First hinted at last year, it’s now official, with Bermaz Auto revealing that it is set to bring in Xpeng electric vehicles to Malaysia, having secured local distributorship rights for the brand from Shenzhen Xiaopeng Motors Supply Chain Management (Shenzhen XPeng) and Guangzhou Xiaopeng Motors Trading (Guangzhou XPeng), affiliates of Guangzhou Xiaopeng Motors Technology (XPeng Motors).
The Bermaz announcement comes following reports that Chinese automaker had plans to expand its business into right-hand drive markets such as Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. Doing so would provide the brand with a cushion against a potential sales decline in China, where an EV price war is damaging the profitability of almost all players.
Bermaz Auto group CEO Datuk Francis Lee expressed his excitement about the deal and of the promise the brand’s products would deliver. “They are equipped with the latest state of the art features such as autonomous driving technology, digital cockpits and high performance batteries,” he said.
He added that the new distributorship will complement the company’s existing EV business and bring positive synergistic benefits to all parties. “It is also in line with our group’s sustainability initiatives to manage and minimise our environmental footprint by introducing more green vehicles and technologies,” he said.
Meanwhile, Xpeng co-founder and CEO He Xiaopeng stated that the XPeng group intends to expand its business operations over the next three years, fronted by the company’s current product line-up of smart EVs, including the P7i, P5, G9 and the newly-launched flagship MPV, the X9.
“Our mission is to drive smart EV transformation with technology, shaping the mobility experience of the future and to optimise our customers’ mobility experience,” he said.
It has previously been indicated that Xpeng’s first right-hand drive car will be an updated edition of its G6 SUV, with the model expected to reach Hong Kong sometime in late-2024. While no time frame for Malaysia – and other ASEAN RHD markets – has been indicated, an introduction here sometime in early 2025 looks a possibility.
In China, the G6 is priced from 209,900 to 276,900 yuan (RM136,933 to RM180,642). Built on an 800V architecture, the rear-wheel drive variant of the G6 has a 296 PS/440 Nm motor while the all-wheel drive variant gets two motors with a total system output of 487 PS and 660 Nm.
Two battery packs are available – a 66-kWh LFP unit for RWD models (CLTC range 580 km) and a 87.5-kWh NMC that’s good for 755 km (single-motor) or 700 km (dual-motor) of CLTC range. The max rate for DC fast charging is 480 kW.
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Was hoping Xpeng come in independently like Chery and MG, but Bermaz is good enough. Atleast not Naza, Sime Darby or Tan Chong.
Going to be niche and premium product like Mazda. BYD, Chery and MG can relax a little. Tesla on the other hand, better watch out.
car definitely looks good, feeling that this competition of EVs could be beneficial for end user / customers.
i think Bermaz is ok, the deal with peugeot i feel is that the car was poorly made, full stop, however i will disclaimer here that a peugeot car 308 had good safety as my mom survived a horrendous crash with the front end totally gone and engine missing, with car flipping multiple times (i still have pictures of that). so despite the issues with the 308 (old spec), i have to admit that the cars safety back then was good as it claimed. my mom only suffered bruising external (seatbelt) and internal due to the crash. (this was on the highway with a SG Evo speeding and lost control, mom was on slow lane otw to melaka from JB).
owning a Mazda CX5 with BA for 5 years was a good experience for me and i think BA taking up Xpeng as an EV portolio is strategic. Hopefully they can at least call it something else instead of Xpeng.
Mmg terbaek Xpeng P7 mampu pegi 706KM!
Nothing wrong with the name XPeng. I love people that are proud and confedent with their heritage instead of using language cue of colonists country. Only weak race like Indians and Filipinos that thought they are great by speaking English. What a weak loser those races are. So weak that they are proud to be part of those who had colonized and robbed them poor. Full respect to Chines for not being a weak race
Hail chin peng
What’s wrong with Naza, Sime Darby or Tan Chong?
Why. Tesla is above all. No need other brand china car sux a55. Tesla is good. Tesla no.1.
Tesla no.1…Euro NCAP 2026 incoming…Tesla have durability issues….Tesla interior looks kosong…you think Tesla is good meh?
One lets NSA track you, the others let CCP track you. I don’t see much difference.
LHDN track you
Lol
Bermaz is so bad, that peugeot parent brand stellantis had to take peugeot off their hands, after mere 3 years of holding the rights only. Now bermaz has to cari makan with chinese brand. If that car is 130k+ in china, don’t ever dream that it will be less or equally priced in malaysia. Bermaz historically love to eat extra on the sides. Even frequently add compulsory BS package like overpriced tinted and power tailgate
Nice
end of the brand for xpeng sadly
Isn’t that amazing? Less chinese brands the better :)
I think you should worried the most was Tesla. No need to keep on complaining on other brands and other Chinese brands
Are you saying the end of Tesla?
But Tesla is facing at the end of the journey
Who asked for this XPang
Many Malaysians have been waiting for high end Chinese EV like NIO and Xpeng. BYD and Chery are mid brands (the Toyota and Honda of the EV world). Xpeng and NIO are like BMW and Mercedes of the EV world. Tesla on the other hand is the Peugeot (less reliable) of the EV world.
Many Malaysian?..since when hari mengundi
Bermaz secure distributorship or Xpeng came begging Bermaz? This company is reportedly facing disappointing sales, plunging share price and corruption case.
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/10/chinese-ev-maker-xpeng-suspends-supply-chain-vp-after-corruption-probe.html
ello, ppl scrapping wet battery already, importing old gen product to us again? bravo~
Tesla is getting more shaking
Having tough time in Euro, now coming to Asean…. which is actually good for Xpeng. Hope the company wont be like HiPhi
Kopi peng, cham peng & teh peng bila mari?