First hinted eventually yr, it’s now official, with Bermaz Auto revealing that it’s set to herald Xpeng electrical autos to Malaysia, having secured native distributorship rights for the model from Shenzhen Xiaopeng Motors Provide Chain Administration (Shenzhen XPeng) and Guangzhou Xiaopeng Motors Buying and selling (Guangzhou XPeng), associates of Guangzhou Xiaopeng Motors Expertise (XPeng Motors).
The Bermaz announcement comes following studies that Chinese language automaker had plans to develop its enterprise into right-hand drive markets similar to Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. Doing so would supply the model with a cushion in opposition to a possible gross sales decline in China, the place an EV value struggle is damaging the profitability of just about all gamers.
Bermaz Auto group CEO Datuk Francis Lee expressed his pleasure concerning the deal and of the promise the model’s merchandise would ship. “They’re outfitted with the most recent state-of-the-art options similar to autonomous driving know-how, digital cockpits and excessive efficiency batteries,” he mentioned.
He added that the brand new distributorship will complement the corporate’s present EV enterprise and convey optimistic synergistic advantages to all events. “It is usually in keeping with our group’s sustainability initiatives to handle and minimise our environmental footprint by introducing extra inexperienced autos and applied sciences,” he mentioned.
In the meantime, Xpeng co-founder and CEO He Xiaopeng acknowledged that the XPeng group intends to develop its enterprise operations over the following three years, fronted by the corporate’s present product line-up of sensible EVs, together with the P7i, P5, G9 and the newly-launched flagship MPV, the X9.
“Our mission is to drive sensible EV transformation with know-how, shaping the mobility expertise of the longer term and to optimise our clients’ mobility expertise,” he mentioned.
It has beforehand been indicated that Xpeng’s first right-hand drive automotive will probably be an up to date version of its G6 SUV, with the mannequin anticipated to succeed in Hong Kong someday in late-2024. Whereas no time-frame for Malaysia – and different ASEAN RHD markets – has been indicated, an introduction right here someday in early 2025 seems a risk.
In China, the G6 is priced from 209,900 to 276,900 yuan (RM136,933 to RM180,642). Constructed on an 800V structure, the rear-wheel drive variant of the G6 has a 296 PS/440 Nm motor whereas the all-wheel drive variant will get two motors with a complete system output of 487 PS and 660 Nm.
Two battery packs can be found – a 66-kWh LFP unit for RWD fashions (CLTC vary 580 km) and a 87.5-kWh NMC that’s good for 755 km (single-motor) or 700 km (dual-motor) of CLTC vary. The max charge for DC quick charging is 480 kW.
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