XPeng opened pre-sales for the Mona L05 mid-size SUV in China on Thursday at prices from 169,800 yuan ($25,400), its fourth new SUV since May as the company tries to return its deliveries to growth.
The model will officially launch on October 29, completing a run of launches that began with the GX flagship in May and continued with the L03 in July and the G9L in September.
4 SUVs in 5 Months
XPeng launched the six-seat GX on May 20 at prices from 279,800 yuan ($41,800), with fully electric and extended-range versions.
The smaller Mona L03 opened pre-sales in China in early July and launched globally on July 16 in Germany, from €34,990 ($39,200) in several European markets, in XPeng’s first simultaneous global launch.
The large five-seat G9L followed in China on September 17 at prices from 231,800 yuan ($34,700), and XPeng launched it in Europe at the Paris Motor Show on Monday from €74,990 ($83,900).
Earlier in the year, XPeng launched the third-generation X9 MPV on March 2 from 309,800 yuan ($46,300).
With the L05, the SUVs XPeng has brought to market since May span prices from 123,800 yuan ($18,500) for the L03 to 279,800 yuan for the GX.
The L03 has already become a volume driver, overtaking the M03 as XPeng’s best seller in August and delivering more than 10,000 units in September.
The new SUVs lifted third-quarter deliveries to a record 118,390, and September’s 41,256 was XPeng’s highest month of 2026.
Nine-month deliveries of 284,367 were still 9.2% below the same period of 2025.
The pace of launches has come with higher costs, and XPeng has cut its internal product lines from four to two as research and development spending climbs, 36Kr reported in September.
Five L05 Versions
The L05 comes in five versions, three battery-electric and two extended-range, according to the specification sheet XPeng published on its website.
The entry battery-electric 535 Max and the extended-range 1310 Max are both priced at 169,800 yuan.
The fully electric 635 Max costs 179,800 yuan ($26,800), the extended-range 1310 Ultra SE 181,800 yuan ($27,100) and the battery-electric 635 Ultra SE 191,800 yuan ($28,600).
The L05 is the third model in the lower-cost Mona series, after the M03 sedan and the L03 SUV.
XPeng said at the event that the Mona series has delivered more than 350,000 vehicles in the two years since its launch.
Customers who place a 1,000-yuan ($100) deposit can apply it as 3,000 yuan ($400) toward the purchase price, XPeng said on Weibo.
Pre-sale buyers can also add 20-inch five-spoke wheels, normally 6,000 yuan ($900), for 4,000 yuan ($600), and the ROAM styling package, normally 9,999 yuan ($1,500), for 6,999 yuan ($1,000).
Founder and CEO He Xiaopeng said on social media before the event that he could not attend because he was in Paris, where XPeng is presenting at the motor show, and would leave the stage to the Mona team.
He described the L05 as a large five-seat SUV with a “youthful feel” that offers an experience otherwise found in the 300,000-yuan ($44,800) class.
A New Entry Battery
The specification sheet adds a version not listed in the June regulatory filings, which showed only a 71.1 kWh battery for the fully electric L05.
The 535 Max uses a 58.2 kWh lithium iron phosphate pack rated at 535 km on China’s CLTC cycle, while both 635 versions carry the 71.1 kWh pack rated at 635 km.
The filings with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) had listed fully electric ranges of 615 km to 660 km, and XPeng has not said whether a longer-range version will follow.
The extended-range versions pair a 37.2 kWh pack with a 1.499-liter range extender and a 42-liter fuel tank, for a combined CLTC range of 1,310 km.
XPeng lists their electric-only CLTC range at 310 km, above the 237 km to 253 km shown in the MIIT filings, and has not explained the difference.
Every version uses a single rear motor producing 183 kW and 280 Nm.
The 535 Max reaches 100 km/h in 7.3 seconds and the other four versions in 6.8 seconds.
XPeng quotes charging from 10% to 80% in at least 19.1 minutes for the battery-electric versions and 14.7 minutes for the extended-range ones.
Rated consumption ranges from 12.2 kWh per 100 km for the 535 Max to 13.1 kWh for the extended-range versions, which use 2.3 liters of fuel per 100 km on the combined WLTC cycle and 5.26 liters with a depleted battery.
Two Turing Chip Tiers
Max versions carry one of XPeng’s in-house Turing AI chips with 750 TOPS of computing power and run a lighter version of its second-generation VLA driving model.
Ultra SE versions carry two Turing chips with 1,500 TOPS and the full model, which XPeng says predicts six seconds ahead.
Only the Ultra SE versions get navigation-free NGP roaming, starting NGP from park and pulling over at the destination.
All versions use a camera-based system with seven driving cameras, four surround-view cameras and 12 ultrasonic sensors, and the specification sheet lists no LiDAR.
XPeng said more than half of Mona owners use its assisted-driving features every day.
The cabin runs on a MediaTek MT8676 chip, and XPeng’s voice assistant has been upgraded to what it calls a Master Agent, able to handle vague navigation requests and plan multi-stop trips.
Bigger Than the L03
The L05 measures 4,870 mm long, 1,930 mm wide and 1,636 mm high, on a 2,940 mm wheelbase, 90 mm longer than the L03’s.
Luggage space ranges from 702 liters to 1,913 liters with the rear seats folded.
Standard equipment includes a 17.3-inch central screen, a 26.8-inch head-up display, heated, ventilated and massaging front seats and electrically reclining rear seats.
Several features shown at the event are optional packages whose content and pricing XPeng will confirm at the October 29 launch.
They include an AI driver’s seat and zero-gravity passenger seat, a 20-speaker audio system and a 17.3-inch rear entertainment screen, which is bundled with a dual panoramic roof.
The L05 was developed alongside the L03 by a team led by Vice President of the Design Center Juanma Lopez, a former Ferrari designer, and comes in six exterior colors.
XPeng said the SUV was adapted for 65 countries and regions, with 660 test vehicles covering more than 5 million km across 25 countries and regions.
Europe Next
XPeng plans to launch the L05 in Europe in early 2027, about three months after the L03, and Vice Chairman Brian Gu said in July that it would reach Australian showrooms by the first quarter of 2027.
The L03 has drawn 12,136 orders in Europe since its July launch.
XPeng’s US-listed shares fell below $10 this month for the first time since September 2024, and He told EV in Paris that he was “not worried at all.”
