China's throwing down the gauntlet in the self-driving car race now too, and this offering from Xpeng is running the Tesla playbook.
Xpeng may be one of the more prolific Chinese car EV startups. It roared onto the scene in 2019 with a Tesla Model S-sized electric car that was priced closer to the Tesla Model 3 called the XPeng P7. And like Tesla, the XPeng P7 boasted a suite of semi-autonomous driving capabilities analogous to Autopilot or Full Self-Driving, called XGNP. For 2024, it looks like Xpeng is finally giving the P7 a much-needed update in the form of a new model—and it's running another Tesla playbook too.
Xpeng Xpeng P7+ Rear Closeup Now, the most interesting part of all is that the P7+ doesn’t appear to have any LiDAR units. The Xpeng G6, G9, P5 and current P7 all use LiDAR as the backbone of its self-driving capabilities, so this omission is a big departure for the brand. This car is expected to switch to a vision, camera-based only setup for its autonomous driving ADAS aspirations, similar to Tesla. Of course, that attracted the ire of Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
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