XPENG Motors delivers 60 G3s to China Southern Power Grid’s subsidiary

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- On June 22, China-based EV startup XPENG Motors handed over 60 XPENG G3 smart SUVs to Southern Power Grid Electric Vehicle Service Co.,Ltd (hereinafter referred to as EV Link) as part of a strategic framework cooperation both parties agreed in April 2018.

Following the newly-delivered 60 G3s, the startup is going to hand over another 50 G3 SUVs to EV Link in the near future.

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EV Link, a subsidiary owned by China Southern Power Grid (CSG), has a business scope primarily covering the R&D, manufacturing and marketing of charging facilities, the investment and operation over charging stations as well as car sales and rental, etc., aiming to shape itself into an EV service operator that integrates businesses along the whole EV industrial value chain and a service provider for future mobility ecosystem.

XPENG Motors delivered 2,704 units of the XPENG G3 SUV, to customers in May, once again taking the championship among EV startups in China by monthly deliveries, according to data released by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA).

The CPCA's data showed that the Guangzhou-based company is also the champion EV startup in this country in terms of Jan.-May deliveries.

According to a press release issued by XPENG Motors, it aims to hand over more than 10,000 vehicles by the end of July. The cumulative number is scheduled to exceed 40,000 units by the end of 2019.

Earlier this month, the EV maker just completed the production of 10,000 units of the G3 EV at its intelligent plant in Zhengzhou, 188 days after the model's official launch on December 12th, 2018.

The startup is dedicated to building and operating its own supercharging network. It plans to expand its supercharging stations to 200 across 30 cities by the end of 2019, and to 1,000 nationwide over the next 3 years, while customers are also connected to over 100,000 third-party charging piles across China, the EV maker said.