Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
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August 7, 2020
VIA EDGAR
Office of Manufacturing
Division of Corporation Finance
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Mail Stop 4561
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: | Mr. John Cash, Accounting Branch Chief |
Mr. Kevin Stertzel, Senior Staff Accountant
Mr. Jay Ingram, Legal Branch Chief
Mr. Geoff Kruczek, Attorney
Re: | XPENG INC. |
Registration Statement on Form F-1
CIK No. 0001810997
Dear Mr. Cash, Mr. Stertzel, Mr. Ingram and Mr. Kruczek:
On behalf of our client, XPeng Inc., an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with limited liability (the Company), we are filing herewith the Companys Registration Statement on Form F-1 (the Registration Statement) via EDGAR with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
For your easy reference, we are providing you by overnight delivery five (5) copies of this letter as well as the Registration Statement, which has been marked to show changes to the Companys draft Registration Statement confidentially submitted to the Commission on August 3, 2020.
DANIEL FERTIG ADAM C. FURBER YI GAO ADAM S. GOLDBERG MAKIKO HARUNARI JONATHAN HWANG IAN C. HO ANTHONY D. KING CELIA C.L. LAM CHRIS K.H. LIN JIN HYUK PARK KATHRYN KING SUDOL CHRISTOPHER K.S. WONG
RESIDENT PARTNERS
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT, HONG KONG IS AN AFFILIATE OF SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP WITH OFFICES IN:
NEW YORK BEIJING HOUSTON LONDON LOS ANGELES PALO ALTO SÃO PAULO TOKYO WASHINGTON, D.C.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
August 7, 2020
The Company has included in the Registration Statement its interim consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2020 and for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, as well as certain other updated disclosures.
If you have any question regarding the Registration Statement, please do not hesitate to contact me at +852-2514-7620 (work), +852-6588-7136 (mobile) or ygao@stblaw.com (email), Kevin P. Kennedy at + 1-650-251-5130 (work), +1-650-868-1776 (mobile) or kkennedy@stblaw.com (email), or Kai Fan at +852-2514-7515 (work), +852-6139-9879 (mobile) or kfan@stblaw.com (email).
Questions pertaining to accounting and auditing matters may also be directed to Alex Chan at +86-20-3819-2385 (work) or alex.p.chan@cn.pwc.com (email) or Alex Du at +86-20-3819-2558 (work) or alex.du@cn.pwc.com (email) of PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Yi Gao
Yi Gao
cc: | XPeng Inc. |
Xiaopeng He, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Kevin Kennedy
Kai Fan
Latham & Watkins LLP
Benjamin Su
Daying Zhang
PricewaterhouseCooper Zhong Tian LLP
Alex Chan
Alex Du
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