GAC Aion will launch the Ray7 electric sedan on Nov. 12. According to IT Home, the launch is at the Yangtze River Delta International Esports Culture Center in Shanghai. Presales began on Oct. 17.
Presale prices (from GAC Aion)
- 530 RWD Driving Fun: 128,800 yuan
- 530 RWD Lidar: 138,800 yuan
- 702 RWD Driving Fun (CATL): 138,800 yuan
- 702 RWD Lidar (CATL): 148,800 yuan
- 702 RWD EMB Lidar (CATL): 158,800 yuan
Key specs
- Size: 4,960 × 1,900 × 1,455 mm, with a 2,920 mm wheelbase (IT Home via Autohome).
- Drivetrain: Huawei DriveONE multi-in-one electric drive. GAC Aion claims 92.5% CLTC combined efficiency and energy use as low as 9.7 kWh/100 km. IT Home reports CLTC range of more than 700 km.
- Aerodynamics: drag coefficient of 0.22.
- Chassis: Huawei DriveONE EMB brake-by-wire, which Aion calls a world first, and Huawei iTrack torque distribution.
- Driver assistance: a 192-line semi-solid-state lidar and a one-stage end-to-end model. GAC Aion says the software derives from WeRide's L4 algorithms.
- Cockpit: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8295P chip, 24 GB of RAM, 128 GB of storage and a 15.6-inch 2.5K centre screen.
GAC Aion says the Storm Red and Tropical Blue paints won't deliver until January 2027.