The order books for the second-generation Xpeng P7 are actually open in China, a couple of months after the model’s new flagship sedan was revealed in Might this yr. Response to the brand new P7 has been encouraging, as Xpeng introduced on its Weibo web page that over 10,000 bookings have been acquired in simply six minutes and 37 seconds.
In the mean time, prospects can place an order by paying a deposit of 99 yuan (about RM58), which may later be used to offset a 3,000 yuan buy worth (RM1.8k). Full pricing will solely be introduced later this month when the electrical automobile (EV) is formally launched.
The identical goes with specs, though the Chinese language firm has offered some preliminary particulars. To start out, the P7 is constructed on an 800-volt electrical structure and may be had with rear- or all-wheel drive.
RWD variants include an electrical motor rated at 367 PS (362 hp or 270 kW) that’s paired with both a 74.9-kWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) or 92.2-kWh nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) battery. In the meantime, the AWD solely will get the NCM battery and positive aspects one other electrical motor on the entrance axle with 227 PS (224 hp or 167 kW) for a complete system output of 594 PS (586 hp or 437 kW). This model is claimed to have a high velocity of 230 km/h and a 0-100 km/h time of three.7 seconds.
All battery packs assist 5C quick charging, with as much as 525 km of vary recoverable with simply 10 minutes of being plugged in. Xpeng touts three vary figures – 702 km, 750 km and 820 km – all of that are primarily based on China’s beneficiant CLTC commonplace.
The P7 is a big automotive, measuring in at 5,017 mm lengthy, 1,970 extensive, 1,427 mm tall and with a wheelbase of three,008 mm. Xpeng says the sedan’s modern form and over 25 wind optimisation design components assist it to attain a low drag coefficient of simply 0.201. For context, the Mercedes-Benz EQS has a drag coefficient of 0.202.
As for styling, the P7 adopts the model’s Xmart Face that sees mild strips type an expressive (and reactive) H-shaped signature on the entrance, with the impact replicated on the rear as effectively. Energetic entrance shutters, flush door handles, a retractable rear wing and 20-inch aero wheels are different notable objects, the final of which may be swapped for sports activities wheels or bigger 21-inch cast items.
Our first have a look at the P7’s inside reveals a minimalistic dashboard that’s dominated by a 15.6-inch infotainment touchscreen. You received’t discover any bodily controls on the sprint, which suggests the central show is the way you’ll go about accessing automobile capabilities. Most EVs observe this path, however Xpeng is taking a web page out of BYD’s playbook by making the display extra attention-grabbing by enabling it to swing left and proper, in addition to up and down, with as much as 25 levels of movement.
Elsewhere, the three-spoke steering wheel comes with dials that may modify driving help programs, air suspension settings and drive modes, together with enabling a lift mode. There’s additionally an 87-inch head-up show with augmented actuality, a rear 8-inch leisure display behind the centre console, rear seats with backrests which have 30 levels of movement, a glass roof and a 23-speaker sound system.
Powering the clever cabin with VLM (Imaginative and prescient Language Mannequin) is considered one of three in-house growing Turing AI chips offering 2,250 TOPS. The remaining two serve to allow the assisted driving options which might be improved with what the corporate calls VLA-OL (Imaginative and prescient Language Motion with on-line reinforcement studying capabilities).
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