The new AITO M9 has started deliveries. The intelligent driving system has been upgraded to comprehensively compete with high - end models. | Frontline Report

On March 30, the new AITO M9 started its delivery.

This model, which won the sales championship in the over - 500,000 - yuan category in 2024, officially launched on March 20. Just two hours after its launch, the number of firm orders exceeded 10,000. Behind such remarkable results lies an upgrade of the AITO M9 that offers more features without increasing the price.

First of all, it's the intelligent driving system that consumers are most concerned about.

In terms of hardware, the new AITO M9 is fully benchmarked against the top - end brand Zunjie under Hongmeng Smart Mobility. Three additional lidars are added across the entire lineup, forming an all - round perception structure with a total of four lidars, including a 192 - line forward - facing lidar, two side - facing solid - state lidars, and a rear - facing solid - state lidar.

The addition of side - facing radars enhances the vehicle's ability to identify obstacles in blind spots, such as potholes, steps, and fire hydrants on the side roads. The rear - facing radar improves the recognition of suspended obstacles, like charging piles and pipelines, reducing the risk of scratches when parking.

In addition to the lidars, the new AITO M9 also adds five 4D millimeter - wave radars, effectively enhancing the recognition ability in rainy and foggy weather. In terms of functional applications, the new AITO M9 improves the lateral detection accuracy to within 3 centimeters in rainy and foggy weather, enabling the vehicle to better handle the situation of other vehicles cutting in during rainy days.

Another significant breakthrough of the ADS3.3 version system lies in its intelligent driving ability of "no memory required and no breakpoints throughout the journey".

Based on the previous valet parking on the same floor, the new AITO M9 can achieve cross - floor autonomous parking. That is, the vehicle can automatically drive out of the basement, pass through the gate, and park in the ground parking space specified by the user.

If the parking space specified by the user is already occupied, the vehicle will sense the environment in real - time and find an empty parking space to park in. Throughout the above process, the user can operate the vehicle "outside the car".

The new AITO M9

Beyond intelligent driving, the new AITO M9 also upgrades its range ability.

The extended - range version is equipped with a new 1.5T range extender. Its thermal efficiency has been increased from 41% to 44%, and the battery pack has been upgraded from 42kWh to 52kWh. This enables the new AITO M9 to increase its pure - electric range by 50km to 275km, and the comprehensive range has exceeded 1474km.

The battery pack of the pure - electric version has also been slightly upgraded. The new AITO M9 uses a 100kWh ternary lithium battery pack. Although the pure - electric range remains at 630km, the new model supports 320kW ultra - fast charging technology, and it only takes 15 minutes to charge from 30% to 80%.

In addition, the new AITO M9 has multiple upgrades in interior and configuration. New features such as a streaming interior rear - view mirror, intelligent privacy windows, dynamic light carpets, new welcome light language, gesture - controlled door opening, an electric opening and closing cooling and warming box, and in - vehicle floating windows have been added. It is also equipped with the same Xinghe communication system as the Zunjie S800, optimizing the vehicle - machine communication function. At the same time, new body exterior and interior color schemes have been launched.

Generally speaking, the core of this upgrade of the AITO M9 is still the pre - installation of intelligent driving hardware. The AITO M9 upgraded to "all - round" perception is expected to support L3 or higher - level intelligent driving functions in the future, which will help the AITO M9 maintain its competitiveness over a longer lifecycle.

Just two hours after its official launch on March 20, the number of firm orders for the new AITO M9 exceeded 10,000, which is close to the firm - order results of the old AITO M9 at the beginning of its launch. The AITO M9 maintains good market competitiveness.

However, 2025 is still a year with a large number of new products.

The Ideal L series has reported a new version of the model to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, with the core being the update of lidars and intelligent driving chips. The Lynk & Co 900 and Denza N9 are also targeting the large luxury SUV market.

The AITO family also has a new car in the pipeline: the AITO M8, which is 110,000 yuan cheaper than the AITO M9. This model with similar intelligent capabilities received 80,000 orders just 16 days after the start of small - order acceptance.

The AITO M9 is under great pressure to continue to be the sales champion in the over - 500,000 - yuan vehicle category.