XPeng G9L 5C Charging: 450 km in 9 Minutes 17 Seconds, in One Take

XPeng has published a single-take charging demo for the G9L, and the numbers are the story: plugged into a 720 kW charger at 8% state of charge, the car finishes the run at 72% — 450 km of range added in 9 minutes 17 seconds, with peak charging power of 619.6 kW.

▶ Play the 67-second clip — the original has no narration (music only), so the English captions translate the on-screen Chinese data.

The same clip is on our YouTube channel: XPeng G9L 5C Charging — 450 km in 9 min 17 s.

The charging curve, as shown on screen

The session runs as a live charging screen, so the interesting part is not the peak but the shape of the curve afterwards. All figures are as displayed in the video:

Charge time	State of charge	Range shown	Power
start	8%	58.8 km	—
—	11%	74.5 km	614.2 kW
34 s	14%	96.4 km	619.6 kW (peak)
3 min	33%	231.8 km	~439 kW
5 min	47%	329.0 km	~398 kW
9 min 17 s	72%	508.5 km	~323 kW (59% mark)

The headline additions XPeng puts on the chart: +173.7 km at 3 minutes, +270.5 km at 5 minutes, +450 km at 9 minutes 17 seconds. Between the 14% peak and the 72% finish the power tapers through roughly 490 kW at 21%, 439 kW at 33%, 398 kW at 47%, 369 kW at 65% and 323 kW at 59–60% — the normal behaviour of a pack protecting itself as it fills, but from a much higher plateau than most cars reach at all.

The charger side of the claim is worth noting too: 720 kW · 200–1000 V · DC 800 A. That is a high-power DC cabinet, and it is what makes a 619.6 kW peak physically possible — the G9L's 800 V architecture and 5C cells are only half of the equation.

What this is, and what it is not

It is a manufacturer demonstration, filmed in one take rather than cut together, on a high-output charger, starting from a low state of charge — the conditions where any EV charges fastest. A 619.6 kW peak is momentary by nature, and the taper above shows how quickly it comes down. Real-world results will depend on the charger actually available, ambient and pack temperature, and where in the pack you start.

The takeaway is the shape: 450 km of displayed range in a little over nine minutes is the kind of number that changes how a long trip is planned, and it is the strongest form of the 5C claim XPeng has put on video so far.

Launch timing

The post also carries XPeng's own confirmation that the G9L launch event is set for 17 September, which is when pricing and the full line-up are expected.

Source: XPeng official (小鹏汽车), Weibo — reposted by XP.WilLiaM郑荣卿. Translated & adapted for XPENGTech.