CHINA’S XPENG INKS PARTNERSHIP WITH UAE’S ALI&SONS

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 (Bernama) -- XPENG Motors (XPENG), a Chinese smart electric vehicle (Smart EV) company, announced its latest long-term strategic partnership with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) dealership group Ali &Sons.

As part of XPENG's international expansion plans, a growing list of new partners from its strategic markets have joined the company in bringing the brand's latest smart EVs to local consumers, including RAYA of Egypt; SR Group (Azerbaijan); T Gargour and Fils (Jordan); and Gargour Asia SAL (Lebanon).

XPENG global market dealer strategy focuses on establishing partnerships with local dealers to create a first-class distribution, sales, and service network in various regions.

Its General Manager of International Markets, Alex Tang in a statement said: “The new markets we are announcing today are recognised globally as the nucleus for EV growth, which makes this the natural and forward-thinking next step in our expansion into the EMEA market.

“We are committed not only to developing products that address local customer needs but also to bringing leading technologies and high quality to global customers.”

The partnerships will enable the company to bring its latest smart EVs to local consumers with branded showrooms, after-sales support, and comprehensive guidance through each stage of the buying process.

XPENG will offer the G6 SUV and G9 SUV models in the UAE from third quarter this year. Developed for global markets, both the G6 and the G9 are underpinned by the company's evolutionary Smart Electric Platform Architecture (SEPA) 2.0 platform, which sets the foundation for future production models while reducing development and manufacturing costs.

Meanwhile, in late 2023, XPENG began delivering P7 sedans and G9 SUVs to Azerbaijan and will begin distributing these vehicles in Jordan and Lebanon in the second quarter of this year, and in Egypt in the third quarter. The P7 is XPENG's best-selling model, with over 100,000 units sold in two years since its global launch.

The partnerships mark several "firsts" for XPENG on its road to globalisation, with the UAE being the first market XPENG entered in the Gulf region, along with Azerbaijan as the company's first in Central Asia and Egypt as the first in Africa.

Expansion into additional European markets including Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, and France is also set in parallel for this year.

-- BERNAMA