China electrical automobile maker XPENG Motors has introduced its new G6 coupe SUV — that includes an NVIDIA-powered clever superior driver help system — is now out there to the China market.

The G6 is XPENG’s first mannequin that includes the corporate’s proprietary Good Electrical Platform Structure (SEPA) 2.0, which goals to scale back growth and manufacturing prices and shorten R&D cycles for the reason that modular structure might be suitable with future fashions.

The electrical SUV additionally options the XPENG Navigation Guided Pilot (XNGP), a full scenario-based clever assisted driving system. It’s powered by the cutting-edge NVIDIA DRIVE Orin compute and XPENG’s full-stack software program developed in-house.

The XNGP system first made its debut within the EV maker’s flagship G9 SUV, touting a secure, dependable, superior driving expertise behind the wheel.

Subsequent-Stage Driving Expertise for All

The G6 is available in 5 trim ranges, ranging in worth from $29,021-$38,285 (RMB 209,900-276,900), making it accessible for the mainstream market.

That includes a high-voltage 800V silicon-carbide platform and 3C battery, the G6 is constructed to go as much as 469 miles on one cost and may attain speeds as much as 125 miles per hour (202 kph). With XPENG’s DC quick charger, drivers can rise up to 186 miles of cost in simply 10 minutes.

The G6 mannequin comes with two NVIDIA DRIVE Orin systems-on-a-chip (SOCs), which ship 508 trillion operations per second (TOPS) of high-peformance compute for real-time processing of information streaming in from the automobile’s 31 driving sensors.

Upping the Ante

The XNGP driving system makes the G6 a standout amongst at present’s EV panorama as automakers jockey for place within the extremely aggressive China market. In truth, XPENG predicts this newest mannequin will change into the top-selling electrical SUV within the nation.

With the XNGP’s point-to-point automated cruise help, drivers want solely set the vacation spot and monitor the site visitors situations with arms resting on the steering wheel, whereas the automobile takes the wheel, performing a bunch of scenario-based actions. These embody cruising on essential city roads, autonomously altering lanes, congestion avoidance, emergency braking, on- and off-ramp driving, freeway driving, parking, and extra.

The G6’s means to soundly navigate all these driving situations is enabled by its complete sensor suite, which incorporates a number of lidars, cameras, mmWave and ultrasonic radars for a 360-degree encompass view of the automotive’s atmosphere. In consequence, this redundant and various multi-sensor fusion set helps allow secure, clever driving choices beneath a wide range of city driving situations.

With plans for the G6 to roll out to key European markets by subsequent yr, XPENG designed this state-of-the-art coupe SUV to satisfy each C-NCAP and E-NCAP security requirements.

Based mostly on the greater than 35,000 preorders reported for the G6 after its reveal at Auto Shanghai earlier this yr, drivers are wanting to get shifting on this newest providing from XPENG’s software-defined fleet.