IRON is the automotive-OEM entry in DEPLOY's Chinese humanoid sub-cohort: a carmaker building a humanoid, the cross-OEM mirror of Tesla Optimus. It anchors the 'EV maker pivots to humanoids' angle within the geographic Chinese-vs-Western axis.
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DEPLOY records it at research maturity (a ~175cm, 70kg platform) from XPeng, with no verified deployments.
Price
No reviewed price is on record. We do not treat unverified analyst estimates as pricing data. There is no consumer price. IRON is a research platform from an automotive OEM, not a product sold to consumers, so DEPLOY records zero price points.
Availability
Internal use only
IRON is a research platform from the Chinese EV maker XPeng, not a consumer product. DEPLOY records research maturity with no verified deployments.
Real-world status
XPeng's IRON is a roughly 175-centimeter, 70-kilogram research humanoid and an automotive-OEM entrant into humanoids, the cross-OEM positioning that parallels Tesla Optimus emerging from a carmaker. DEPLOY records it at research maturity with no verified deployments. XPeng has shown IRON in staged demonstrations and stated consumer and industrial intentions, but the verification posture is demonstration, not verified autonomous deployment or commercial sale.
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Verification-posture honesty: XPeng has shown IRON in staged demonstrations and stated consumer/industrial intentions, but the verification posture is demonstration, not verified autonomous deployment or commercial sale. Cap-flag aggregator 'autonomous'/'shipping' framing.
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There is no consumer price. IRON is a research platform, so DEPLOY records zero price points.
Carmaker + Chinese humanoids: IRON vs Optimus vs H2
XPeng IRON
Tesla Optimus
Unitree H2
Maker type
EV OEM (China)
🟢verified
EV OEM (US)
🟢verified
Robotics (China)
🟢verified
Maturity
Research
🟢verified
Research/pilot
🟢verified
Commercial (for-sale)
🟢verified
Pricing
No consumer price
⊘absence
$20-30K (stated)
🟡stated
$29,900 (published)
🟢verified
Verification posture
Demonstration
🟠claimed
Demonstration
🟠claimed
Teleoperated demos
🟠claimed
Origin
China
🟢verified
US
🟢verified
China
🟢verified
Sources: DEPLOY registry, XPeng, Tesla, Unitree
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I buy an XPeng IRON?
No⊘absence. It is a research platform, not a consumer product; there is no consumer price.
Is XPeng IRON deployed or autonomous?
No🟠claimed. XPeng has shown staged demonstrations and stated intentions, but DEPLOY records research maturity with no verified deployments.
Why is a carmaker building a humanoid?
XPeng is an EV OEM entering humanoids🟢verified, the cross-OEM positioning that parallels Tesla Optimus from a carmaker.
Who makes IRON?
XPeng🟢verified, the Chinese electric-vehicle maker.
How does IRON compare in the cohort?
It is a research demonstration platform🟢verified; the Unitree H2 is the priced commercial Chinese entry, and Tesla Optimus is the Western carmaker counterpart.
Pricing and availability are tagged verified or claimed against primary sources. Manufacturer targets are reported as targets, not prices you can pay today.