Keeping up with China’s new-car pipeline is becoming a job in itself, and Leapmotor is the latest to add another body style to the mix.
The company now has an MPV on the way, with the new D99 making its debut at Leapmotor’s 10th-anniversary event, according to Chinese EV outlet CnEVPost.
It reported that the D99 is the second model in Leapmotor’s new D-series and is a large people-carrier, measuring more than 5.2m long and riding on a wheelbase of over 3.1m. It would be offered as both a battery electric vehicle (BEV) and an extended-range electric vehicle (EREV).
On the EREV side, Leapmotor is said to use an 80.3kWh battery pack and claims class-leading battery-only range for an extended-range MPV. The BEV version goes bigger still, with a 1,000-volt electrical architecture and a 115kWh CATL pack.
Leapmotor also linked the D99 to its push on driver-assist computing, using two Qualcomm Snapdragon 8797 chips for a combined 1280 TOPS, and support for VLA (visual-language-action) large language models. The D99 is said to have 46,682Nm/deg torsional stiffness and a dual-wheel puncture stability system, which is a chassis/tyre-control feature designed to keep the vehicle stable if a tyre suddenly loses pressure, especially at speed.
Alongside the D99 reveal, Leapmotor confirmed the launch timing for its D19 flagship SUV, with an April 2026 start to deliveries, CnEVPost said.
The D19, first shown in October, is planned in BEV and EREV forms, including six- and seven-seat layouts, with ranges quoted at up to 720km (BEV) and 500km (EREV).
