It is reported that Xiaopeng plans to develop its own battery, and the former BMW battery talent is in charge.

Thank you, Mr. Air, a netizen of CTOnews.com, for your clue delivery! CTOnews.com November 28 news, according to 36 krypton reports, learned from a number of industry insiders, after Ulai, another new car company member Xiaopeng Motor will also be on the agenda to develop their own batteries.

Xiaopeng has recruited Zhong Liang, a former BMW senior battery engineer, to take charge of the battery business, according to the report. The latter has been a senior director of battery technology in Xiaopeng for more than half a year. Before BMW, Zhong Liang worked for SK, a well-known South Korean battery company, which also has a partnership with Xiaopeng Motor.

Sources said that Xiaopeng's battery research and development team has about 100 people, and the initial landing period of its self-developed battery is about 5 years. CTOnews.com learned that Li Bin, CEO of Xilai, announced at the beginning of the year the formation of a 400-person battery team that plans to carry homemade batteries on the Alpine brand to be delivered in 2024.

It is worth mentioning that Xiaopeng Automobile recently established Guangzhou Pengbo Automotive Technology Company, with a registered capital of 5 billion yuan, including battery manufacturing, battery parts production and motor manufacturing. As for the establishment of the entity company, Xiaopeng said: it has nothing to do with homemade batteries.

It is reported that in addition to Weilai and Xiaopeng, GAC, Great Wall and Geely all have plans for homemade batteries. Honeycomb batteries hatched by the Great Wall will soon be launched on IPO, and GAC announced in August this year that it will invest 10.9 billion yuan to build a battery manufacturing line.