Xpeng G7 EV SUV - Longer than G6, LiDAR-Less Level 3 Autonomous, 3 Turing AI Chips, up to 702 Km CLTC

Xpeng G7 EV SUV - longer than G6, LiDAR-less Level 3 autonomous, 3 Turing AI chips, up to 702 km CLTC

This is the new Xpeng G7 EV SUV, a longer-than-G6 Tesla Model Y– and Zeekr 7X-fighter that’s just opened for pre-sale in China from 235,800 yuan (RM139k), as reported by Car News China, which also posted these photos. Measuring 4,892 mm long (+139 mm over G6), 1,925 mm wide (+5) and 1,655 mm tall (+5), with a 2,890 mm wheelbase (same as G6), the G7 has Level 3 autonomous driving (which Xpeng calls XNGP, or eXtreme Navigation Guided Pilot) that’s…

Is Xpeng’s G7 the new benchmark for assisted driving thanks to Turing silicon?

Before June, the most powerful assisted driving vehicle in China was Nio’s ET9, an executive sedan with over 2,000 TOPS (tera operations per second) of computing power and a starting price of RMB 788,000 (USD 110,320). But Xpeng Motors has now reshaped that leaderboard. On June 10, Xpeng introduced its new SUV model, the G7, at a launch event in Guangzhou. But much of the spotlight wasn’t on the car itself. Instead, CEO He Xiaopeng dedicated ove…