The Xpeng G6 nonetheless doesn’t have a price ticket in Australia, however native specs at the moment are confirmed and pre-orders have opened for the Tesla Mannequin Y-rivalling electrical SUV.
TrueEV, the Australian importer, distributor and retailer of the Chinese language model, is now permitting prospects to safe a G6 with a completely refundable $1000 deposit.
This can guarantee “precedence entry” to the primary examples certain for Australian prospects within the fourth quarter of this 12 months.
TrueEV has confirmed it’ll announce pricing of the G6 in September.
G6s might be accessible for choose up at supply centres in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney, with free dwelling supply “for many places”.
The G6 might be provided in two variants in Australia, each with an 800V electrical structure.
| Customary Vary Battery | Lengthy Vary Battery | |
|---|---|---|
| Drive sort | Rear-wheel drive | Rear-wheel drive |
| Vary (WLTP) | 435km | 570km |
| Battery | 66kWh lithium iron phosphate | 87.5kWh nickel cobalt manganese |
| Energy | 190kW | 210kW |
| Torque | 440Nm | 440Nm |
| 0-100km/h time | 6.9 seconds | 6.7 seconds |
The corporate says the G6 has a DC charging capability of as much as 280kW.
A dual-motor all-wheel drive model is on the market abroad, however hasn’t been confirmed but for Australia.
The G6 might be provided with both a white or black inside, whereas the outside color palette contains:
- Arctic White
- Silver Frost
- Graphite Gray
- Midnight Black
- Fiery Orange
Customary gear contains:
- 10.2-inch digital instrument cluster
- 14.9-inch touchscreen infotainment system
- 8-way energy driver’s seat
- Heated and ventilated entrance seats
- Leatherette upholstery
- Heated steering wheel
- 2 x 50W wi-fi cellphone chargers
- 18-speaker 960W Xopera sound system
- Panoramic glass roof
- 20-inch alloy wheels
- Car-to-load (V2L) functionality
- Warmth pump
The G6 measures 4753mm lengthy, 1920mm large and 1650mm tall on a 2890mm wheelbase – virtually an identical dimensionally to the Tesla Mannequin Y.
It has 571L of space for storing within the rear.
Xpeng was based in 2014 in Guangzhou, China, and began manufacturing of its first automobile – the G3 SUV – in 2018.
Along with the G6, it additionally provides the bigger G9 SUV, in addition to the P5 and P7 sedans and the X9 folks mover.
After initially promoting autos solely in China, it introduced plans for the European market in 2020. Since then, it has been progressively increasing its presence on the continent.
Along with Australia, it has additionally introduced strategic partnerships throughout different nations within the Asia Pacific area together with Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.
“The variety of manufacturers that you simply see out there, though there’s just a few new ones, the full automotive gross sales for EVs are dominated by Tesla, with BYD second. There are just a few new manufacturers coming in, whether or not they’re all the identical is to be seen,” TrueEV CEO Jason Clarke advised CarExpert in Might.
“However having researched 120 [brands of Chinese EVs] and a brief listing of solely seven actually good ones, I feel we’ve landed on an amazing one. I put Xpeng on the prime of the listing of high quality manufactured and designed EVs.
“I feel there’s loads of room for these autos within the market when the EV penetration is so low. We predict there’s going to be an explosion of EV gross sales. The selection hasn’t been nice. The selection is about to get actually good.”
Australian pricing hasn’t been introduced for the G6, however Mr Clarke hinted it would begin at lower than $60,000 – probably nearer to $55,000 earlier than on-roads.
The Tesla Mannequin Y is now $55,900 earlier than on-roads in base RWD guise after a number of value cuts.
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