BAIC Xingtan 5X: 625 km Electric or 1,350 km Hybrid, FOB USD 20,900

The BAIC Xingtan 5X went on sale in China on 12 November 2026 as the first model of Xingtan, a new line under BAIC Off-Road positioned below the premium Tantalum range. It is a 4,865 mm five-seat box SUV available as a battery-electric car with 625 km of CLTC range or as a plug-in hybrid with 310 km electric and 1,350 km combined. For buyers sourcing Chinese new-energy SUVs, the useful fact is the pre-sale result: 30,208 orders in 23 days.

BAIC Xingtan 5X, rear three-quarter

Why this one is worth a look

Three things separate it from the box-shaped SUVs already moving through Chinese ports. First, it is a clean-sheet model rather than a restyle: new brand, new platform, no shared body with anything BAIC sells today. Second, there are two powertrains with genuinely different duty cycles - an 800 V electric car that charges 30–80 per cent in 14.5 minutes, and a hybrid with a 59-litre tank for markets where charging is the constraint. Third, the off-road hardware is real enough to matter without turning the car into a truck: 228 mm of ground clearance, 600 mm of wading depth, 26/28-degree approach and departure angles, and a rear differential lock on the all-wheel-drive hybrids.

Powertrain and running gear

The electric version is rear-drive only: one 227 kW, 334 Nm motor, an 81.9 kWh lithium iron phosphate pack from EVE, 625 km CLTC, 15.1 kWh per 100 km, and a 96-litre front boot. Kerb weight is 2,135 kg. The hybrid pairs a 1,498 mL turbo four (105 kW, 235 Nm, 92-octane) with a single-speed dedicated hybrid transmission. Front-wheel drive adds a 200 kW motor for 272 PS; all-wheel drive adds a second motor for 400 kW / 654 Nm, or 544 PS. Both hybrids use a 50.4 kWh Sunwoda pack and a 59-litre tank, returning 310 km or 285 km of CLTC electric range, 1,350 or 1,250 km combined, and 6.19 or 6.69 L/100 km in charge-sustaining WLTC running. Only the all-wheel-drive cars are rated to tow 1,600 kg.

The cabin is the sales argument

Two 15.6-inch 2.5K displays share a single panel, with a passenger-side screen on the higher trims, plus an 8.8-inch instrument display and a cabin layout BAIC describes as 268-degree wraparound. Equipment that tends to matter in export markets is present: an 8.2-litre double-door compressor fridge running from minus 6 to 50 degrees Celsius, 6 kW vehicle-to-load output, an opening panoramic roof, IP68 electricals rated for 1.5 m of water for two hours, and 2,231 litres of load space with the rear seats folded. The front seats drop flat to make a 1.75 m bed. Audio is eight speakers as standard, with a 23-speaker system as an option.

Cabin with the dual 15.6-inch screens

Two electronics tiers to specify carefully

Four of the seven trims carry Huawei ADS 5 Pro, with one solid-state lidar mounted inside the cabin behind the windscreen, eleven cameras, 27 sensors and city plus highway assistance. The other three run a Snapdragon 8155 with 4G and five cameras, with no lidar and no branded assistance system. The visible hardware is almost identical, so trim selection has to be driven by the specification sheet rather than the showroom car. Cabin software is BEIJING OS with a Yuanjing AI layer built on the Doubao model.

Front-row screen layout and centre console

Specifications

Figures as published on Autohome (spec 78798) for the 2026 model year, five of the seven trims shown. A dash means the manufacturer has not published a value. * FOB is an estimate derived from the entry-trim guide price under our standard formula; it is not a quotation and moves with configuration and volume.

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