Together with the capacious boot, underneath the bonnet is a small storage compartment that is massive sufficient for a backpack.
All variations of the P7 get a 263bhp electrical motor driving the rear wheels, to which the Efficiency model provides a 161bhp motor to the entrance. Our take a look at automobile was the single-motor Tremendous Lengthy Vary mannequin, which makes use of an 81kWh battery pack able to delivering 439 miles – albeit miles measured by the beneficiant NEDC normal, quite than Europe’s stricter WLTP process.
As with many Chinese language EVs, our P7 was geared in the direction of vary quite than efficiency, however a 0-62mph of 6.7sec (this drops to 4.3sec for the dual-motor Efficiency mannequin) is actually brisk sufficient for many, with sufficient acceleration to depart in its wake many equally priced petrol vehicles.
Whereas the extent of kinetic power regeneration is adjustable, it isn’t as robust as in lots of EVs, and in consequence you want to use the bodily brakes extra.
The steering is – for as soon as in a Chinese language automobile – moderately effectively weighted, which maybe is not so stunning, contemplating the P7’s chassis was developed along side Porsche. The trip high quality can be tauter than you may anticipate and extra sporting.
We additionally had the chance to check a beta model of NGP on a P7 Efficiency. A highway-based autonomous driving system, it features extra successfully than that of the Chinese language-built Teslas when merging onto the freeway and cruising on the velocity restrict. The Xpeng system additionally wants far much less enter from the driving force. It’s, nevertheless, much less aggressive than Tesla’s system relating to overtaking.
