Huawei launched official photos of the huge electrical sedan Maextro S800. At 5,480 mm in size, it’s the largest EV sedan in China and one of many largest mass-produced sedans on the earth.
Maextro is a premium model from three way partnership between Huawei and JAC. S800 is their first automobile. It has 1,006 horsepower and is designed to rival the Mercedes-Benz Maybach and Nio ET9 in China. For comparability, ET9 is 5,325 mm lengthy, and Maybach S-class is 5,469 mm lengthy.
Maextro S800 began blind pre-orders in November final yr. The worth was not but revealed, however prospects might reserve the automobile for a 20,000 yuan deposit. The worth is predicted to be between 1 – 1.5 million yuan (136k – 205k USD).
The Maextro manufacturing facility was accomplished on December 16 in Hefei, the place JAC is headquartered. JAC beforehand manufactured Nio autos in Hefei beneath a contract manufacture settlement earlier than Nio took over the crops.
On December 9, it was revealed that Maextro utilized for a gross sales license of S800 in China. This gave us a glimpse into the powertrain specs.
S800 will come as BEV (battery electrical automobile) and EREV (extended-range electrical automobile). EREV is a sort of PHEV the place the ICE engine just isn’t straight related to the wheel, solely energy battery or e-moor. It’s also referred to as sequence PHEV.
The BEV model has three e-motors: one 160 kW in entrance and 237.5 kW on every rear axle, offering a mixed peak output of 635 kW (852 hp).
EREV model makes use of a 1.5 T engine as a variety extender with a peak energy of 115 kW. Solely electrical motors energy the wheels, and there are two trims: twin motors and tri motors. The twin motor trim has one 160 kW e-motor in entrance and one 230 kW on the rear axle. The tri-motor model has the identical setup as BEV, so with the ICE, it has a mixed output of 750 kW (1006 hp).
Each variations use a ternary NMC battery from CATL. At present, no additional info is obtainable relating to the battery capability for the BEV. Nonetheless, the EREV has a 63.262 kWh pack, giving an all-electric vary of 272 – 371 km beneath CLTC situations.
The EV sedan is almost 5.5 meters lengthy. The precise dimensions are 5480 mm, width of 2000 mm, top of 1536 mm, and wheelbase of 3370 mm. The curb weight of the BEV model is 2731 kg. The curb weight of the EREV tri-motor model is 2859 kg.
On January 15, Huawei launched a video of the S800 autonomously discovering an EV charger and parking subsequent to it whereas the robotic arm routinely plugged out and in as soon as charging was completed.
Maextro is Huawei’s fourth model beneath their HIMA (Concord Clever Mobility Alliance) umbrella. The earlier ones are Stelato (made by BAIC), Aito (made by Collection), and Luxeed (made by Chery).
The Maextro S800 launch has but to be formally revealed, however CarNewsChina expects it to happen within the yr’s second quarter.
