XPeng will start pre-sales of the G6, a new SUV aimed at competing with Tesla's Model Y, in a week's time. Pre-sales for the XPeng G6 will begin on June 9.

XPeng had previously pre-sold the P5 sedan. As per previous practice, it is expected to announce the G6's pre-sale price this week and the SUV's official price at the end of June.

The XPeng G6 will officially launch in June, with volume deliveries starting in July, and production capacity will climb rapidly, the company's management said in a May 24 analyst call after announcing first-quarter earnings.

The G6 will be a hot seller in China's new energy SUV market priced between 200,000 yuan and 300,000 yuan, and will enable XPeng's total deliveries to grow well above the industry's pace in the third quarter.

With about two months set aside for the G6 from the start of production to delivery, XPeng expects the model to reach more than double the sales of the P7i, its management said.

XPeng unveiled a new architecture called SEPA (Smart Electric Platform Architecture) 2.0 at a technical conference in Shanghai on April 16, saying the G6 would be the first model built on the architecture.

The model is based on the 800 V high-voltage platform and can get a 300-kilometer range in as little as 10 minutes on a charge. The company's other 800 V-based model is the flagship G9 SUV.

The vehicle is positioned as an all-electric midsize SUV with a length, width and height of 4,753 mm, 1,920 mm and 1,650 mm, respectively, and a wheelbase of 2,890 mm, a regulatory filing in March showed.