The Maextro S800, the first model to be jointly developed by the Chinese state-owned automaker Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group (JAC) and Huawei Technologies Company under their luxury Maextro brand, has gone into mass production at the Maextro “Super Factory” in Feixi County, in the Chinese city of Hefei.
The flagship S800 luxury sedan, designed to compete with models such as the Mercedes-Benz Maybach, was officially launched at the end of May. The company claims to have received over 5,000 confirmed orders since the launch, with the model available as a battery electric vehicle (BEV) and as an extended-range electric vehicle (EREV).
The S800 is produced at a factory which is claimed to have with more than 1,800 intelligent robots, with full automation and digitalization across stamping, welding, painting, and final assembly processes. It is available in four variants, the Starwave Premium, Starlight Premium, Starwave Executive, and Starlight Executive, with prices ranging between CNY 708,000 and CNY 1.018 million (US$ 985,000 and US$ 142,000).
The S800 comes with intelligent electric doors equipped with millimeter-wave radar and solid-state LiDAR sensors, and features Huawei’s ADS 4.0 advanced driver-assistance system, which runs on the newly-developed WEWA architecture for quicker response and smoother lane changes.
Power comes from Huawei’s DriveOne 800V high-voltage silicon carbide electric motors, with the dual-motor option delivering a peak output of 390 kW and the three-motor models up to 635 kW. The EREV models have a range of 1,333 km, while BEV variants can travel up to 702 km on a single charge.
Maextro plans to launch the smaller S600 model in the near future. By the end of the year, Maextro aims to have a monthly production capacity of 4,000 units.
