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A couple days after announcing the expansion to Spain and Portugal, the Chinese EV brand Xpeng revelead on Wednesday that signed a dealer partnership with Sime Darby Motors in Hong Kong and with Xin Kang Heng Holding in Macau.
Xpeng has been rapidly expanding its global footprint with the recent entrance in Germany, Spain, Portugal, and now Hong Kong plus Macau. The Guangzhou-based brand entered Europe via the Netherlands together with the Scandinavian countries Sweden, Denmark and Norway.
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Xpeng smallest SUV model G6 and the flagship seven-seater MPV X9 will be available from mid-May with the deliveries expected to start in the third quarter of the year. In a statement, Xpeng enhanced Hong Kong as an “international business hub” and “one of Asia’s most vibrant cosmopolitan cities”.
In Macau, the brand will parner with Xin Kang Heng Holding and the include the G9 and P7i models besides the two previously mentioned. Deliveries are planned to start next month.
On Tuesday, the manufacturer released a new video depicting the shipment of 1,000 G9 SUVs from the port in Shanghai to Europe, ahead of the commencement of sales.
Last week, the company announced that its coupe SUV G6 will soon be available in all its European markets with the deliveries starting in the third quarter.
The G6 can be ordered from May and will be available at European Xpeng Stores later in the third quarter, the brand said in a statement. Xpeng is set to communicate prices and specifications by the end of this month.
XPeng delivered 9,026 vehicles in March, nearly doubling (99%) compared to the previous month and a 29% increase year-over-year. In total, XPENG delivered 21,821 units in the first quarter of 2024, reflecting a 20% increase compared to the same period last year.
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