Aistaland GX7 opens pre-sales from $36,870 as GAC-Huawei brand pushes into family SUVs

Aistaland, the electric vehicle brand created jointly by GAC Group and Huawei, opened pre-sales for the GX7 on Friday, adding a second model and stepping out of the shooting-brake niche into the much larger family SUV segment. Three variants are priced between 249,900 yuan and 311,900 yuan, with the entry rear-wheel-drive version starting at 249,900 yuan ($36,870), and the official launch is expected this fall.

Smart driving is the core selling point. The GX7 is among the first models to run Huawei's Qiankun ADS 5 and carries 38 sensing devices, including one 896-channel image-grade LiDAR and three high-precision solid-state units. The hardware sits on an eight-fold redundancy architecture aimed at L3 autonomy, with parking functions such as space-to-space assist 3.0, remote parking after occupants leave the vehicle and gesture-controlled exit. The cabin is also among the first with HarmonySpace 6, adding dual 15.6-inch screens, 32-inch and 46-inch projection displays for inside and outside the car, and a 21-speaker Huawei Sound system.

All versions pair a 1.5T range extender with CATL batteries, offered as either a 52-kWh lithium iron phosphate pack or a 67-kWh ternary pack. The 800-volt platform supports 5C charging that takes the battery from 30% to 80% in under 10 minutes, while CLTC range stretches from 325 km to 385 km on electricity alone and 1,500 km to 1,580 km in total. The triple-motor all-wheel-drive flagship produces 550 kW and sprints to 100 km/h in 3.9 seconds, against 7.6 seconds for the rear-drive base and 4.9 seconds for the dual-motor version.

The model matters for a brand still searching for volume. Sales of the GT7, launched on June 26, slid from 2,658 units in July to 1,100 in August. The GX7 will face the Aito M7, Li Auto's L6 and Xiaomi's YU7 in a segment far bigger than the one where the GT7 competes.