XPeng Rolls Out Unlimited XNGP Nationwide

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XPeng’s self-driving system was fantabulously good practically two years in the past after I examined it just about for an extended drive right into a busy metropolis. On the time, it was referred to as XPeng’s “City Navigation Guided Pilot” (CNGP), and on that drive no less than, it was similar to the Tesla FSD v12.3 I exploit right now — except CNGP didn’t make a single mistakeso it’s exhausting to evaluate. That stated, there have been nonetheless clearly issues to work on with a view to develop its use geographically, and XPeng has spent the final two years engaged on these issues. Now, it’s prepared for the massive time.

XPeng has now rolled out what it calls XNGP nationwide — “full-scale availability with no restrictions on cities, routes, or road conditions.” The corporate is providing that sort of common, broad self-driving that Tesla is providing, reasonably than limiting it to sure cities or kinds of roads.

“AI has started leading new trends and technological waves post-2023, bringing four new directions: chips, large models, autonomous driving, and robotics. Among the new leading enterprises riding this AI wave is XPENG,” stated He Xiaopeng, Chairman and CEO. The XNGP rollout comes with the rollout of Tianji XOS 5.2 worldwide to XPeng house owners. That’s XPeng’s newest in-car working system (OS). “Once the upgrade is complete, they will be able to enjoy seamless human-machine interaction and advanced smart mobility features,” XPeng notes. “As the first system in the industry to apply AI technology to both smart cockpit and smart driving, the Tianji XOS 5.2 brings 484 feature upgrades, encompassing smart driving, ecosystem connectivity, and smart cockpit.” Wow.

“Empowered by AI large models, XPENG’s OTA update frequency leads the industry, becoming the top Chinese pure electric vehicle brand in frequency of OTAs,” XPeng provides.

Considerably surprisingly to me, XPeng notes that it’s already in 30 international locations. Its automobiles are actually accessible in international locations in Europe, the Center East, Asia-Pacific, Africa, and Latin America. Moreover, “In the first half of 2024, XPENG ranked first in export volume among Chinese pure electric brands for mid-to-high-end models and won first place in sales of mid-to-high-end pure electric SUVs in several developed markets in Northern Europe and the Middle East.”

Relating to the AI developments, XPeng has a number of extra phrases so as to add about how a lot it has been advancing on this trade:

“With the assistance of end-to-end giant fashions, the evolution cycle of XPENG’s clever driving know-how and expertise has been considerably shortened. In accordance with He Xiaopeng, XPENG already possesses a most AI computing energy reserve of two.51 EFLOPS.

“After being the primary in China to attain mass manufacturing of end-to-end giant fashions, XPENG has achieved ‘one version iteration every two days, one experience upgrade every two weeks’ with its OTA updates. Because the international launch of the Tianji XOS on Could 20, XPENG AI Day, there have been 5 full-scale updates inside 70 days, reaching no less than 35 model iterations.

“In terms of intelligent cockpit, the Tianji XOS 5.2 realizes interconnectivity with the Apple ecosystem, adding practical features such as remote voice control, gesture control, and versatile NFC touch control. To achieve the ultimate personalized cockpit, it introduces 80 new customizable dashboard themes, 1,620 new driving modes, and universal screen mirroring, further enhancing the user driving experience.”

Truthfully, these are fairly important upgrades. I’d like to obtain a few of these updates in my Tesla Mannequin 3! Sadly, we don’t appear to get important upgrades like these lately. However we’ll see — perhaps Tesla shall be pushed to catch up in some unspecified time in the future.

Along with these updates, XPeng teased its S5 liquid-cooled ultra-fast charging station, which is coming within the third quarter, and Mona M03 good pure electrical coupe, which turned accessible in 100 cities throughout China on August 1.