Ngokusho kolwazi olutholwe yi-《21 汽车 · 一见 Auto》 emithonjeni eminingi ezimele, uChen Yonghai, owayeyiphini likamongameli wezomkhiqizo kwa-Xpeng Group, usejoyine iZhongqing Robotics njengoMongameli Wezokusebenza, ebika kuSihlalo kanye no-CEO uZhao Tongyang.
Umbiko uthe umuntu onolwazi ngalolu daba uveze ukuthi uChen Yonghai ushiye iXpeng Group ngoJanuwari kulo nyaka, ngemuva kwalokho umsunguli weZhongqing uZhao Tongyang wammema ukuba ajoyine le nkampani. Omunye umuntu onolwazi uveze ukuthi nezinye izinkampani zamarobhothi zazike zamema uChen Yonghai. Ngemuva kokushiya iXpeng Group, uChen Yonghai wake wacabanga ukuqala yena ibhizinisi lamarobhothi, kodwa manje ukhethe ukujoyina iZhongqing.
IZhongqing yasungulwa nguZhao Tongyang engxenyeni yesibili ka-2023. Ngaphambi kwalokho, uZhao Tongyang wayesungule iPengxing Intelligent (Xpeng Pengxing) ngokubambisana neXpeng Group futhi waba ngumphathi jikelele. Ngomhla ka-9 ku-April kulo nyaka, iZhongqing yamemezela ukuthi iqede uxhaso lwezimali luka-Series B olungama-USD 200 million (Qaphela: ngenani lokushintshisana lamanje, cishe ama-yuan ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1.352), futhi inani lenkampani ladlula ama-yuan ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-10.
NgoJanuwari kulo nyaka, kwabikwa ukuthi uChen Yonghai, iphini likamongameli wesikhungo sezomkhiqizo kwa-Xpeng, wayeshiye inkampani ngoDisemba 2025, kanti isikhundla sakhe sasizothathwa okwesikhashana nguWang Fengying, umongameli. UChen Yonghai noHe Xiaopeng, uSihlalo weXpeng, bazana iminyaka engu-15. Wajoyina i-UC eyasungulwa nguHe Xiaopeng ngo-2010, waba yinhloko yomkhiqizo futhi waba nesibopho sokuhlela nokuklama imikhiqizo eminingi, okuhlanganisa ideskithophu ye-UC. Ngo-2014, i-UC yathengwa yi-Alibaba yahlanganiswa ne-Gaode Map. UChen Yonghai wabe eshiya i-UC, wajoyina i-360 isikhashana, kwathi ngokumenywa ngu-Yu Yongfu, owayeyi-CEO ye-UC, wajoyina i-Gaode, waba umuntu obephethe umsebenzi womkhiqizo we-Gaode Map ngokugcwele.
NgoJanuwari 2022, uChen Yonghai wajoyina iXpeng Motors. Ngaleso sikhathi, uJi Yu, iphini likamongameli wesikhungo se-inthanethi kwa-Xpeng, wahlela ukushiya inkampani, kwathi uChen Yonghai wathatha isikhundla sakhe sokuphatha lesi sikhungo. Ngawo lowo nyaka, iXpeng G9 yehluleka emakethe, ngakho iXpeng yalungisa kabusha ukuhlelwa kwemikhiqizo, uChen Yonghai wabe esedlulisela ukunaka kwakhe ekuphatheni isikhungo sezomkhiqizo.