turned into a national-level new energy intelligent vehicle industrial city, according to the press release.