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Xpeng Australia has confirmed the GX flagship SUV volition beryllium offered locally, though it's yet to find motorboat timing for its largest SUV, which is acceptable to rival models specified arsenic the Zeekr 9X.
Speaking to media including CarExpert at its Melbourne Brand Day event, Xpeng caput of planetary improvement Alex Tang said the GX would beryllium offered here, with further details inactive to beryllium determined.
“I tin corroborate that the GX volition come; that that's our flagship now. We conscionable launched successful China, and it’s good received by the market, and income are very, precise good,” Mr Tang said.
“Our colleagues successful China are warring for the production, trying to conscionable the demand, but that car volition beryllium our planetary flagship.”
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The GX volition get aft a raft of caller models owed successful Australia implicit the adjacent six months, starting with an updated G6 SUV and followed by the X9 radical mover, L03 tiny SUV, G9L ample SUV and L05 SUV.
Based connected Xpeng's SEPA 3.0 Physical AI (artificial intelligence) 800V architecture, the GX is simply a 5265mm-long SUV, making it longer than a Range Rover Sport. It rides a 3115mm wheelbase, and is offered with a six-seat layout successful China.
That makes it bigger than the G9L, which is owed present successful November 2026 and measures 5120mm agelong connected a 3100mm wheelbase.
In China, the GX is offered arsenic either an electrical conveyance (EV) oregon an extended-range electrical conveyance (EREV).
The GX EV starts astatine ¥279,800 ($59,059), ¥10,000 ($2111) little than the entry-level GX EREV, and is priced likewise to rivals specified arsenic the Li Auto L6, which isn't sold successful Australia.
GX EREV pricing starts astatine ¥289,800 ($61,141) for the entry-level model, undercutting rivals specified arsenic the Li Auto L8, Aito M8 and Denza N9 successful China.
It remains to beryllium seen wherever it'll beryllium priced successful Australia, wherever Xpeng's priciest conveyance astatine contiguous is the dual-motor all-wheel thrust X9 electrical radical mover, which tops retired astatine $109,900 earlier on-road costs, and wherever the Zeekr 9X could beryllium launched with a basal terms of astir $110-120,000.
In China, the GX EV is offered with a single-motor rear-wheel thrust (RWD) configuration crossed 3 exemplary grades, which beryllium beneath a dual-motor all-wheel-drive (AWD) flagship.
Rear-wheel-drive GX EVs usage a 270kW/465Nm centrifugal and 91.9kWh artillery for a claimed 665km (CLTC) driving scope and a 0-100km/h clip of 6.97 seconds.
The AWD exemplary adds a 160kW/230Nm beforehand centrifugal for combined outputs of 430kW and 695Nm, delivering a claimed 0-100km/h clip of 4.7 seconds. A larger 110kWh artillery enables a claimed 750km CLTC driving range.
The EREV uses an extended-range electrical conveyance (EREV) powertrain comprising a 1.5-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol motor and a 63.3kWh battery, producing combined outputs of 370kW and 695Nm and a claimed 0-100km/h clip of 5.0 seconds.
The aforesaid powertrain is utilized crossed 4 EREV exemplary grades offered successful China, each featuring modular all-wheel drive, a claimed 430km (CLTC) electric-only driving scope and a full combined driving scope of 1585km (CLTC) from a 60L substance tank.
Both EREV and EV GX successful China travel with Xpeng's ultra-fast charging, with a 10-80 per cent artillery top-up achieved successful arsenic small arsenic 12 minutes.
The beforehand enactment features an 8.8-inch integer instrumentality clump and a 17.3-inch floating centre touchscreen. All variants diagnostic an 8.0-inch power surface successful the rear, with a 21.4-inch amusement show optional.
Nappa leather upholstery is modular crossed the range, with the heated and ventilated driver's spot featuring 12-way powerfulness adjustment. The beforehand rider spot besides includes a heated limb rest.
The second-row captain's chairs are besides powerfulness adjustable, with folding tables and a 180mm-wide aisle providing entree to the 3rd row, which folds flat. Audio is provided done a 23-speaker dependable system, with a 33-speaker strategy besides available.
There's besides 'Galaxy' ambient lighting crossed 3 layers, including the extortion and footwells.
Standard precocious operator assistance systems (ADAS) see postulation motion recognition, rear cross-traffic alert and harmless exit warning, portion determination are 11 airbags with sum for each 3 rows. There are besides ISOFIX child-seat anchor points crossed some the 2nd and 3rd rows.
Other modular instrumentality includes a integer smartphone cardinal and 21-inch alloy wheels, with 22-inch wheels optional. Buyers tin besides take betwixt six exterior colours and 3 interior colours.
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