Xpeng says it offers locally scarce 180kW DC supercharging piles in 12 cities, which they will open up to other brands first in the future.

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Xpeng Motors today announced that its supercharging network covers all 337 cities in China, claiming to be the first carmaker in China to do so.

As of January 17, the number of Xpeng-branded supercharging stations stood at 813 and destination charging stations at 166, according to the company.

The supercharging network already covers all 333 prefecture-level administrative units and four municipalities in China, Xpeng said, without disclosing the number of charging piles it has.

For comparison, Xpeng's local counterpart Nio had 795 battery swap stations in China as well as 632 supercharging stations offering 3,562 charging piles as of January 18.

Nio also has 632 destination charging stations offering 3,515 charging piles and access to over 460,000 third-party charging piles.

Xpeng offers the extremely scarce 180kW DC supercharging piles in 12 cities including Hegang, Chamdo and Nagqu, it said.

The company will take on a social responsibility to open up future supercharging stations to the public in areas where supercharging resources are scarce, including but not limited to these 12 cities, Xpeng said.

The first cities to see Xpeng's supercharging stations open to the public are areas with scarce supercharging resources, including some prefecture-level cities in the northeast and northwest regions, it said.

Nio's charging service is open to all brands, and it released data on January 1 showing that 76.6 percent of the power provided by its charging network was used to service other brands of electric vehicles throughout 2021.

A total of 94.08 percent of Xpeng owners will travel by driving during the upcoming Chinese New Year holiday starting January 31, with 28.96 percent of them planning to travel via the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway, Xpeng said its survey showed.

Xpeng will provide offline care at six supercharging stations along the southern end of the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway from January 25 to noon on January 31, including stationing staff to guide car owners through charging and giving them free gifts including thermoses, it said.