Xpeng Motors has quickly halted its 24-hour endurance take a look at of the brand new Xpeng P7 after extreme in a single day climate precipitated important standing water on the high-speed monitor. Xpeng’s Senior Director, recognized on Weibo as @XP-Jacky, posted at round 2 a.m. at present that persevering with the high-speed trial underneath such circumstances would pose important security dangers.
The choice to droop the run was made collectively by Xpeng Motors, the China Automotive Expertise and Analysis Centre (CATARC), and the monitor operator, with driver security because the precedence. The corporate mentioned it intends to restart the endurance run from scratch, resetting the timing to a full 24 hours, as soon as the monitor circumstances are protected. The provisional plan is to renew this morning when the climate permits.
Xpeng Vice President @托马斯电火车 (on Weibo) additionally posted an replace at present, noting heavy fog and poor visibility on the take a look at web site. Groups are monitoring circumstances earlier than deciding on the restart time.
The endurance problem was initially introduced by Xpeng founder, chairman, and CEO He Xiaopeng, who mentioned the take a look at would contain steady operation for twenty-four hours, with drivers rotating to maintain the automobile shifting at sustained excessive speeds and performing repeated ultra-fast charging. The corporate described it as a demanding evaluation of the P7’s electrical powertrain, battery administration, and sturdiness.
The brand new Xpeng P7, unveiled in China on August 6 and obtainable for pre-orders, options an 800V high-voltage structure, a 5C ultra-fast charging AI battery able to including as much as 525 km of vary in 10 minutes, a most CLTC-rated vary of 820 km, vitality consumption of 12 kWh per 100 km, 0–100 km/h acceleration in 3 seconds, and a prime velocity of 230 km/h.
The 24-hour high-speed endurance format is much like a June trial carried out by Xiaomi’s YU7 Max prototype, which coated 3,944 km at a mean velocity above 210 km/h (excluding charging time), with every of its 30 ultra-fast charging stops lasting 10–12 minutes. That occasion was licensed by CATARC.
