With Bermaz Auto having secured distributorship for the Xpeng model of autos in Malaysia, the model shall be launching the G6 in Malaysia, reported The Edge Malaysia.
A verify on-line reveals a Malaysian Xpeng web site with the copyright script “2024 Bermaz Xpeng Sdn Bhd” on the backside of the web page. On the web site, in addition to on the model’s Fb and Instagram profiles, it has its brand accompanied by the textual content, “A brand new daybreak in electrical refinement”, pointing to an unveiling quickly.
In Thailand, the Xpeng G6 was introduced to go to market in March in two variants – the Commonplace Vary, priced from 1.5 million baht (RM200k), and the Lengthy Vary, priced from 1.7 million baht (RM230k) on the time. The Tesla Mannequin Y on the time was priced from 1,749,000 baht (RM229,700), to 2,049,000 baht (RM269,200) for the Lengthy Vary AWD model.
In Malaysia, the Tesla Mannequin Y is priced from RM191,000 for the RWD; from RM238,000 for the Lengthy Vary AWD and from RM280,000 for the Mannequin Y Efficiency, as of April 2024 when a discount of RM8,000 throughout the vary was introduced.
Whereas firms will sometimes struggle for market share from the outset, Bermaz Auto will not be planning to import massive volumes of the Xpeng G6 to Malaysia initially, because it believes that the ecosystem for electrical autos in Malaysia, when it comes to the charging community and technical experience, continues to be not ample to draw mainstream adoption of EVs, Bermaz group CEO Datuk Francis Lee Kok Chuan was quoted by The Edge Malaysia as saying.
Lee mentioned that Bermaz Auto is about constructing the fairness worth of the manufacturers it represents, in order that the market has confidence in shopping for vehicles from its manufacturers, fairly than ready for reductions. That mentioned, the corporate’s group CEO admits the corporate must be within the EV phase regardless, whereas Xpeng has agreed to take a slow-and-steady method to market penetration.
“A few of the Chinese language principals are bringing the ‘EV warfare’ to the Malaysian market. You understand, we can not bounce on the bandwagon. I imply, [if] we purchase this automotive, and if the take-up is low, then what are you going to do? You need to supply reductions! That isn’t what Bermaz is all about,” Lee mentioned.
Each the Commonplace Vary and Lengthy Vary variants of the Xpeng G6 in Thailand are geared up with a rear-axle motor that outputs 296 PS and 440 Nm of torque, propelling the EV crossover from 0-100 km/h in 6.6 seconds.
Apparently, the Lengthy Vary variant is quoted with a 0-100 km/h time of 5.9 seconds, or 0.7 second faster than the Commonplace Vary variant. In different markets, there’s additionally a dual-motor, all-wheel-drive model that makes 487 PS and 660 Nm.
Differentiating the Commonplace Vary and Lengthy Vary variants are their batteries, the previous specified with a 66 kWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery that provides a claimed 580 km of vary, whereas the latter will get a 87.5 kWh nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) unit providing 755 km of vary.
GALLERY: Xpeng G6
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