5 years ago, Xpeng G3 was launched, and with the sentence Hello, Xiaop made Xiaopeng at that time far ahead in terms of intelligent cockpit.
On the first day of 2024, Xpeng held the first press conference of the automotive industry this year, and the Xpeng X9 was officially launched, compared to the previous 38The pre-sale price of 80,000 yuan, the official price announced tonight has dropped sharply, and it has reached 35Starting at 80,000 yuan.
Specifically, Xpeng X9 has launched a total of 4 SKUs, which are still distinguished by cruising range and intelligent driving ability:
610 Pro RWD 35980,000 yuan.
702 Pro RWD 37980,000 yuan.
702 Max RWD 39980,000 yuan.
640 Max 4WD 41980,000 yuan.
As Xpeng's first pure electric MPV, the X9's three core configurations - rear-wheel steering, retractable third row, and dual-chamber air suspension are all standard equipment for all models, which are also exclusive features in similar MPVs.
In addition, a number of configurations such as an 800V platform, a refrigerator, a large sofa, and 23 speakers are also standard.
However, judging from the distribution of SKUs, Xpeng X9 has one less "610 Max version" than Xpeng G6, and if it can be supplemented in the future, it is believed that it can attract a large number of people who have a demand for high-end intelligent driving and pursue cost-effective at the same time.
After all, Xpeng's core competitiveness XNGP is still in the city, and from tomorrow, XNGP urban intelligent driving will cover 243 cities across the country, and fully automatic parking will also be pushed in 2024.
At this press conference, He Xiaopeng also summarized the experience of 2023, he talked about "choice is more important than effort", understood from a product perspective, that is, "successful product definition is far more effective than simple technology stacking".
So we can see that in the official promotional materials, Xpeng X9 has a very clear user portrait, that is, relatively young family users, and the car use scenario of this kind of user often has to take into account two situations, driving by themselves and traveling with the whole family.
A new interactive experience
The Xpeng X9 in this experience is equipped with XOS 50.0Beta 1, one of the most noticeable changes to the new system, is the new UI and UX. As you can see, 5The 0 version of XOS now finally supports split-screen operation, which is still very practical for a large-sized central control screen.
In the case of the Xpeng X9, this car is equipped with a 17The 3-inch central control screen is not only the largest central control screen of Xiaopeng at present, but also one of the best in the entire industry.
There are many ways to turn on the split screen, click the home button or five fingers to zoom, and you can enter the split screen mode. It's also easy to restore the full screen, just swipe right from the middle or swipe down with three fingers. Of course, you can also pull back from the far right side of the screen to change it back to a split screen.
However, Xpeng's current split-screen display is fixed at 1 3 on the left and 2 3 on the right, and 1 3 on the left can only display the map. If there are more split-screen options in the future, I personally think it will be more practical.
In addition, Xpeng has been using it for many years, and the side dock bar has also been adjusted to the bottom of the screen, so the biggest advantage of this design is that it can display more content.
On the dock bar of Xiaopeng X9,At present, you can put up to 21 icons,Including function control、Application app and shortcut components,And even if it is a third-party application,After putting it in the dock bar, the style of the icon will be unified,**Ecstasy!
However, I also found a small bug here, that is, the air conditioning widget is divided into the main and co-pilot, but after putting it in the dock bar, it is impossible to distinguish the main and co-pilot. Therefore, all Xpeng X9 owners, don't make a mistake when placing the air conditioning widgets.
Audio-visual entertainment experience
So the second point I want to share with you is about the performance of this car in terms of audio and video entertainment. As an MPV model, color TV refrigerator and large sofa, these three major pieces are naturally indispensable.
Open the Xpeng X9 app store and you can see that it currently provides 6 ** software and 1 in-car KSong software.
In addition to being able to be used on the central control screen, the rear row of the Xpeng X9 is also equipped with a 214-inch rear entertainment screen. And this screen skylight also made a circle similar to the shape of the ceiling, which is quite designed.
Speaking of large color TV,This screen can support up to 75 degrees of angle adjustment,The experience is still very good with zero gravity mode。 In terms of interactive experience, first of all, the screen itself supports touch, which I think is more practical than gesture control.
Secondly, the Xpeng X9 also offers a Bluetooth remote control exclusively. The following physical buttons must be easier for everyone to understand. The above area is a bit like a laptop touchpad, and the sliding edge can also achieve a quick page turning effect, which is quite special.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that Xpeng X9 is also equipped with a new set of self-developed audio this time. There are a total of 23 speakers in the whole car, with a maximum power of 2180W, and we have also conducted a professional test on the sound of this car. Interested partners can *** the content released tomorrow to view the detailed test data.
In-car charging experience
Finally, I would like to share with you the in-car charging experience of Xpeng X9, which is also a subdivision of today's intelligent cockpit, which is comparable to the 800V high-voltage platform and 5C high-rate battery.
First of all, the front row of the Xpeng X9 is equipped with two wireless charging with air-cooled 50W, and the main and co-pilots finally don't have to rush to charge.
There are 1A1C two USB ports under the center console, and the C port supports 60W charging power, which is compatible with PD, QC and other fast charging protocols, and it is still very fast to charge mobile phones, laptops, and switches.
Coming to the second row, Xpeng X9 is very confident to mark the charging power on the side of the USB interface. After actual measurement, there is indeed no false standard, and the power and compatibility are the same as those in the front row.
Finally, there is the third row, and the good news is that there are also two Type-C interfaces here, and the bad news is that these two interfaces do not support any fast charging protocol. 5v2a, stay safe.
Another thing to note is that the Xpeng X9 does not have a 220V power interface in the car. If you need to use some high-power equipment in the car, you can only drag a cable from the charging port outside the car to the car.
Write at the end
The above is our preliminary experience of Xpeng X9 in terms of intelligent cockpit. Although this car is an engineering version, and the car machine system is also in the state of the beta version, it can still be seen from various details that Xiaopeng has indeed put a lot of thought into how to create an intelligent cockpit suitable for MPV.
Hopefully in the official version of XOS 50 and in the future OTA, Xpeng can continue to bring more interesting features to this X9!