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Xpeng a prominent Chinese electric vehicle maker has announced the resignation of its vice president of autonomous driving Xinzhou Wu over personal and family reasons
Wu formerly a senior director of engineering at Qualcomm where he spent over a decade was effectively the head of Xpeng s autonomous driving business
Wu hasn t announced his next career move though widespread rumors suggest he s taking up a senior position in Nvidia's autonomous driving division
The resignation of Wu which is seen as a huge talent loss for X peng came just a week after the firm announced a promising investment from Volkswagen that will see the pair co develop electric vehicle models

Xpeng, a prominent Chinese electric vehicle maker and a competitor to Tesla, has announced the resignation of its vice president of autonomous driving, Xinzhou Wu, over personal and family reasons. [+3532 chars]

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