Huawei Smart Selection AITO M5 medium size SUV announced with HarmonyOS

On December 23, 2021, Huawei launched a new smart selection car product – AITO M5 medium-size SUV. It’s the first model from the AITO series and comes with system software, industrial design, engineering technology, HarmonyOS ecosystem, and more.

The AITO M5 SUV comes with the following form factors in terms of pricing:

• The rear-drive standard version, pre-sale price of 250,000 yuan.
• Four-wheel drive performance version, pre-sale price of 280,000 yuan.
• The four-wheel-drive flagship version has a pre-sale price of 320,000 (all after subsidies) yuan. The real car will be displayed on December 23, and the test drive will be opened on January 20, 2022.

Additionally, Huawei has brought in household charging piles for new cars that provide genuine car accessories to help solve the problem of users’ energy replenishment anxiety.

Yu Chengdong, Huawei consumer business, and smart car business chief said that the model is very capable in performance as compared to other brands as well as in handling and smart user experience.

Huawei also brought its simple and extreme industrial design concept to this car. The exterior is luxurious and compact, and the interior is spacious and comfortable.

It not only allows everyone to enjoy the convenience of easy parking and turning around in the city, but the spacious interior space and panoramic canopy also allow the driver and passengers to have a comfortable experience even during a long journey.

With the help of the Huawei team’s industrial concept, this car achieves a simple and extreme design. First, it is equipped with a HarmonyOS smart cockpit. AITO M5 can seamlessly flow with other smart devices, completely breaking through the barriers between “people, cars, and homes”

The AITO M5 interface provides advanced sense and intelligent functions, “surpassing all models and car companies”, such as L2 + level intelligent driving assistance, HarmonyOS smart split-screen, one-key transfer, Huawei watch NFC Bluetooth sensorless car key, 3D face recognition, automatic login to HUAWEI ID, automatic switching of driving information, schedule, real-time update of the car navigation map, multi-sound zone intelligent sound source perception, offline voice assistant, real-time computational vision detection of fatigue status, support for mobile phone themes and cars. The theme is universal, you can define your own car and machine, as well as visitor mode and so on.

Huawei stated that with the help of powerful computing power and operating system, through continuous AI learning optimization and OTA upgrades, HarmonyOS Motors can meet the needs of consumers for smart, scenario-based, and personalized experience upgrades.

It’s reported that AITO M5 has six paint colors: Ceramic white, Pine frost green, Ice crystal gray, Gilt black, Mihai blue, and azure blue, and three interiors in ivory white, polar night black, and Agate brown. The colors can be freely matched.

According to Yu Chengdong, Huawei has designed it in accordance with the quality and interior requirements of a million-dollar luxury car, with a driving sense of more than 500,000 to 1 million yuan. The internal space is comparable to a large SUV, and the integrated cabin surrounds the cockpit. Simple” and “immersive” experience.

It is equipped with 1.5T four-cylinder range extender 3.0, asynchronous AC motor, permanent magnet synchronous motor, intelligent four-wheel drive flagship version with a peak power of 365kW (675N·m), four-wheel drive performance version 315kW, performance surpasses, and battery life surpasses Porsche and BMW X3, Mercedes-Benz GLC, Audi Q5L, Tesla Model Y, and many other luxury cars have a maximum compression ratio of 15:1, an ultra-high thermal efficiency of 41%, and a maximum power generation efficiency of 3.2kW·h/L.

According to Yu Chengdong, this model also has the ultimate cornering performance, which is stronger than McLaren. In terms of acceleration, it can also achieve zero-hundred acceleration in 4.4 seconds and 0-50km/h in 1.9 seconds. Its performance surpasses many fuel vehicles and surpasses many pure electric vehicles.

AITO M5 also uses advanced precision oil cooling technology, the average peak temperature of the winding is reduced by 30 Celcius, and the peak temperature of the magnetic steel is reduced by 15℃.

This model can store 40 kilowatt-hours of electricity, has a matching “Huawei Home Charging Pile”, and supports 7KW fast charging (45 minutes can make the electricity from 20% to 80%, and 5 hours of slow charging can make the electricity from 20% to 80%), Of course, it can also be gasoline power generation (fuel tank 56L), and can also output 3500W (220V) AC mains power super-fast charging power bank, 4WD flagship version 1102km WLTC mileage / 1195km NEDC mileage / 1242km CLTC mileage.

It is reported that the AITO M5 internal car machine is a 15.9-inch 2K HDR screen with a 90% screen-to-body ratio, 128-color RGB ambient light, and a seamless panoramic sky screen.

In addition, this model is also built-in Huawei Sound’s top luxury audio system, with a peak car audio of 1200 watts. It is worth mentioning that Huawei also has a high-quality cockpit music experience, providing Huawei Music’s tens of millions of music libraries and high-quality music area, supporting the playback of 5.1-channel and 7.1-channel lossless music.

Other Specifications:

In other respects, AITO M5 comes with a fragrance system, which promotes the fastest charging in the industry, 66W wired fast charging, 40W wireless fast charging, a total of 1A4C five charging ports, and it is also equipped with a high-end crystal diamond gear handle, co-pilot “Queen Filling Mirror”, center speaker, 19-unit vocal design, ventilated heated massage seat, Napa leather, HUD head-up display feature, etc.

Finally, AITO M5 also provides a Huawei Card owner’s courtesy version, covering the entire life cycle from car purchase to car use, providing preferential installment services and rich owner rights.

Users can use the Huawei Card to enjoy car owner rights and services. In the Huawei Wallet app, car owners can quickly apply for a card online, apply for car installment, enjoy refueling cashback and driver accident insurance, and other features to create a diversified smart car scene.

(via – ithome)