AITO has confirmed that the updated M8 will go on sale in China on 13 November, with demonstrator cars reaching stores from 30 October. Pre-sale pricing was announced on 30 September from 389,800 yuan, and buyers who place a 5,000-yuan deposit receive 10,000 yuan off the final payment plus priority delivery.
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Four lidars and an L3-ready architecture
The headline change is the sensor and software stack. The new M8 carries four lidars including one 896-line main unit, 38 sensors in total, and is built on an architecture designed for L3. It runs Huawei Qiankun ADS 5 on the new WEWA 2.0 technical base, with the brand's all-directional stereoscopic fusion perception system.
Dimensions are 5,190 x 1,999 x 1,795 mm on a 3,105 mm wheelbase. Storage has been reworked: the rear-drive electric version's frunk grows from 149 to 210 litres, and the six-seat version's underfloor boot compartment rises from 39 to 63 litres.
800 V for the range extender
Two powertrains continue. The range-extended version moves to an 800 V platform, pairing a 1.5-litre turbo engine rated at 118 kW with front and rear motors of 170 kW and 227 kW for 397 kW total. Battery options are 75.4 kWh and 56 kWh, giving up to 432 km of electric range on the CLTC cycle and 1,435 km combined. The electric version uses 160 kW front and 227 kW rear motors with 120 kWh or 97.6 kWh packs, for 830 km, 800 km, 708 km or 675 km depending on specification.
- Range extender: 397 kW total, 800 V, 432 km electric / 1,435 km combined
- Electric: 387 kW total, up to 830 km CLTC
- Chassis: double wishbone front, five-link rear, dual-chamber closed air suspension, dual-valve continuous damping
- New: plus-minus 8-degree rear-wheel steering
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An M9-style screen bar in the front row
Inside, the update adopts the same full-width screen layout as the larger M9, and adds two cabin colourways, Sand Gravel Brown and Lan Yue White, with quilted seat trim. A 21-inch 4K ceiling screen and a 25-speaker audio system are fitted, and five- and six-seat layouts both remain. Zero-gravity seats are provided for the driver, the front passenger and the right-hand rear position, and the six-seat version's second row now slides laterally.
Two new exterior colours, Sky Curtain Green and Cang Rong Green, join the palette.
The volume model of the range
The M8 matters more than its price suggests. Launched in April 2025, it took more than 80,000 firm orders in its first month and passed 170,000 deliveries within a year, holding the top spot among 400,000-yuan-class SUVs for six consecutive months. It sits between the M9 above and the M7 below, and this update is the point at which Huawei's newest driving stack reaches the brand's core seller rather than only its flagship.
Chinese analysts expect the new car to settle 10,000 to 20,000 yuan above the outgoing model in practice, with the pre-sale figure roughly 30,000 yuan higher than the current entry price.