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The Chinese EV maker held the global debut of the new model on Tuesday, featuring an 800-volt fast-charging platform and both EREV and BEV powertrain options . Pre-sales start at 259,800 yuan ($38,260) Xpeng held the global debut of the large 5-seat G9L SUV on Tuesday. The G9L boasts dimensions of 5120/1999/1782 mm with a wheelbase of 3,100 mm. For clarity, the G9L is 198 mm longer than the BMW X5 (G05). Its trunk offers 1,152 liters of cargo space, along with an additional 230-liter underfloor storage compartment. The BEV version of the car also has a 109-liter front trunk.  The freshly launched five-seater adopts three wheel options: 20-inch, 21-inch, and 22-inch. Five exterior colors are available: green, purple, black, white, and gray. The G9L adopts a closed front end with an active air intake, a slanted roofline, flush door handles, a sporty roof spoiler, and pronounced rear fenders. The car’s drag coefficient is 0.238 Cd. It is better than the Xiaomi YU7’s figure of 0.245 ...

A bullish Goldman Sachs forecast puts Xiaomi EV on track to cross the one-million-delivery threshold by 2028, but the road from consumer-tech disruptor to global automotive heavyweight will be shaped as much by factories, export execution and market timing as by product momentum Xiaomi SU7 Ultra Goldman Sachs has placed Xiaomi EV among the most closely watched growth stories in China’s electric-vehicle sector, forecasting deliveries of 500,000 units in 2026, 770,000 in 2027 and 1.036 million in 2028. That trajectory would move Xiaomi from credible newcomer to million-unit manufacturer in just a few model cycles, an unusually compressed timetable even by China’s standards. The forecast rests on a broadening product portfolio rather than on a single breakout model. In 2026 , Goldman Sachs expects the SU7 sedan range to contribute 223,000 units and the YU7 SUV 159,000 units, while the Sky Nomad N90 and N70 range-extender SUVs add 53,000 and 64,000 units respectively. By 2027, the SU7 an...

Le elettriche stanno uscendo dalla nicchia degli automobilisti pionieri: ora la sfida per i costruttori è convincere famiglie, pendolari e clienti attenti al budget con prodotti più accessibili, semplici da usare e credibili nei costi di gestione Renault Twingo E-Tech: prezzi a partire da 19.500 euro chiavi in mano Per anni l’auto elettrica ha parlato soprattutto a una clientela disposta ad accettare qualche compromesso pur di guidare una tecnologia innovativa o una soluzione percepita come più sostenibile. Oggi, però, quel pubblico non è più il centro della scena. Secondo l’ultima indagine del McKinsey Center for Future Mobility , condotta su oltre 20.000 consumatori in Cina, Stati Uniti, Germania, Regno Unito e Giappone, i prossimi acquirenti saranno sempre più famiglie, nuclei con capacità di spesa più contenuta e automobilisti pragmatici. Il passaggio è cruciale: il veicolo elettrico sta lasciando il mercato degli early adopter per entrare in quello, molto più esigente, del gran...

BYD's Japan unit said on Monday that the EV kei car Racco had garnered 1,002 orders from its July 28 launch through August 9, exceeding an initial target of 1,000 in two weeks, according to a Nikkei report. The company said orders were progressing smoothly.  BYD Japan later announced on X that the Racco had received a total of more than 1,000 orders. This figure represents formal, legally binding sales contracts that were finalized and processed within the first 14 days of the car's official commercial launch. These are guaranteed sales where customers transitioned from a waiting list to a finalized purchase agreement with locked-in delivery schedules.  The trim mix shows buyers are willing to pay up for more range. The top-end 300 Premium accounted for 80% of all orders , followed by the standard 300 Plus at 14% and the entry-level 200 at 6%. By purchase type, 37.5% of orders were additional vehicles for the household, 35.7% were replacements, and 26.8% came from first-t...