Xpeng Motors halves sales regions in China, cut direct sale stores, expand distributor stores – report

 

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Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng Motors recently reduced its 24 sales regions in China identified in March to 12 and is gradually eliminating inefficient direct-sale stores and expand the stores operated by its distributors, reported Chinese news outlet Jiemian.

Xpeng reduced its national sales regions to 12 and adjusted the proportion of direct sales and authorized franchise channels, in order to build a smaller, more focused and refined team for external management, the report said. 

In March this year, it’s been reported that Xpeng’s internal organizational structure has merged the auto trading team in the direct operation system and the user development center team in the dealer system in a move to implement unified management. 

In addition, EV maker Zeekr is also reportedly adjusting sales channels, increasing the proportion of authorized franchises and has started the recrutiment of car dealers, mostly in tier-one and tier-two cities.