Mona L03 wants to feel like a premium car at a mass-market price

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Xpeng has shown the interior of the Mona L03 ahead of its official premiere in China, scheduled for July 2026. It is the second model in the mass-market Mona lineup, and the company is clearly trying to make an affordable crossover look more expensive than buyers would expect from a car aimed at younger customers.

The cabin has almost no physical buttons. The dashboard features a 15.6-inch «floating» screen, and there is no separate instrument cluster — it is replaced by a 26.8-inch head-up display. Xpeng claims that more than 72% of the interior is covered in soft-touch materials, the ceiling is finished in velvet, and the panoramic roof blocks more than 99.9% of ultraviolet light and over 97% of visible light. There are two wireless chargers, a hidden compartment, two cupholders and a 4.15-meter ambient lighting strip with 256 colors.

In terms of size, the Mona L03 is closer to a compact family EV crossover than to a small city SUV: 4650 mm long, 1920 mm wide, 1600 mm tall, with a 2850 mm wheelbase. Depending on the trim, it gets R18 or R20 wheels, with a curb weight of 1855–1875 kg.

The electric version gets a single 245 hp motor and LFP batteries of 56 or 69 kWh. Claimed range is 505 to 650 km on the CLTC cycle. There will also be an EREV variant: the same electric motor plus a 1.5-liter, 94 hp gasoline engine, with an electric-only range of up to 257 km.

The bet makes sense given the success of the Mona M03 liftback: from August 2024 through May 2026, Xpeng delivered 272,077 units of that car in China, largely thanks to its 119,800–151,800 yuan price ($17,680–22,410). If the L03 lands close to that range, it will pressure not only Chinese EVs but also gasoline-powered crossovers of similar size.

The Mona L03 looks like an attempt to sell not a «cheap EV» but the feeling of a higher class at mass-market money.