XPeng is planning to release a slew of new electric car models starting from the next year and it appears one of them is going to be the long rumored MPV. The project has been known under its codename H93 and for the first time it has been spotted in the wild. The shortest ever video was taken by a Chinese car blogger who was lucky enough to spot the XPeng MPV just casually driving down the road - in full camouflage ofcourse. The location wasn’t an accident though, the video was taken just a few kilometers away from XPeng’s factory in Guangzhou.
There is no mistaking the family
resemblance - the headlights and the light signature has XPeng written all over
it. Of course the vehicle is taller and way bigger than other XPeng models and
it has a pair of sliding doors clearly visible in the video. In its latest
earnings call last week, XPeng management confirmed the company has finalized
its work on the third EV platform. The company has the E platform completed and
both the F and H third generation platforms will be ready some time next year.
The current David platform underpins the G3i and P5 models while the Edward
platform is the basis for the P7 and P9 models.
XPeng has ambitious expansion plans, the
company wants to introduce its new SUV codenamed F30 and most likely to be
named G7 in the coming year. The H93 is the company’s first MPV and as its code
name suggests will be based on the new H platform. The company already
announced that its two new platforms will support development of at least 6 new
electric cars spanning the B and C automotive segments. The flagship, C-segment
SUV is planned to launch in the second half of 2023.
Electric MPV market is getting crowded in
China. It was slow to start but the companies quickly realized the untapped
potential and are releasing one model after another. We have the BYD Denza and
Zeekr 009, Voyah Dreamer and now apparently Li Auto is planning to bring an MPV
to its customers as well.
