The cute solution to road rage: Xpeng P7 lets you throw emojis at other drivers

Xpeng has shown off a new feature for its second-generation P7 electric sedan – not yet sold in Australia – enabling drivers to ‘throw’ emojis at other motorists.

The feature, which the automaker calls the ‘Road Rage Reliever’, enables an Xpeng driver to tap the display in their vehicle to hurl an emoji at another car – seen only by the sending driver – as a way of letting off steam after road rage incidents. 

It’s enabled by the augmented reality head-up display (AR HUD) introduced with the new P7 electric vehicle (EV), which was revealed in May as a rival for the Tesla Model 3 and up-spec versions of the BYD Seal. 

We’ve contacted Xpeng Australia to confirm if the feature will be offered on models sold in Australian showrooms.

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The P7’s 87-inch AR HUD is part of the interior’s ‘Technology Island’, and uses Huawei hardware but with Xpeng-developed software.

The electric sedan boasts three Turing AI (artificial intelligence) chips, with two running the driving functions with the third used to operate cabin features. 

According to CarNewsChina, more than 10,000 orders were placed in the first seven minutes of the second-generation P7’s on-sale in China earlier this month.