Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Xpeng launched its G7 SUV on Thursday, sending another contender into a fierce battle in the premium SUV segment of the world’s largest EV market, where it joins Xiaomi’s recently introduced YU7 in taking on Tesla’s market-leading Model Y. Dubbed Xpeng’s first “Super AI [artificial intelligence] car”, the G7 starts…
He Xiaopeng, co-founder and CEO of the Guangzhou-based carmaker, said in Hong Kong on Thursday that testing of its Xpeng Navigation Guided Pilot (X NGP) driver-assistance system in the city would take only two months before sales could begin. However, he added that testing could start only after regulators gave Xpeng the green light to…
Chinese premium electric vehicle (EV) maker Xpeng introduced the latest version of its X9 multipurpose vehicle for the local market and aimed to launch it in Europe from July as part of its drive to quadruple its sales in export markets. The all-electric seven-seater vehicle will enter the mainland market with a starting price of…
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng sees humanoid robots as a long-term project and is considering large investments that could go up to 100 billion yuan ($13.80 billion), state media reported its CEO as saying on Monday. CEO He Xiaopeng said on the sidelines of the annual parliamentary session that while the company’s…
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Xpeng Motors hopes to make Hong Kong a launch pad for its autonomous driving technology beyond mainland China, but the ambition will depend on the city’s willingness to create a more open regulatory environment for new technologies. Hong Kong should keep up with the mainland or be more ambitious in…
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Xpeng plans to expand to 60 international markets this year, doubling its current footprint in around 30 countries and regions, company chairman and chief executive He Xiaopeng said on Saturday. He made the remarks at a port in Guangzhou, the capital of southern Guangdong province, where Xpeng launched global shipments…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The Chinese electric vehicle market has gotten a lot bigger in the past year as electric vehicles have gotten more and more competitive. As part of that, there have been occasional “price wars” in which automakers aggressively…
Chinese premium electric vehicle (EV) maker Xpeng has priced its latest model competitively, pinning hopes on its new autonomous driving system to lure customers away from Tesla’s technology on the mainland. The Guangzhou-based EV maker set the presale price on the P7+ sedan at 209,800 yuan (US$29,500) as the Paris Motor Show got under way…