Chinese EV brand under Huawei's HIMA alliance - vehicles are engineered with Huawei and built by Seres. Sells extended-range and battery-electric SUVs, led by the M9 flagship.
The AITO M6 is a mid-size SUV developed with Huawei, offered in both range-extender (EREV) and battery-electric (BEV) forms. Outputs reach 462 hp, with up to 760 km of CLTC range on the BEV, and it carries Huawei's ADS 4 driver assistance.
AITO's flagship SUV for China, updated for 2026 with a longer body and a new Ultimate trim. Offered as an EREV - a 1.5T or 2.0T range extender with twin or triple motors, up to 903 hp - or as a full EV with twin motors and a 120 kWh battery. From ¥479,800 ($70,800).
China's regulator will no longer certify new models fitted with the small blue exterior lights used by Li Auto, Aito, XPeng, Nio, BYD, Xiaomi and others to signal active L2/L2+ driver assistance, citing the national lighting standard GB 4785-2019. The rule took effect 27 July 2026; measures for cars already on sale are still under review.
AITO has updated the M9, the Huawei-Seres flagship SUV. The car grows in two body lengths and gains a new range-topping Ultimate trim with three motors and 903 hp. EREV and pure-electric powertrains carry over.
China's car market runs on a handful of giant groups, each fielding a stack of brands. Here is who owns what - the parent companies, the sub-brands, the Huawei alliance, and why the chart keeps changing.
Six powertrains are on sale and three of them are called hybrids. What MHEV, HEV, PHEV, EREV and EV mean, how far each goes on its battery, and how to tell them apart.
Aion is GAC, Jaecoo and Omoda are Chery, Deepal is Changan, Nammi is Dongfeng. Ten Chinese brands whose names do not carry the parent company, grouped by how each one relates to its owner: brands sold only outside China, recent badges on long-established state groups, brands two levels below the group, and one that Huawei supplies but does not own.
AITO (Adding Intelligence to Auto) launched in 2021 as a partnership between Huawei and Seres Group. Vehicles run Huawei’s HarmonyOS cockpit and ADS driver-assistance system, with Seres handling manufacturing. The brand sits inside HIMA (Harmony Intelligent Mobility Alliance), Huawei’s multi-automaker program that also includes Luxeed, Stelato, and Maextro. The lineup spans the M5, M7, M8, and the M9 flagship SUV, sold with both EREV and pure-electric powertrains.
