{"id":816654,"date":"2026-07-22T13:56:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T13:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/816654\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T13:56:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T13:56:21","slug":"xpeng-p7-under-consideration-for-australia-to-take-on-the-tesla-model-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/816654\/","title":{"rendered":"Xpeng P7 under consideration for Australia to take on the Tesla Model 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Xpeng P7<\/a> electric vehicle (EV) has made its Australian public debut in Melbourne, but the automaker says it’s yet to decide whether the striking liftback, a rival to the Tesla Model 3<\/a>, Mazda 6e<\/a> and BYD Seal<\/a>, will join its local lineup.<\/p>\n

The second-generation ‘E29’ P7 was launched in China in 2025 and was among the vehicles displayed at the brand’s Australian relaunch this week as a factory-backed operation.<\/p>\n

The P7 was the only production model displayed that the automaker hasn’t locked in for local showrooms (discounting the Aircraft Carrier), with five models including four SUVs and a people mover set to arrive over the next six months<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Xpeng GX<\/a> flagship SUV is also set to arrive in 2027 at the earliest, although exact timing is yet to be decided.<\/p>\n

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“We are looking at the market currently,” Xpeng vice chairman and president Brian Gu told media including CarExpert, when asked about the P7’s chances of a local launch.<\/p>\n

“I see a trend that sedans becoming more marginalised as a format, so we are thinking very hard whether we want to bring more sedans to this market. Obviously that decision hasn’t been made yet.”<\/p>\n

The P7 measures 5017mm long, 1970mm wide and 1427mm high, and uses a rear-mounted 270kW\/465Nm electric motor driving the rear wheels in the entry-level grade, paired with a 74.9kWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery.<\/p>\n

Claimed range on the CLTC cycle is 702km, rising to as much as 820km in higher grades using a 92.2kWh lithium ternary battery.<\/p>\n

This larger battery is also fitted to the flagship Ultra, which produces 437kW\/695Nm through a dual-motor all-wheel drive system, for a claimed 0-100km\/h time of 3.7 seconds and a 750km CLTC range.<\/p>\n

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With Xpeng pitching itself as a rival to Tesla, the P7’s key competitor in Australia would be the (smaller) Model 3 sedan, which starts at $54,900 before on-road costs here, with the two EVs priced relatively closely in China.<\/p>\n

While Tesla sales have been resurgent in 2026, both globally and in Australia, it has been the Model Y<\/a> SUV doing the heavy lifting, making headlines by becoming the first EV to top the Australian sales charts<\/a> in May.<\/p>\n

Tesla doesn’t report individual global sales by model, but Electric Vehicle Council figures show Model 3 sales have fallen in Australia, with 3192 delivered in the first six months of the year, down 14.1 per cent on the same period in 2025.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, 20,396 Model Ys were delivered in Australia in the first half of this year, putting it third overall behind the Ford Ranger<\/a> and Toyota HiLux<\/a> utes.<\/p>\n

Bucking the trend is the BYD Seal, which is up 64.9 per cent year-to-date with 2654 deliveries, hot on the heels of the declining Model 3.<\/p>\n

Regardless, the P7 would enter a relatively low-volume segment despite modest growth this year, with Xpeng likely keeping a keen eye on sales of the new Mazda 6e electric liftback, customer deliveries of which begin this month.<\/p>\n

The other recent arrival, the Kia EV4<\/a> electric sedan, has contributed only 277 sales to Kia’s 41,846 year-to-date deliveries, despite record EV market share driven by record fuel prices<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In China, Xpeng also offers the M03 sedan, which is closer in size to the Model 3 and EV4, but is aimed at younger buyers and priced much lower. At the other end of the scale, the P7+ is another large liftback with more sedate styling than the P7.<\/p>\n

Passenger cars have largely been replaced by SUVs in terms of popularity in Australia.<\/p>\n

The Holden Commodore sedan and wagon range last topped the annual sales charts in 2010, with the Mazda 3<\/a> that took the top spot in 2011-12 and the Toyota Corolla<\/a> that took it from 2013-15 both offered as a hatch or sedan.<\/p>\n

While SUVs have grown in popularity, it’s actually utes that have taken the top spot every year from 2016 onwards \u2013 first the Toyota HiLux<\/a>, and then the Ford Ranger<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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