The luxury MPV segment is gaining competition from Chinese manufacturers in particular, with Zeekr having opened the order books for the 009 today and BYD having confirmed the Malaysian arrival of the Denza D9 for …
for the first quarter of next year. Now, it appears GAC could be next to join the pool, with this sighting of the Aion M8 courtesy of, the second-generation three-row luxury MPV from GAC was unveiled in September 2022 and is offered with petrol, hybrid and plug-in hybrid powertrains. The latter is known as the E9, which has its own front-end styling featuring horizontal slats instead of the M8’s vertical grille elements.
Energy stores for its electric drive are by a ternary lithium-ion battery with a capacity of 25.57 kWh, enabling 106 km of purely electric running on the WLTC cycle. For the PHEV E9. GAC quotes a combined range of 1,032 km with all aspects of the PHEV system utilised, and a fuel consumption rating of 6.05 l/100 km. An AC input takes 3.5 hours to charge its battery, while DC fast charging takes 30 minutes.
Up front, the driver gets a 12.3-inch instrument display and the front passenger gets an infotainment unit of the same size, while the central touchscreen infotainment unit measures 14.6 inches across. For the passengers in the E9, there is an additional 15.6-inch display mounted to the ceiling.
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