XPeng will launch the L05, a mid-size SUV from its lower-cost series, in Europe in early 2027, about three months after its smaller sibling the L03, the company said at a media event in Paris on Sunday.
Sven De Smet, Head of Brand and Marketing at XPeng Europe, gave the timing at XPeng’s Paris Night, held on the eve of the Paris Motor Show.
A slide shown during the presentation placed the L05, still under a cover, next to the L03.
De Smet did not give a European price, say which powertrains Europe will get, or name the markets where the car will go on sale.
XPeng also did not say whether the L05 will only be built in China or assembled in Europe.
The L05 will be the second Mona model in Europe, after the L03 SUV coupe, which has drawn 12,136 orders in the region since its July launch, Founder and CEO He Xiaopeng said at the same event attended by EV.
A Larger Mona SUV
The L05 is the third model in the Mona series, after the M03 sedan and the L03, and the largest so far.
XPeng first filed the car with China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) in its 407th batch of new vehicle approvals, published on May 9.
The filing lists the L05 at 4,870 mm long, 1,930 mm wide and 1,636 mm tall, on a 2,940 mm wheelbase.
That makes it 220 mm longer than the L03, with a wheelbase 90 mm longer. The fully electric version uses a single motor rated at 183 kilowatts.
LO5’s extended-range version pairs a motor of the same output with a 1.5-litre range extender rated at 70 kilowatts.
A second MIIT listing, in the 31st catalogue of new energy vehicles eligible for purchase tax relief, published on June 15, disclosed the batteries.
The battery-electric L05 comes in four range versions, all with a 71.1 kWh lithium iron phosphate pack, rated at 615 km to 660 km on China’s CLTC cycle.
The extended-range version carries a 37.2 kWh lithium iron phosphate pack, good for 237 km, 245 km or 253 km of electric-only CLTC range depending on the version.
CALB supplies the battery-electric packs and Eve Energy the extended-range battery, according to the filings. European range figures under the WLTP cycle have not been published.
China First
XPeng will launch the L05 in China in the fourth quarter, He Xiaopeng said on the company’s earnings call on August 24, the first time XPeng gave the model a launch window.
The company has not announced a launch date or prices in China.
Undisguised examples of the car were photographed testing on public roads in China in August, showing a fastback roofline and the T-shaped light signature of the Mona series.
A Second Mona SUV for Europe
XPeng signalled a second Mona SUV for Europe before the L03 had launched.
“But this will be a Mona series SUV to be launched in Europe,” Elvis Cheng, the company’s Managing Director for the UK and Europe, said in May, in response to a question from EV at the Financial Times Future of the Car summit.
“And later, we will have another one coming,” he said, without naming the model.
He Xiaopeng told analysts in August that XPeng would expand its overseas range next year.
“In 2027, we will also introduce multiple star models, including extended range EV models in overseas markets, further expanding our geographic coverage and market share,” he said.
Vice Chairman Brian Gu said in July that the L05 would be in showrooms in Australia by the first quarter of 2027.
The L03 Template
The L03 gives the clearest guide to how XPeng may bring the L05 to Europe.
The smaller SUV launched in China and Europe on the same day in July, with prices from €34,990 ($39,200) in France and Belgium and €35,600 ($39,900) in Germany, according to XPeng.
An extended-range L03 Power X followed from €38,600 ($43,300) in Germany.
XPeng said on September 30 that the L03 was “now preparing to begin its first deliveries to European customers.”
The L03 is built in China, because Magna Steyr’s plant in Graz, Austria, where XPeng assembles the G6, G9 and P7+, is at capacity, according to Thomas Rodier, Marketing Director of XPeng France.
Magna completed a first production trial of the G9L SUV in Graz this month, the fourth XPeng model to go through the plant.
Tariffs and Hybrids
Where the L05 is built, and with which powertrain, will decide what it pays to enter the European Union.
China-built electric cars from XPeng face a 20.7% countervailing duty on top of the standard 10% import tariff.
Those duties cover only battery-electric vehicles, not hybrids.
The EU said on Friday it had reached a shared understanding with China to moderate Chinese exports of hybrid and plug-in hybrid cars to the bloc, with Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič saying it opened the prospect of cutting them by more than half.
Beijing’s text gave no figure, and neither side has said how the reduction would work or whether extended-range models fall within it.
EU leaders are due to review the understanding on October 15 and 16.
Europe Push
XPeng has delivered more than 100,000 vehicles outside China, including more than 60,000 in Europe, the company said in its Paris Motor Show announcement.
Germany has become its largest market outside China this year.
The company said on Sunday it now sells in 82 markets and has six production sites worldwide, without saying which would supply the L05 for Europe.
The company will give the G9L flagship SUV its global premiere at the show on Monday and open European orders.
XPeng also plans to roll out its Next Generation Pilot assisted-driving system in Europe from early 2027, the same window it has now set for the L05.
