September 2021 was XPENG’s first European motor show. The stand was virtual. IAA Mobility ran in Munich from 7 to 12 September, and XPENG showed six cars: the X2, P7, P7 Wing Edition, G3i, G3 and P5. The company also announced a keynote on 8 September at 16:30-17:00 CET.
One market behind the virtual stand
Norway was the only European country where XPENG sold cars at the time. The G3 launched there in April 2020 and reached its first customers in December that year. XPENG opened P7 pre-orders at the start of July 2021 and said deliveries would begin in October. XPENG wrote that the show marked the start of its arrival in Europe, and that more markets would follow over the coming months.
Models and technology in 2021
The X2 was a prototype flying car, developed with HT Aero. It weighed 560 kg, had a maximum take-off weight of 760 kg and was built entirely in carbon fibre. XPENG expected it to reach 130 km/h and stay up for 35 minutes at 1,000 metres. Those were still expectations. It had not flown in public yet, and it was just over a year before it did, in Dubai.
The P7 had XPILOT 2.5 and Xmart OS. The P5 was to get XPILOT 3.5 and was presented as the first mass-produced car with lidar in China. The systems have moved on since, and the 2021 names do not describe what a new car runs today: the XOS history has the sequence.
XPENG highlighted one figure from China: as of 31 March 2021 the G3 had received 15 OTA updates and 55 new functions.
Five years later
In September 2025 XPENG announced its first European R&D centre in Munich, and the L03 had its world premiere in the city in July 2026. At IFA in Berlin in September 2026 XPENG showed the L03, the IRON robot and the Land Aircraft Carrier among others.
The markets page shows where XPENG sells today, and the XPENG company page has the background.
Images: XPENG
Sources
XPENG: full product range at IAA Mobility 2021 · 2 September 2021