On November 3rd, Red Star Capital Bureau reported that this afternoon, Xiaopeng Motors (09868. HK/XPEV. US) released the "Explanation on Upgrading the Urban NGP Functions of Xiaopeng P5" on its official website, which is a response to the collective rights protection of Xiaopeng P5 car owners. (For details, please refer to the Red Star News report "1122 car owners jointly seek the rights of Xiaopeng Automobile, and respond that the solution will be announced today")
The city NGP (Navigation Assisted Driving) function that P5 car owners are most concerned about has not been implemented, Xiaopeng Automobile explained, "The urban NGP of Xiaopeng P5 is a city intelligent driving assistance function that relies heavily on high-precision map technology. The opening of this function is influenced by many factors, and not only requires a long research and development process of collection, production, verification, and multiple tests to improve the reliability and safety of use, but also requires the approval of urban map information according to regulations, making it difficult to achieve rapid coverage of different cities
Xiaopeng Automobile stated: "For the P5 model, we will continue OTA and gradually launch functions such as smart scene, steering assistance, sentry mode optimization, map optimization, NetEase Cloud music access, and instrument display lyrics in 2024. For more details, please follow the official announcement released by @ OTA assistant
Based on the consideration that the opening of NGP in P5 cities is influenced by many objective factors, Xiaopeng Motors has launched a special intelligent driving voucher worth 20000 yuan for current owners of Xiaopeng P5 P version who have obtained XPILOT3.5 intelligent driving assistance software as of 16:00 on November 3, 2023. The purchase of Xiaopeng G6, P7i, G9, and X9 models equipped with the XNGP intelligent driving assistance system can be offset by initial purchase, additional purchase, or exchange purchase. This benefit can be used by the car owner's designated purchaser, and is valid until December 31, 2026.
Regarding the response from Xiaopeng Automobile, Mr. Wang, the owner of Xiaopeng, expressed his dissatisfaction to the Red Star Capital Bureau: "According to Xiaopeng, the progress of urban NGP is slow and cannot fulfill the promise made when buying a car. Xiaopeng is calling for us to change cars
Another major demand of Xiaopeng P5 car owners, the "Intelligent Cabin System XOS Tianji," has not been resolved. Mr. Wang said, "What are the functions of NetEase Cloud, lyrics display, and OTA? I don't know how much difference there is in performance compared to XOS Tianji
Mr. Wang also believes that the 20000 yuan voucher rights proposed by Xiaopeng Automobile lack sincerity and are aimed at boosting sales. If it weren't for the promised city NGP, I wouldn't have bought a P-version car with a LiDAR. XPILOT3.5 is priced at 25000 yuan, which adds up to over 40000 yuan
Xiaopeng Automobile stated to the Red Star Capital Bureau that XNGP has no map, while CNGP has a map. The high-precision map technology route is limited, and there is no way to follow the "map", so it is a last resort. Previously, there have been no subsidies from car companies to provide feedback to old car owners who have iterated in technology. Xiaopeng Motors responded quickly and launched the first "Smart Driving First Enjoy Coupon", which provides genuine gold and silver rewards to old users. The coupon can be resold without following the car or people.
Our continuous OTA iteration of the Xiaopeng P5 will not stop, including a series of major updates related to intelligent driving and intelligent cockpit, which will be launched in 2024. The intelligent driving capability of the Xiaopeng P5 will be further strengthened. The OS Tianji system supports a horizontal screen version, and although the P5 does not support the XOS Tianji system, it will continue to provide more practical vehicle function optimization updates through OTA in the future, The most obvious feature of Tianji is that it can split screens, and vertical screens cannot use the split screen function