XPeng (HKG:9868) expects 50% of its sales coming from foreign markets by 2035 as it expands internationally, Yicai Global reported Thursday, citing the Chinese automobile giant's chairman and chief executive officer He Xiaoping at a media conference.

The company's co-president, Gu Hongdi, said XPeng plans to expand to 60 countries this year, with Europe, Southeast Asia, Middle East Latin America as its key regions. The planned number is double from the previous year, the report said.

Gu said that the company will not be affected by the US tariff hikes because it does not market its cars to the US, the report said.

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