Xpeng is one of several Chinese brands soon to enter the Australian market, and the electric vehicle (EV) specialist’s importer and distributor TrueEV has announced a trio of new retail locations.
By the end of the year, it’ll open what it calls “experience centres” in three locations. These are:
- Wollongong, New South Wales
- Port Melbourne, Victoria
- North Coburg, Victoria
They’ll join the previously announced “flagship” site at the entry to Sydney airport’s domestic precinct.
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All three new centres will serve as sales, delivery and servicing locations, though TrueEV has also partnered with Ultra Tune to service its vehicles.
The company expects to open another 20 locations by the end of 2025 in “strategically positioned” sites positioned “to provide maximum accessibility”.
It has a list of pending locations on its website, which includes the CBDs of Brisbane and Adelaide, and coverage across all states and territories bar the Northern Territory.
Addresses for the locations opening this year have also been published on the website.
TrueEV says the first Xpeng Australia customers have taken delivery of their vehicles, with more supply reaching our market in early 2025.
The brand’s first model in Australia is the mid-sized G6 electric SUV, a rival for the Tesla Model Y, which is priced at $54,800 before on-road costs in Standard Range guise and $59,800 before on-roads as a Long Range.
The company also lists the large G9 SUV and X9 people mover on its website, and confirmed it’s looking to bring the P7 Plus sedan and Mona M03 liftback to Australia.
Australia already has a raft of Chinese brands, including BYD, Chery, GWM and MG, with JAC in the process of launching.
But there’s a wave of electric-only brands coming to Australia, including not only Xpeng but also Deepal and Zeekr.
Geely has also confirmed its namesake brand will return here with an electric SUV, while Leapmotor is also launching here with EVs.
They’re arriving as EV sales growth has cooled, though it hasn’t halted entirely.
EV sales over the first 11 months of this year have grown by 3.1 per cent in a market that has increased by 1.7 per cent, but in which hybrid sales have risen by 79.3 per cent and PHEV sales by 100.4 per cent.
Diesel sales are essentially flat, while petrol sales are down 11.1 per cent.
Unlike companies like Deepal and Zeekr, which are subsidiaries of automotive giants Changan and Geely, Xpeng is an independent car company.
It was founded in 2014 and started production of its first vehicle in 2018, ahead of exports commencing in 2021.
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