Everything we know about Huawei-backed ‘new’ Luxeed S7, the Xiaomi SU7 competitor

Today Chinese media have more articles about the supposedly new Luxeed S7 than the Luxeed S7 has sold since deliveries began in November last year. The re-release sees the Huawei backed model range increase from four to five and bring in a host of improvements and notably see that all cars in the range can now achieve a range of at least 630 km CLTC.

There are now five models in the Luxeed S7 range with official prices from 249,800 to 349,800 yuan (34,500-48,350 USD), which is exactly the same price range as before. There are additionally incentives supposedly worth up to 30,000 yuan (4,150 USD) for items such as interior options, gift packs and Huawei ADS 2.0 addons. The models are as follows:

Empowering the car are eight Huawei ‘black technologies’ including the Turing intelligent chassis, HarmonyOS 4 powered intelligent cockpit and Huawei ADS, and the Huawei DriveOne 800V silicon carbide high-efficiency platform from which all cars benefit. The base Pro version gets a significant boost in range from the previous 550 km up to 705 km thanks to now using a 82 kWh battery. It can add 353 km of range in 15 minutes and has a 5.4 second acceleration time. Guiding the Pro is the Huawei ADS Basic Intelligent Driving system which is a vision based system.

Max versions add the Huawei ADS high-end intelligent driving system which utilizes a Lidar unit mounted on the roof. For the Max+ battery capacity is up at 100 kWh giving the car a 855 km CLTC range and allowing 430km of range to be added in 15 minutes. Also added in the Max+ are heating, ventilation and massage for the front seats and heating and ventilation for the rear together with something called shoulder pillow audio.

For the S7 Max RS 4WD Performance Edition there’s a step back down to the 82 kWh battery pack but making up for that are the dual motors along with a combination of CDC and air suspension. Acceleration for the dual motor version is reduced to 3.3 seconds, range however with the smaller battery is down to 630 km and 315 km range can be added in 15 minutes. All-wheel drive versions add a 150 kW motor to the front axle. Also added are Brembo high-performance brake calipers, FNC high-performance