In June 2023 XPENG opened City NGP in Beijing, on the city’s ring roads and expressways. The function was in beta and limited to the G9 Max and P7i Max on Xmart OS 4.3.0 and the P5 in P trim on 3.5.0. City NGP had started in Guangzhou in October 2022, and by June 2023 it ran in four Chinese cities: Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing.
On 29 December 2023 an update added 27 cities, among them Tianjin, Chengdu, Xi’an, Wuhan and Changsha. XNGP then covered 52 cities for customers with Max equipment on the Chinese market. XPENG also stated a target of 200 cities in early 2024. The functions applied only to models sold in China.
The European perspective
In Europe City NGP was not available in this period. In July 2026 XPENG announced a global rollout of NGP in 2027 based on VLA 2.0, adapted to European roads and driving conditions.
In December 2023 He Xiaopeng judged that the inflection point for intelligent driver assistance in China would come with nationwide coverage at low cost and high safety, and that demand would rise sharply over the next five years.
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