Chinese electric-car maker Aion said its combined Hyper-Aion business unit sold 36,383 vehicles at retail in August, up 34.53 percent from a year earlier, according to Sina Auto. The figure covers terminal sales, meaning deliveries to end customers rather than wholesale shipments. The unit has now grown for six consecutive months even while China's broader car market has been under pressure, and the Aion i60 kept up its recent run with a sixth straight month of more than 10,000 sales.
The August sales update coincided with the official unveiling of the Ray7, the first model in Aion's new Ray family and the first car to carry Aion's refreshed logo. Aion is the battery-electric (BEV) division of Guangzhou-based GAC Group and also operates the premium Hyper brand. The sales gain, according to Sina Auto, followed a reorganisation in which Hyper and Aion were grouped into a single business unit.
Huawei drive, WeRide software
Aion says the Ray7 is the world's first production car to combine Huawei's DriveONE chip-level drive-and-brake integration with EMB, or full wire-controlled braking. The company claims a 100-0 km/h braking distance of 33 metres, a figure it says puts the car on a level with premium performance vehicles. No price for the Ray7 was included in the report.
The Ray7's claimed CLTC (China Light-duty Vehicle Test Cycle) pure-electric range is 700 km (about 435 miles). Because CLTC is generally 15-20 percent more optimistic than the WLTP cycle used in Europe, a realistic WLTP estimate would be around 590-610 km (about 367-379 miles). Aion also claims a class-leading consumption figure of 12 km per kilowatt-hour of battery energy.
For assisted driving, the Ray7 uses 27 vehicle-grade sensors around the body and is built on the same large-model AI architecture as WeRide's L4 robotaxi (highly automated autonomous taxi) program. Aion says this supports parking-space-to-parking-space assisted driving on both urban and highway roads.
Reorganisation behind the rebound
According to Sina Auto, the Hyper-Aion business unit adopted the IPD and IPMS management systems after it was formed at the end of 2025. The aim was to connect research, production, sales and service so decisions could be made faster. The two brands' retail channels have also been integrated, and Aion says its brand image, marketing approach and service experience have all been refreshed, giving it a clearer view of user needs and more precise product positioning.
The Aion i60, a family-oriented BEV that leans on space, safety and value, remains the volume leader in the portfolio. Its six consecutive months of sales above 10,000 units show how much of the unit's growth is still coming from affordable electric cars at a time when price competition in China's mainstream BEV segment is intense. With the Ray7 now on stage, Aion is betting the next phase of growth will come from upmarket technology such as Huawei's braking package and WeRide-style assisted driving.
