Huawei's blessing of Xiawenjie M5 / M7 is in short supply

At Huawei's autumn conference, the AITO brand's first purely electric model, the M5 EV, was officially released. The Wenjie M5 EV is based on the Celis pure electric drive intelligent platform, equipped with the newly upgraded Huawei HarmonyOS 3 intelligent cockpit, and the cruising range of the rear-wheel drive and four-wheel drive versions are 620 and 552 kilometers respectively.

Some digital bloggers found that the third factory of Celis has now started, named "SE Project in Liangjiang New Area", and the project entered the market on August 28. It is said that the Wenjie M5 is currently mainly produced at the Liangjiang Smart Factory, while the Wenjie M7 is mainly produced at the Phoenix Factory, and the third factory will undertake more production work in the future.

As can be seen from the project overview, the factory will include four workshops for stamping, welding, painting, and final assembly, with an estimated area of ​​700,000 square meters. Although the annual production capacity of the third factory is not specified in the project overview, it can be seen from other information that this factory will be completed on July 31, 2023, with an annual production capacity of 700,000 or even 1 million vehicles.

The data shows that as of August 2022, the channel network of Celis has covered 171 cities, and more than 700 user centers and experience centers have been completed. It is expected that by the end of 2022, the number of experience centers and user center stores will expand to more than 1,200.

According to the latest financial report, in the first half of the year, Celis’ operating income was 12.416 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 68.14%, with a net loss of 1.717 billion yuan and a net loss of 481 million yuan in the same period. In addition, in the first half of the year, the cumulative sales volume of Celis was 21,600 units, a year-on-year increase of 884.98%.

In August of this year, Celis sold a total of 10,045 vehicles. For the first time since the establishment of the AITO brand, the monthly sales volume exceeded 10,000, a year-on-year increase of 1277.91%, showing good momentum.