Huawei and BAIC had already presented the Stelato S9 at . As a battery-electric sedan, the 5.16-metre-long S9 is to be explicitly positioned against models such as the Mercedes S-Class, the electric EQS or the Audi A8.
However, with prices of 399,800 yuan for the S9 Max (rear engine with 227 kW) and 449,800 yuan for the S9 Ultra (all-wheel drive with an additional 158 kW motor at the front), the Stelato S9 is significantly cheaper than its German competitors, some of which are offered in China at seven-figure prices. Both versions of the S9 utilise a 100 kWh battery with 800 volts, which was developed jointly with CATL. The rear-wheel drive model has a range of 816 kilometres according to CLTC, while the all-wheel drive model has a range of 721 kilometres.
The technical basis for the vehicle is the so-called Turing platform from BAIC. The Stelato S9 utilises Huawei’s Advanced Driving System 3.0 (ADS), an autonomous driving system.
A lidar sensor is installed, for example, and Huawei is also said to have developed the first high-precision 4D millimetre wavelength radar in China – to increase both the visibility range of the system and its accuracy. The infotainment system uses the smartphone manufacturer’s HarmonyOS operating system. The Huawei developments from the HIMA project (Harmony Intelligent Mobility Alliance) are therefore independent of the vehicle itself.
Huawei is taking advantage of this and has established a number of joint ventures with various Chinese car.