{"id":83673,"date":"2025-09-15T11:02:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=83673"},"modified":"2025-09-15T11:02:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:02:56","slug":"xpeng-ev-production-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=83673","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Xpeng Is Now Building EVs In Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Xpeng, one of Tesla\u2019s biggest Chinese competitors, has started building cars in Europe.<\/li>\n<li>The ambitious EV maker\u2019s first European models will be built alongside the legendary Mercedes-Benz G-Class.<\/li>\n<li>That\u2019s because Xpeng contracted Magna International, the same company that built the Fisker Ocean and Jaguar I-Pace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chinese electric car maker <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/772206\/xpeng-iaa-munich-p7-tesla\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\" data-type-id=\"0\" data-params=\"%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22772206%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22xpeng-iaa-munich-p7-tesla%22%7D\">Xpeng<\/a> has officially started manufacturing electric passenger vehicles in Europe, beating rival <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/byd\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\">BYD<\/a> to the punch, though not by much. Xpeng has partnered with Austrian contract manufacturer Magna Steyr to begin local production of the G6 and G9 electric crossovers, with the first units having already rolled off the production line.<\/p>\n<p>Magna is one of the biggest names in the automotive industry, with its manufacturing facility in Graz, Austria, being responsible for assembling the Mercedes-Benz G-Class and BMW Z4. The discontinued <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/jaguar\/i-pace\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\">Jaguar I-Pace<\/a> and the ill-fated <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/fisker\/ocean\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\">Fisker Ocean<\/a> EVs were assembled at the same location.<\/p>\n<section data-is-mosaic=\"0\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"image\" data-border=\"\" data-id=\"8251388\" readability=\"1.5\">\n        <span class=\"svg-search\"><br \/>\n            <svg>\n                <use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/design\/dist\/critical\/icons\/sprite-common-0-1de6c82323269ad4e75a31f5f21e741f.svg#semidir\"\/>\n            <\/svg><br \/>\n        <\/span>\n    <picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"&#10;            https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/0eENZz\/s5\/xpeng-european-ev-production-at-magna-steyr-s-facility-in-graz-austria.webp 213w,&#10;            https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/0eENZz\/s6\/xpeng-european-ev-production-at-magna-steyr-s-facility-in-graz-austria.webp 445w,&#10;            https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/0eENZz\/s4\/xpeng-european-ev-production-at-magna-steyr-s-facility-in-graz-austria.webp 889w,&#10;            https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/0eENZz\/s3\/xpeng-european-ev-production-at-magna-steyr-s-facility-in-graz-austria.webp 1280w,&#10;            https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/0eENZz\/s2\/xpeng-european-ev-production-at-magna-steyr-s-facility-in-graz-austria.webp 1440w,&#10;            https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/0eENZz\/s1\/xpeng-european-ev-production-at-magna-steyr-s-facility-in-graz-austria.webp 1920w&#10;        \" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) calc(100vw - 24px), (max-width: 1023px) calc(100vw - 48px), 644px\"><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"&#10;            https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/0eENZz\/s5\/xpeng-european-ev-production-at-magna-steyr-s-facility-in-graz-austria.jpg 213w,&#10;            https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/0eENZz\/s6\/xpeng-european-ev-production-at-magna-steyr-s-facility-in-graz-austria.jpg 445w,&#10;            https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/0eENZz\/s4\/xpeng-european-ev-production-at-magna-steyr-s-facility-in-graz-austria.jpg 889w,&#10;            https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/0eENZz\/s3\/xpeng-european-ev-production-at-magna-steyr-s-facility-in-graz-austria.jpg 1280w,&#10;            https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/0eENZz\/s2\/xpeng-european-ev-production-at-magna-steyr-s-facility-in-graz-austria.jpg 1440w,&#10;            https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/0eENZz\/s1\/xpeng-european-ev-production-at-magna-steyr-s-facility-in-graz-austria.jpg 1920w&#10;        \" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) calc(100vw - 24px), (max-width: 1023px) calc(100vw - 48px), 644px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/static\/16x9-tr.png\" alt=\"Xpeng European EV production at Magna Steyr's facility in Graz, Austria\" width=\"16\" height=\"9\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<div class=\"photo-title\" readability=\"8\">\n<p>Xpeng European EV production at Magna Steyr&#8217;s facility in Graz, Austria<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Photo by: Xpeng<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>In other words, <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/xpeng\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\">Xpeng<\/a> went with the safe and fast approach here. Instead of pouring billions into a new factory, it went to a highly regarded contract manufacturer to kickstart its European ambitions. By building EVs in the European Union, Xpeng should be able to avoid the import tariffs on Chinese EVs that were introduced last year. These come on top of a 10% duty and range from 7.8% for <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/tesla\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\">Tesla<\/a> to 35.3% for other automakers. XPeng, which is considered a \u201ccooperating\u201d entity in the EU\u2019s subsidy probe, faces a 20.7% extra duty.<\/p>\n<p>Series production is expected to be in full swing by next month, ahead of BYD\u2019s planned production start in Hungary toward the end of the year. Besides the G6 and G9 electric crossovers, which are Xpeng\u2019s best-selling models in Europe, the company plans on expanding local production to other models in the future.<\/p>\n<section class=\"relatedContent-new\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"related-content\" data-widget-size=\"content\" data-params=\"%7B%22type_id%22%3A0%2C%22title_id%22%3A%22%22%2C%22items%22%3A%5B%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22772206%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22How%20Xpeng%20Aims%20To%20Out-Tesla%20Tesla%20In%20Europe%E2%80%94And%20Beyond%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22xpeng-iaa-munich-p7-tesla%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22is_video%22%3A%220%22%2C%22images%22%3A%7B%22s5%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.motor1.com%2Fimages%2Fmgl%2FW87GLN%2Fs5%2Fxpeng-p7.jpg%22%7D%7D%2C%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22771756%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22'This%20Is%20Game-Changing'%3A%20BYD%20Brings%20EV%20Production%2C%20Megawatt%20Charging%20To%20Europe%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22byd-iaa-megawatt-europe-seal%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22is_video%22%3A%220%22%2C%22images%22%3A%7B%22s5%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.motor1.com%2Fimages%2Fmgl%2FxqPqO6%2Fs5%2Fbyd-seal-6-dm-i-touring-2025-im-test.jpg%22%7D%7D%2C%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22771750%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Europeans%20Would%20Rather%20Buy%20Chinese%20Cars%20Than%20American%20Ones%3A%20Study%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22chinese-car-escalent-survey-study%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22is_video%22%3A%220%22%2C%22images%22%3A%7B%22s5%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.motor1.com%2Fimages%2Fmgl%2FlEqJKW%2Fs5%2Fbyd-dolphin-surf-2025-im-kurztest.jpg%22%7D%7D%2C%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22769826%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22The%20Nio%20ES8%20Aims%20To%20Be%20A%20Luxury%20Battery%20Swap%20King%20For%20%2443%2C000%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22new-nio-es8-2025-china%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22is_video%22%3A%220%22%2C%22images%22%3A%7B%22s5%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.motor1.com%2Fimages%2Fmgl%2FRqKGV3%2Fs5%2Fnio-es8.jpg%22%7D%7D%5D%7D\">   <\/section>\n<section data-widget=\"attached-photogallery\">\n<div itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" class=\"msnt-photo-thumb-gallery inline \">\n                                            <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Xpeng starts European EV production at Austria's Magna Steyr\"\/><br \/>\n                                                                                    <meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"msnt-photo-thumb-gallery-main-photo\">\n                            <a href=\"\/photos\/912216\/xpeng-starts-european-ev-production-at-austria-s-magna-steyr\/#8251389_xpeng-european-ev-production-at-magna-steyr-s-facility-in-graz-austria\" class=\"msnt-photo-thumb-gallery-main-photo-box\">\n                                <picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"&#10; 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                                       \" sizes=\"&#10;                                            (max-width: 767px) calc(100vw - 30px)&#10;                                            (max-width: 1023px) calc(100vw - 50px), &#10;                                            649px&#10;                                        \"><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"&#10;                                            https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/W87GR3\/s5\/xpeng-european-ev-production-at-magna-steyr-s-facility-in-graz-austria.jpg 213w,&#10;                                            https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/W87GR3\/s6\/xpeng-european-ev-production-at-magna-steyr-s-facility-in-graz-austria.jpg 445w,&#10;                                            https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/W87GR3\/s4\/xpeng-european-ev-production-at-magna-steyr-s-facility-in-graz-austria.jpg 889w,&#10;                                            https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/W87GR3\/s3\/xpeng-european-ev-production-at-magna-steyr-s-facility-in-graz-austria.jpg 1280w,&#10;                                            https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/W87GR3\/s2\/xpeng-european-ev-production-at-magna-steyr-s-facility-in-graz-austria.jpg 1440w,&#10;                                            https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/mgl\/W87GR3\/s1\/xpeng-european-ev-production-at-magna-steyr-s-facility-in-graz-austria.jpg 1920w&#10;                                        \" sizes=\"&#10;                                            (max-width: 767px) calc(100vw - 30px)&#10;                                            (max-width: 1023px) calc(100vw - 50px), &#10;                                            649px&#10;                                        \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/static\/16x9-tr.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Xpeng European EV production at Magna Steyr's facility in Graz, Austria\" width=\"16\" height=\"9\"\/><br \/>\n                                <\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    <svg>\n                                        <use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/design\/dist\/critical\/icons\/sprite-common-2-abb9e784388ce6d52ed9ece751b5658e.svg#nikon\"\/>\n                                    <\/svg><br \/>\n                                    5                                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n                            Source: Xpeng                        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Xpeng was founded in 2014, making it one of the youngest names in the industry. Despite this, it captured the public\u2019s attention with reasonably priced and well-appointed cars, reaching nearly 200,000 sales last year. Its ambitions run high, with <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/619394\/xpeng-evtol-electric-flying-car-first-flight\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\" data-type-id=\"0\" data-params=\"%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22619394%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22xpeng-evtol-electric-flying-car-first-flight%22%7D\">electric aircraft<\/a>, robots and artificial intelligence being a big part of its plans for the future.<\/p>\n<p>It entered Norway, its first European market, in 2021, and has expanded to over 46 countries and regions worldwide. In the first seven months of this year, it reported 18,701 exports, a 217% year-over-year increase. In Europe, Xpeng saw over 8,000 registrations in the first half of the year, which is not exactly groundbreaking, but numbers are clearly on the rise.<\/p>\n<p>More than half of the European sales\u201367% to be precise\u2013have come from the G6, a <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/reviews\/770623\/tesla-model-y-video-review-2026\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\" data-type-id=\"0\" data-params=\"%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22770623%22%2C%22section%22%3A%222%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22tesla-model-y-video-review-2026%22%7D\">Tesla Model Y<\/a> rival with an 800-volt battery that can recharge at up to 451 kilowatts for a 10% to 80% top-up in just 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<section class=\"widget-newsletter\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"widget-newsletter\" readability=\"-18.8\">\n<\/section>\n<p>                                                                        <!-- new gallery place, attached gallery --><\/p>\n<div class=\"group isBottomShare mb-spacing-md-lg\">\n<p>\n                                    Share this Story                                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xpeng, one of Tesla\u2019s biggest Chinese competitors, has started building cars in Europe. The ambitious EV maker\u2019s first European models will be built alongside the legendary Mercedes-Benz G-Class. That\u2019s because Xpeng contracted Magna International, the same company that built the Fisker Ocean and Jaguar I-Pace. Chinese electric car maker Xpeng has officially started manufacturing electric [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83674,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/83674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}