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AITO M9

The AITO M9 (Chinese: 问界M9; pinyin: Wènjiè M9) is a battery electric and range-extended full-size luxury SUV manufactured by Seres under the AITO brand in collaboration with HIMA, Huawei's multi-brand automotive alliance and sales network, since 2023. It is currently the largest and most expensive vehicle from the brand. A second generation M9 was announced in 2026.

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First generation (2023)

The first generation AITO M9 was pre-released and pre-orders began on April 17, 2023 at Huawei's nova 11 series and all-scenario products launch event and launched on December 26 at Huawei's winter all-scenario products conference in China. The vehicle adopts the design concept called "Kunpeng Zhanyi", and it has a drag coefficient of 0.264 Cd for the EV version and 0.279 Cd for the EREV version. Developed in collaboration with Harmony Intelligent Mobility Alliance (HIMA), the M9 is equipped with many technologies from Huawei, such as the HarmonyOS intelligent cockpit and Huawei ADS (Chinese: 华为乾崑智驾® or 华为辅助驾驶系统) 2.0 (upgraded to ADS 3.0 and 4 in late 2024 and 2025), which is an AI-powered advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) consisting of one Lidar, three millimetre wave radars, 12 ultrasonic sensors and eleven cameras. The M9 is built on Huawei Tuling platform, which is equipped with multi-modal fusion perception system, Huawei DATS Dynamic Adaptive Torque System and Huawei xMotion Intelligent Body Collaborative Control System. It is available in two model configurations, Max and Ultra. The AITO M9 is built with an aluminum chassis, which 80 percent of its body-in-white is made of. It is also equipped with air suspension with a ride-height adjustment range of 80 mm (3.1 in). Other equipment include a 75-inch augmented reality head-up display, a 25-speaker sound system, three screens on the dashboard consisting of a 12.3 inch instrument panel, a 15.6-inch central display, and a 16-inch front passenger's monitor. Four 10-inch screens for the second and third-row passengers can be added as an option, as well as a retractable projection screen with a 32-inch laser projector for rear passengers. It is equipped with the Shuyun Dual Seats, Zero Gravity Seat 2.0 and Huawe

Second generation (2026)

In April 2026, HIMA previewed the second generation AITO M9 series. Pre-orders for the second generation M9 series opened on April 22, 2026, at the HIMA Spring New Product Launch Conference and officially launched on May 27, 2026. The second generation M9 is offered in eight exterior colours: Obsidian Black, Spruce Green, Warm Cloud White, Ocean Silver Blue, Sailing Green, Desert Gold Brown, Golden Red, and Yardang Gold Black, the last of which is exclusive to the M9 Ultimate variant. Two seating configurations are available: a five-seat layout (Chinese: 阔五座) and a six-seat layout (Chinese: 享六座). The exterior of the BEV version has a drag coefficient of 0.249Cd, while the EREV version is 0.26Cd. It is offered in two trim levels, Max+ and Ultra. On launch, the M9 Max+ was priced from 479,800 yuan (489,800 yuan for six-seat version) and the M9 Ultra from 539,800 yuan (549,800 yuan for six-seat version). The range features a redesigned HarmonyOS cockpit with the Celia intelligent assistant, a 360° viewing system, full-colour display, HUAWEI SOUND Ultimate audio (39 speakers standard, 43 in the M9 Ultimate), Single-lens dual-focal-plane AR-HUD, ALPS Healthy cockpit 3.0, Split-screen projection giant screen and a full-colour intelligent lighting projection system. It is the first HIMA 9-Series model to feature the Tuling Longxing fully active chassis platform, its architecture adopts a 6-in-1 full-domain integrated architecture and is equipped with 800V fully active suspension capable of 111 mm (4.4 in) of height adjustment and 400 mm/s (15.7 in/s) wheel response with 11,451 N (2,574 lbf; 1,168 kgf) of peak force, steer-by-wire including 8° of rear-wheel steering, and Road Preview System 2.0. a Gemini dual-redundant architecture with over 30 redundancy designs, Huawei DriveO

Sales

On September 25, 2023, pre-orders for the AITO M9 opened. By November 3, 2023, Huawei announced that pre-order volume had exceeded 20,000 units. On March 22, 2024, HIMA announced the M9 had received more than 60,000 firm orders within 86 days of its launch. By June 2024, six months after launch, cumulative M9 sales had exceeded 100,000 units. By December 2024, twelve months after launch, cumulative deliveries had exceeded 200,000 units, which HIMA described as a record for vehicles priced above CN¥ 500,000 (US$69,300). Pre-orders for the updated 2025 M9 opened on March 6, 2025. The model attracted 3,800 orders within the first hour and 11,000 within six hours. Orders reached 30,000 within a week, 40,000 after 27 days, 50,000 after 43 days, and surpassed 60,000 on May 23, 2025, 64 days after pre-orders opened, making the 2025 M9 the top-selling vehicle in China's above-CN¥ 500,000 segment. Deliveries of the 2025 M9 began on March 30, 2025 and reached 20,000 units within 46 days on 15 May, a figure HIMA described as a record for vehicles in that price bracket. At a HIMA Technology Launch Conference in March 2026, Yu Chengdong announced that cumulative deliveries of the entire AITO M9 series had exceeded 280,000 units as of March 3, 2026. He stated that M9 delivery volume between January 2024 and January 2026 exceeded the combined deliveries of the BMW X5, BMW X7, Mercedes-Benz GLE and GLS over the same period. Pre-orders for the next-generation M9 Series opened on April 22, 2026 and attracted over 11,500 orders within one hour. By May 18, 2026, pre-orders had reached 50,000 units, with Yu Chengdong noting that over 40% of customers had selected the M9 Ultimate extended-wheelbase variant, which he described as exceeding internal expectations. on July 4, 2026, the cumulativ

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Specifications

name

AITO M9

Manufacturer

Seres Auto

Production

2023–present

Assembly

China: Chongqing

Class

Full-size luxury SUV (F)

Body style

5-door SUV

sp

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• Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123514367CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
• Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AITO_M9CC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1377858197 · retrieved 2026-10-01
• Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aito_M9_009.jpgCC0 · Photo: JustAnotherCarDesigner · retrieved 2026-10-01
• Manufacturer website (link only) — https://hima.auto/wenjie/m9/Link only; no content copied · retrieved 2026-10-01
• Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.

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