Huawei launched the brand’s first-ever Electric Vehicle under its AITO sub-brand back in China in 2021. Called the AITO M5, the EV was seen as a bold business strategy for Huawei to expand its expertise into the automobile industry.
With decent sales of shipment figures for
the AITO M5 EV, it seems that it is in Huawei’s best interest to keep
developing electric vehicles in the market. Apparently, Huawei thinks so as
well, as a recent listing on China’s MIIT Database(via IT Home), shows that
Huawei has already planned ahead for its next generation of electric vehicles
as recently got certified to proceed with the operation.
The listing does not show off the name of
the product, but if examined closely, one of the photos contains a blurry
wording that seems to resemble “AITO M7” signifying that this listing is the next
Huawei electric vehicle to be launched under the AITO sub-brand.
From the listing, the Huawei AITO M7 EV is
detailed to be a mid-large sized 6-seater hybrid electric SUV, slightly larger
than its AITO M5 predecessor. Judging from the outside looks, the AITO M7
adopts a similar design as its older sibling, the AITO M5. It features the same
enormous air ventilation grill at the frontal bumper, a sleek and straight
roofline, aerodynamic translucent headlights, chrome coloured trims across the
body, etc.
The EV is also listed to come in
five-spoke and ten-spoke wheel options, with optional upgrades such as chrome
greyish translucent tinted windows, or ink-black translucent tinted windows.
One minor design change of the AITO M7 though is that it seems to lack the
“Huawei Zhixuan” logo on the EV present on the AITO M5. However, the pictures
uploaded to the listing did not show off pictures of the automobile from all
angles, but there may be a possibility that Huawei had just decided to relocate
the logo elsewhere on the car.
In terms of dimensions, the Huawei AITO M7
weighs in at 2340 kg, and has a length, width and height of 5020 x 1945 x 1775mm. For
the engine powering the AITO M7, the electric hybrid automobile will be
utilising a 1.5T range extender + motor combo. The rated power/peak power of
the electric drive motor is listed to be 72kW/200kW, the maximum net engine
power is listed to be 90kW, and the fuel consumption given by China’s MIIT is
1.05L/100km.
Since the AITO M5 only started delivering
in March of 2022, it is expected that the AITO M7 will be announced later in
the year so as to not cannibalise sales of the AITO M5.
