Just now, XPeng Motors announced the pre-sale price range of 16-23 million yuan for the P5 model at the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Auto Show, which was basically within expectations. Following the pattern of the P7, the official price may be reduced slightly.
Before discussing the specific configurations, let’s take a look at the size and power parameters of the P5:
- Length, width, height: 4,808 x 1,840 x 1,520 mm
- Wheelbase: 2,768 mm
- Trunk capacity: 450 L
- Maximum motor output power: 155 kW
- Maximum motor torque: 310 N·m
- Wind resistance coefficient: 0.233
This price range includes three versions of 460 km, 550 km, and 600 km range, with a total of six different configurations.
The “PENG” suffix can be used to determine the level of configuration, where “P” is the highest, “E” is the second, and “G” is the lowest.
The 460 km range version is equipped with a 55.9 kWh lithium iron phosphate battery. The low-level configuration model does not have the assisted driving configuration, while the high-level configuration model has XPILOT 3.0 assisted driving. Looking at it this way, the P5 is likely to bring NGP’s lowest ownership cost to around 180,000 yuan, which is basically the strongest assisted driving system for under 200,000 yuan.
The 550 km range version is equipped with a 66.2 kWh ternary lithium battery. The three configurations mainly differ in assisted driving mode, with no assisted driving, XPILOT 3.0 and XPILOT 3.5. The XPILOT 3.5 model with expected laser radar will be priced at around 200,000 yuan, making it the cheapest vehicle with laser radar available.
The 600 km range version is equipped with a 71.4 kWh ternary lithium battery, with only one configuration version. It is equipped with XPILOT 3.5 and an intelligent sleeping space as standard. As the top configuration model, the range is not particularly impressive at this point in time. If it can be increased to over 650 km, it would be even better.
In summary, the P5 has 4 characteristics in terms of configuration:
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All models have the same power configuration, with a maximum output power of 155 kW, which is not particularly impressive. This means that power is not the focus of the P5.
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All models come standard with the SP8155 vehicle processor chip. This means that all P5 models have the best full-scenario voice and vehicle system currently available on the market.
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Even the low-level lithium iron phosphate model is equipped with XPILOT 3.0, which means that the ownership cost of NGP has been reduced to below 200,000 yuan. This shows that XPeng is working hard to improve the penetration rate of assisted driving systems. However, when considering that if the P5 with 3.0 is priced under 200,000 yuan, it may clash with their own G3i.
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P5 is the cheapest model you can get with a laser radar. Although I have been criticizing that the two laser radars used by XPeng are not powerful enough and their location is not optimal, from the perspective of XPeng XPILOT’s structure, laser radar is not the main sensor, and its core function is still to strengthen the weak visual perception. It can be confirmed that even if the performance of this laser radar is not strong, XPeng can still achieve traffic light recognition, unprotected left and right turns, and realize NGP on urban roads.
🔗Source: XPeng Motors
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