TMTPOST — XPENG Group Vice President Gu Jie said on October 28 that the solid-state battery for the company’s IRON humanoid robot has entered small-batch mass production and that the robot is currently in the pre-SOP stage. The company first announced at its 2025 Technology Day that the next-generation IRON would be the industry’s first humanoid robot to use all-solid-state batteries. XPENG plans to achieve scaled production of high-end humanoid robots by the end of 2026 and to begin deploying them in its global stores and commercial settings from 2027 for tasks such as guided sales and product explanations.