After Xiaomi, Foxconn and Sony, the tech giant Huawei is also continuing the development of high-end and ultra-connected electric cars. The Stelato S9 has something to worry Mercedes-Benz and BMW…
More and more companies in the IT sector, more commonly called “Tech”, are interested in the automobile industry. For example, the giant Xiaomi which has just launched its SU7 sedan in China ; Foxconn, the historic manufacturer of iPhone batteries; AFEELA born from the partnership between Sony and Honda or AITO (“Adding Intelligence to Auto”) which was founded in 2021 between Huawei and the car manufacturer Seres. But this is not the only automotive joint venture that Huawei is involved in: there is also Luxeed (with Chery), Maestro (with JAC) and now Stelato, tied with BAIC and which is today launching its very first model: the S9.
An electric limousine to counter Mercedes and BMW
This high-end electric sedan (“S” for “sedan” in English) intends to compete, in China for the moment, with the big names in the sector: Mercedes-Benz EQS, BMW i7. 5.16 m long and almost 2 m wide, it displays a long, slender and very elegant silhouette, without aggressiveness. Unlike the BMW i7, here it is softness and sensuality that predominate, with long light strips as headlights, prominent diamond-effect wheels, flush door handles and a large panoramic roof. On board, and Chinese car obliges, we find an avalanche of screens : 12.3 inches for the driver, 15.6 for the central screen, 13.2 inches for the rear passenger, and even 32 inches for the television screen located in the roof sky! Among its comfort equipment, the S9 has massaging, ventilated and heated rear seats, camera mirrors, zero gravity seats and a high-fidelity audio systemamong others.
Nearly 600 km of autonomy
On the technical side, two electric motors are on the program, of 304 or 524 hp depending on the version chosen, and two battery sizes of 79.9 kWh or 97.6 kWh. Thus equipped, the Stelato S9 can travel between 665 km and 721 km on a single charge or about 580 km if we rely on our European homologation cycles. Suffice to say that if it arrived in Europe (nothing has been confirmed for the moment) it would do a lot of harm to the queens of the category…
published on August 21 at 06:00, Quentin Pannaud, Media365
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