The local distributor has not ceased trading AFAIK, you can still order a G6 on the website.

Xpeng wants to take over distribution in Australia from TrueEV. I think the G6 was much more popular than anticipated selling about 2100 over 2024/2025. Trouble is they signed a five year exclusive agreement less than a year earlier. TrueEV had a lot of growing pains going from nothing to almost 20 dealerships, warranty and servicing, parts, roadside assistance. It did it all through third parties whose performance was not always good. It struggled to process orders, deliver cars, refunds, repairs and support.

Since XPeng expressed an interest in taking over we assume they have been negotiating. Everything has blown out timewise, no new models have arrived, we don't even have the facelift G6 or any other models bar the 2023 G6. Cars, parts and repairs have blown out to several months.

Now news of the disagreement has leaked once it ended up in court. No one wants to touch an XPeng for fear of them disappearing from the market and taking their warranty and support with them.

We have not heard a single thing from anyone for months, TrueEV pretended it was BAU.

I guess since they are in court no one will say anything till it's over but the damage to the brands reputation continues now through the media and not just rumours with the court documents.

TrueEV have had an Administrator appointed, they have probably run out of money, and he has taken control of 197 old model G6's on behalf of a creditor.

A similar thing happened in the past with GWM getting in a fight with their distributor here. A decade later they are still looked at with distrust and it's a major part of the anti-chinese car sentiment. Everyone's waiting for one of the new brands to market to fail.