[AUTOHOME News] On August 11, we learned from official sources that the Xpeng G9L made its world debut and opened for pre-sale, with a total of 6 variants launched, and the pre-sale price starts at RMB 259,800. As the brand's all-new mid-to-large 5-seater SUV, the Xpeng G9L offers pure electric and range-extender powertrain systems, with 800V ultra-fast charging technology as standard across the entire lineup. The CLTC pure electric range of the range-extender version can reach 435km, and the combined range can reach 1602km. Meanwhile, the seats of the Xpeng G9L are equipped with all-body-type AI active fitting technology, which can actively adjust the seat profile to achieve adaptive fitting.
New Vehicle Features
In terms of appearance, the new vehicle adopts the brand's latest family design system. The front end is equipped with a closed grille, and fitted with a seamless double-strip full-width LED light set. Both sides of the front bumper are integrated with AI digital projection headlights and small blue lights for assisted driving. The total length of the front and rear dual full-width lights exceeds 6.4m, including the ultra-long dual full-width lights with 480 independent LED beads. An active air intake grille is installed in the middle, which can automatically open and close according to driving conditions to adjust heat dissipation effect and optimize the vehicle's drag coefficient.
The vehicle is also equipped with the same AI digital projection headlights as the GX, which can achieve 1.3-megapixel precise shielding for pedestrians and vehicles. It not only has functions of yielding to pedestrians and lane change prompts, but also following distance warning. It is also equipped with entertainment interaction and welcome light carpet functions. When you approach the vehicle, high-definition personalized welcome patterns will be automatically projected on the ground. 98-inch out-of-vehicle projection can be realized via DLP outside the vehicle.
In terms of body dimensions, the length, width and height of the new vehicle are 5120/1999/1782mm respectively, with a wheelbase of 3100mm. It is positioned as a mid-to-large SUV, adopting the 0.618 golden section ratio, making the overall posture proportion more dynamic and luxurious. Meanwhile, the vehicle is equipped with three differently styled rims of 20-inch, 21-inch and 22-inch. In terms of body color, the vehicle provides 5 exterior paint colors: Tuscan Green, Provence Purple, Polar Night Black, Everest White and Fjord Gray.
The side of the vehicle is equipped with four electrically operated soft-close doors, and fitted with 22-inch ultra-wide staggered tires. The rear of the vehicle adopts a dynamic streamlined fastback shape, equipped with an integrated suspended lightweight spoiler with a 15° downward angle, which further lowers the visual center of gravity of the rear. Meanwhile, the vehicle also supports 360° out-of-vehicle intelligent voice interaction, including voice control for opening four doors, front hood and tailgate, out-of-vehicle voice control for parking in and out, out-of-vehicle voice control for music external playback, etc.
In terms of interior, the new vehicle provides four interior colors: Sahara Orange, Bordeaux Red, Dawn White and Meteorite Black. The vehicle adopts the "Cosmic Star Sky First Class Cabin" design, equipped with a floating central control screen, embedded instrument screen, 88-inch AR-HUD and 9-inch streaming media rearview mirror.
The seats of Xpeng G9L are equipped with all-body-type AI active fitting technology, with 91 built-in pressure sensors, which can actively adjust the seat profile according to the body shape and sitting posture changes of the occupants to realize adaptive fitting. The driver's seat has 85 sensors + 29 adjustment airbags; the co-pilot seat has 91 sensors + 27 adjustment airbags, with a perception accuracy of 2g and response time of 2ms. Meanwhile, the seats also support 3-level dual-zone heating / 3-level dual-zone ventilation / 16-point dual-zone acupressure seat massage, and support 24-way electric adjustment, the zero-gravity comfort mode can be activated with one click. The front row of the vehicle also adopts a dual-enjoyment floating central island design, equipped with dual 50W intelligent lifting wireless chargers and dual connected cup holders.
The second row of the vehicle is equipped with a 21.4-inch 3K entertainment screen, which supports 75° stepless angle adjustment, and can be controlled via three methods: voice, touch and mobile phone Bluetooth. The second row is equipped with an intelligent four-motor executive central island, which can be opened by voice, integrated with a mobile phone wireless charging panel, folding small table board and function control screen, and fitted with an air-cooled double-door dual-temperature zone on-board refrigerator. The folding small table board is 360° adjustable and supports two-level longitudinal extension; the refrigerator has a volume of 12.5L and supports a wide temperature range of -6°C ~ 50°C.
The new vehicle is also equipped with a 33-speaker sound system, providing 7.1.6.8 ultra-panoramic sound. The whole vehicle is equipped with 270° three-sided electric physical sunshades for the overhead panoramic roof and side windows on both sides. The usable interior area of the whole vehicle is 5.1㎡, the trunk volume is 1152L, and a 230L sunken storage space under the trunk is also provided. In terms of assisted driving, the Xpeng G9L is equipped with three Turing AI chips and Xpeng's second-generation VLA intelligent driving system, the effective computing power of the intelligent driving hardware reaches 2250TOPS.
In terms of passive noise reduction, the vehicle adopts 30 cavity partition reinforcement designs, damping sheets are arranged in 42 key areas, a total of 122 acoustic materials are applied to the whole vehicle, the acoustic package covers 720°, the coverage rate of acoustic materials for the whole vehicle exceeds 93%, 11 pieces of double-layer laminated sound insulation glass with a thickness of up to 4.96mm effectively isolate external noise, and Michelin silent tires reduce road noise during high-speed driving. Meanwhile, the vehicle also supports ENC and RNC active noise reduction.
In terms of power, the new vehicle has two versions: pure electric and range extender, both of which offer two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive models. The new vehicle adopts 800V ultra-fast charging, which can add 450km of range after 9 minutes of charging. The pure electric version provides two battery types: lithium iron phosphate and ternary lithium, with CLTC pure electric ranges of 660km, 702km and 755km respectively. The pure electric two-wheel drive model is equipped with a 270kW single motor; the pure electric four-wheel drive model adopts a front and rear dual motor layout, with a front motor power of 160kW and a rear motor power of 270kW, and the 0-100km/h acceleration time is 4.45 seconds.
The range-extender version is equipped with a new generation of four-wheel drive range extender system, the 1.5T range extender has a maximum power of 110kW, the two-wheel drive model is equipped with a 210kW single motor; the four-wheel drive model adopts a 160kW front motor + 210kW rear motor, with a 0-100km/h acceleration time of 4.95 seconds, it is equipped with a 63.3kWh battery pack + 60L fuel tank, the CLTC pure electric range can reach 435km, and the CLTC combined range can reach 1602km.
Editor's Comment
The competing models of Xpeng G9L include Li Auto L7, AITO M7 and other models. Li Auto L7 firmly occupies the household market with its comfortable and intelligent configurations, while AITO M7 seizes the high ground of intelligence relying on Huawei's HarmonyOS ecosystem. Multiple competing products divide the segmented market traffic with their own core advantages, and the degree of market involution continues to intensify. The Xpeng G9L has accurate positioning and clear strategy, which not only targets family users who pursue large space and high comfort, but also caters to young consumer groups who value intelligent technology and efficient energy replenishment, accurately filling the market gap of mid-to-high-end SUVs.
In the new stage where new energy vehicles are shifting from "parameter competition" to "comprehensive experience", the Xpeng G9L gets rid of the limitation of single advantage with its all-round balanced performance in hardware, intelligence, range and space, and has the hardcore strength to benchmark against mainstream competing products and become a hit in the segmented market. With the subsequent official launch, relying on its outstanding comprehensive product strength and people-friendly pre-sale price, it provides consumers with a new SUV choice that takes both household use and technology experience into account. (Text / AUTOHOME Yao Yu)