Xpeng may have launched an SUV here last year, but its local dealer TrueEV has plans to expand into potentially multiple passenger car segments.
In addition to the X9 People Mover due here next year, TrueEV has confirmed it is considering sedans, although the body style is losing popularity in our market.
“(We) have mentioned two to three models at the end of next year. I can’t confirm which ones they are… Hopefully there’s a sedan in the mix, you’d probably predict a range extender as well, so those are the things that the market assessment has led to and we expect to launch at the end of next year,” TrueEV CEO Jason Clarke said Daily Sparkz.
“We’ve been pushing for this, so again as a dealer we think this category can be challenged” when asked specifically about sedans.
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“There aren’t many compelling offerings in this category and the P7 offers the opportunity to really break through that. We have a few demonstrator models or evaluation models here that we’ve been driving around to get market feedback.
“The feedback on the P7 and P7+ is really, really positive, so we introduced two of them in Australia, including the Mona 03. We have one of those too.
“These are the types of models we definitely want to bring to Australia, we need to build the chassis for them, an OEM will decide whether to invest the capital for a right-hand drive P7 or Mona 03 in the near future, but I can’t announce anything at this stage.”
The front-wheel-drive Mona 03 is Xpeng’s smallest sedan, although it is slightly larger than the Tesla Model 3.
Described by Mr Clarke as an “ultra-budget but high-tech sedan”, the car is priced from RMB 129,800, or around A$28,000, in China and offers a choice of 51.8 kWh and 62.2 kWh lithium iron phosphate batteries.
Range on the more generous CLTC cycle is between 502km and 620km, while there is a choice of 140kW/225Nm and 160kW/250Nm electric motors.
It rides on a MacPherson strut front axle and a torsion beam rear suspension.
The Mona 03 slots in below the sleek P7 large sedan introduced this year and the similarly sized but more conservatively styled P7+ liftback that went into production last year.
Both the P7 and P7+ are just over five meters long, so they have little competition in Australia outside of European luxury brands.
The P7 features a distinctive shape, highlighted by the inclusion of scissor doors.
All P7s feature double wishbone front suspension and five-link rear suspension, as well as dual-chamber air suspension. There’s also a choice between 270kW/465Nm rear-wheel drive and 437kW/695Nm all-wheel drive configurations.
It has an 800V electrical system with ultra-fast 5C charging. The range is between 702 km and 820 km, depending on whether you choose the 74.9 kWh LFP battery or the 92.2 kWh nickel manganese cobalt unit.
Tech features include an 87-inch panoramic head-up display, a 15.6-inch touchscreen infotainment system, an 8.0-inch rear entertainment screen, a 23-speaker sound system and soft-close doors.
Finally, the P7+ also has an 800 V electrical system with available 5C charging and a choice of 60.7 kWh, 76.3 kWh and 74.9 kWh LFP batteries with a range between 615 km and 725 km.
All P7+ have rear-wheel drive and optional electric motors with 180 kW/450 Nm and 230 kW/450 Nm.
It features a double wishbone front suspension and a five-link rear suspension with optional adaptive damping.
Despite the “+” suffix, the P7+’s spec sheet isn’t quite as impressive as the P7’s, but there’s still a wide range of luxury and safety technologies.
Mr Clarke warned that for Xpeng to build right-hand drive sedans it would require a business model, which is not currently the case.
“Having launched in more than 30 markets in 2025, they have a very good idea of the industry globally and what will sell in specific markets,” he said.
“So I think their decision is broadly clear. If we as distributors and retailers can identify certain trends and can prove and justify that, of course no one is going to invest millions in a right-hand drive version for the Australian market with all the necessary testing, assuming we sell 200 examples of a particular model.”
If there’s one body style that’s even less popular than sedans in Australia, it’s people movers – by a significant margin – but Mr Clarke said TrueEV had encountered strong demand for its upcoming X9.
“We have taken a significant number of pre-orders and deposits for the X9, this demand is all but proven,” Mr Clarke said.
“(Headquarters) will listen to this. We’ll build a case, we’ll do market testing and provide that,” he said.
“I think we have a strong influence on the OEMs when it comes to what the Australian market wants and what we think we can sell to that market, but at the end of the day they probably sell to close to 50 countries now. So there are 50 markets that tell them they know best, but I think their own data is pretty strong.”
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