The 2024 G9 obtained greater than 8,000 agency orders inside 72 hours of launch, and deliveries started on September 21, Xpeng mentioned.
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Xpeng’s (NYSE: XPEV) remake of its flagship SUV, the G9, seems to be having preliminary success.
The 2024 G9 obtained greater than 8,000 agency orders inside 72 hours of launch, Xpeng introduced on its social media channels at present.
Deliveries of the brand new G9 started on September 21, Xpeng mentioned.
“Our manufacturing quantity will develop quickly subsequent to permit extra clients to expertise the premium sensible driving expertise that the G9 delivers as early as doable,” Xpeng mentioned.
Xpeng launched the brand new G9 at an occasion in Dunhuang, Gansu province in northwest China, on the night of September 19, with a beginning worth of RMB 263,900 ($36,160), RMB 46,000 decrease than the RMB 309,900 of the outdated mannequin.
Notably, the least costly mannequin of the outdated G9 is the G9 570 Plus, adopted by the G9 570 Professional with a beginning worth of RMB 329,900.
Xpeng has eliminated the 570 Plus model from the brand new G9, with the lowest-priced being the 570 Professional model with a beginning worth of RMB 263,900. The beginning worth of the brand new G9 is RMB 66,000 decrease in comparison with the 570 Professional model beforehand on sale.
The Xpeng G9 was initially launched on September 21, 2022, and the beginning worth of RMB 309,900 is aggressive for a mannequin primarily based on the 800 V high-voltage platform.
Nevertheless, the G9’s complicated configuration at launch final 12 months sparked a lot dissatisfaction and overshadowed its enchantment. Two days after the outdated G9 went on sale, Xpeng overhauled its choices to make it easier for purchasers to decide on.
The G9 delivered a file 4,020 models in December 2022, contributing 35.6 p.c of the 11,292 Xpeng delivered that month, knowledge monitored by CnEVPost confirmed.
The mannequin has seen a big drop in deliveries this 12 months, with deliveries round 1,000 models in each month besides January, when 2,249 models have been delivered, and 616 models in August.
Xpeng has excessive hopes for the brand new G9, which its chairman and CEO He Xiaopeng mentioned on the launch occasion is predicted to be the No. 1 vendor of all-electric SUVs priced within the RMB 250,000 to RMB 300,000 vary.
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Xpeng launches new G9, goals to be top-selling electrical SUV in RMB 250,000-300,000 vary