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XPengX9

A large electric minivan that steers with its rear wheels.

The story

A defining chapter in XPeng history.

Explore the ideas, engineering and context that shaped the XPeng X9, then continue into its specifications and place in the marque's lineage.

Origins

The X9, launched in 2024, is XPeng's attempt at the Chinese luxury MPV — a large seven-seat minivan built to carry executives and families in the segment where the Toyota Alphard set expectations. Styled by Shubham Yadav, it uses a front motor with front-wheel drive or a dual-motor all-wheel-drive layout, on the company's 800-volt architecture.

XPeng X9 004 · JustAnotherCarDesigner · CC0

Design and engineering

Its most distinctive feature is rear-wheel steering, unusual on a vehicle this shape and used to cut the turning circle to something closer to a hatchback's — a meaningful advantage in Chinese multi-storey car parks. The rest is segment orthodoxy done well: reclining middle-row seats, air suspension, and a very quiet cabin.

Private XPeng X9 SUM8299M · S5A-0043 · CC BY 4.0

In production

An extended-range version followed, using a 1.5-litre turbocharged four-cylinder purely as a generator to charge the battery, which removes the range anxiety that had kept some buyers away from a fully electric family vehicle. The X9 has been one of the better-selling electric MPVs in China and is part of XPeng's export programme.

XPeng X9 IAA 2025 DSC 1792 · Alexander Migl · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

The facts that define it.

Produced

2023–present

Designer

Shubham Yadav

Body

5-door minivan

Technical specification

The X9, in detail.

Production: 2023–present
Class: Large minivan
Body style: 5-door minivan
Layout: EV ; Front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout; Front-motor, front-wheel drive ; Dual-motor Four-wheel drive; all-wheel drive ; PHEV (EREV) ; Front-engine, front-wheel-drive; Front-engine, front-motor, front-wheel-drive
Engine: 1.5 L HDA 4G15T turbocharged I4 (Generator only)
Designer: Shubham Yadav
Assembly: China: Guangzhou, Guangdong ; Indonesia: Purwakarta Regency; Purwakarta, West Java (abbr; HIM; Handal Indonesia Motor) ; Malaysia: Malacca (abbr; EPMB; EP Manufacturing Bhd)
Manufacturer: XPeng