On October 9th, Xiaopeng Motors' autonomous driving center released an internal letter stating that Li Liyun will no longer serve as the head of the autonomous driving center, and Xianming Liu, the head of the world base model, will take over the position. It is reported that Li Liyun is still employed at present.
In March 2024, Liu Xianming joined Xiaopeng Motors as the head of the Xiaopeng AI team. In June of this year, he appeared as the head of the Xiaopeng World Base Model and reported directly to Xiaopeng Motors Chairman and CEO He Xiaopeng before this personnel change. According to sources close to Xiaopeng Motors, He Xiaopeng has recently had frequent in-depth discussions with Liu Xianming on autonomous driving models. Another insider said that Liu Xianming's previous AI research at Xiaopeng has been providing necessary software support for both chip and embodied teams.
This adjustment is another personnel shock in Xiaopeng's autonomous driving department since August 2023. At that time, Wu Xinzhou, Vice President of Autonomous Driving at Xiaopeng Motors, resigned and joined Nvidia. The head of Xiaopeng Autonomous Driving was replaced by Li Liyun, who was then in charge of the planning and control department.
