Mainstream electric-vehicle brand under state-owned GAC Group, established in 2017 as GAC New Energy and renamed Aion in 2020. Sells compact and mid-size EV sedans and SUVs in China and select export markets, with the separate Hyptec brand covering GAC's premium EV tier.
The Aion Ray 7 is the first model in GAC Aion's Ray line and the first car to wear the brand's redesigned logo. It is a rear-wheel-drive electric fastback with a 180 kW Huawei drive unit, 700 km of CLTC range and a Huawei lidar-based driver assistance package. Prices have not been announced.
The Aion S Plus is GAC Aion's compact electric sedan, sold in China and exported as the Aion ES. A 55.6 kWh LFP battery gives 505 km of CLTC range from a single 134 hp front motor, with China prices from ¥89,800.
The Aion V is a compact electric SUV from GAC's Aion brand, sold globally under the same name. Two LFP battery tiers give 520 or 650 km of CLTC range from a single front motor, with prices starting from ¥101,800 in China.
GAC Aion has unveiled the Ray 7, the first car in its new Ray line and the first to wear the brand's redesigned logo. The rear-drive electric fastback runs a 180 kW Huawei DriveONE motor, quotes 700 km of CLTC range, and takes its lidar, its brakes and much of its driver assistance stack from Huawei and WeRide. Prices have not been announced.
CALB, China's third-largest battery maker, has launched a manufacturing quality overhaul after a 177 Ah LFP cell it supplied swelled into a curved "banana" shape and lost power in about 213,000 high-mileage Aion S Plus, Charming 580, and Max sedans built 2022-2023. GAC Aion extended the affected cars' battery warranty to 8 years or 300,000 km rather than issue a recall.
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Aion is the mainstream electric-vehicle brand of GAC Group, one of China’s state-owned automakers. It began in 2017 as GAC New Energy Automobile before being spun off and renamed Aion in November 2020, and it grew quickly to become one of China’s top-selling EV brands alongside BYD and Tesla.
The lineup covers compact and mid-size electric SUVs and sedans, including the Aion Y, Aion S, and the Aion V compact SUV, sold in China and increasingly in export markets across Southeast Asia, Australia, and Europe under the unchanged Aion name. GAC separates its premium EV ambitions into Hyptec, a sibling brand launched in 2022 that shares underlying technology but runs its own model range and retail network.
