There’s not a great deal separating this car from a Model Y – except for the price
Yes, it’s another electric SUV out of China that is claimed to be smart, digital-first and sustainable. It has a big touchscreen inside and one of those light bars as well. Novel. The company behind it describes itself as a start-up led by a tech entrepreneur and it has European expansion plans that include the UK (right-hand-drive cars are due in November).
In the bursting-at-the-seams medium electric SUV class that contains the Tesla Model Y, Skoda Enyaq, Hyundai Ioniq 5 and many, many others, Xpeng is going to need something a bit more eyecatching to draw people’s attention. It doesn’t help that its new G6 looks rather a lot like a Model Y with some slimmer lights.