GAC Aion pulls the wraps off the Ray 7, a Huawei-driven electric saloon
GAC's Aion division has shown the Ray 7, the opening car of a fresh sub-series that wears a redrawn badge and leans hard on Huawei hardware, though no price has been set.
- 700 km
- 180 kW (241 hp)
- 0.22
- 28,807 (+36.37% YoY)
What Happened
Aion, the electric arm of Guangzhou's GAC, revealed the Ray 7 saloon this week as the first entry in a new Ray family and the debut of a reworked company logo. Positioned to court a younger crowd, the car has no confirmed price yet; the brand is expected to pitch it between 200,000 and 250,000 yuan, against rivals such as the Xiaomi SU7, Zeekr 007 and Shangjie Z7. It goes on public view at the Chengdu show, which runs from 21 to 30 August.
- Five-seat rear-drive electric saloon, 4,960 mm long on a 2,920 mm wheelbase
- Fastback roofline, full-width front light bar, an illuminated badge, offered in yellow or purple
- A drag figure of 0.22, aided by 14 aerodynamic tweaks
- CLTC range of 700 km, with quoted consumption as low as 9.7 kWh per 100 km
Under the skin sits a Huawei traction motor rated at 180 kW (241 hp) and the firm's DriveONE drive package. Aion pairs it with a CATL pack carrying its Magazine Battery 2.0 protection, while a separate approved version draws cells from Aion's own Yinpai unit. The car is the first to use the brand's chip-level drive-and-control layout and Huawei's fully electronic braking, which the maker says pulls the car up from 100 km/h in 33 metres and keeps working even if all four corners fail.
The assistance suite reads the road through 27 sensors, among them a 192-beam Huawei laser scanner and three 4D radars, and Aion says its software shares roots with WeRide's driverless taxis. The two firms signed a fresh cooperation pact at the reveal. The Ray series lands as Aion recovers: it moved 28,807 cars in July, up better than a third year on year, and 210,386 over seven months, reversing a 2025 in which full-year sales fell almost a quarter to 290,081.
Why this matters
The Ray line is Aion's attempt to win back younger buyers after volumes slid through 2025. That it arrives running Huawei's motor, braking and sensor stack shows how far the tech firm has now burrowed into the mechanicals of Chinese electric cars, not just their screens.
Terms in This Story
- EV
- Electric vehicle, a vehicle powered fully or partly by electricity.
- kWh
- Kilowatt-hour, a unit often used for battery capacity or energy use.
- OTA
- Over-the-air update, a software update delivered remotely to a vehicle.
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