Changan-Huawei-CATL Golden Triangle Lifts the Avatr 07L Into the Five-Seat Family SUV Fight

Avatr — the joint venture assembled in 2018 by Changan Automobile, Huawei and CATL — has locked in a 17 July 2026 pre-order date and an 8 August 2026 on-sale date for its long-wheelbase 07L SUV. Confirmed on 14 July via Autohome’s headline coverage, the launch pushes the Changan-Huawei-CATL “Golden Triangle” alliance directly into the RMB 300,000-plus (about USD 41,380) five-seat family bracket where NIO ES8, Li Auto L8 EREV and Zeekr 9X have so far set the pace.

Key Highlights

• 2,990 mm wheelbase (a 50 mm addition over the standard 07), reserved entirely for rear-passenger legroom and a “chief-executive” second-row layout with reclining captain’s chairs.
• Huawei’s flagship 896-line solid-state LiDAR — a roughly 4.6x vertical-resolution lift over the 192-line sensor on ADS 4 Max, and the first sub-RMB-500,000 vehicle to ship the unit.
• Three-motor option on top of single- and dual-motor variants, targeting a combined output above 620 kW (about 830 hp) and a 0-100 km/h time in the 3.0-second range.
• Rumoured 100 kWh nickel-manganese-cobalt battery pack — official numbers to be disclosed at the 17 July pre-sale event.

Why It Matters

The 07L is the first Avatr product to fully leverage Huawei’s Qiankun ADS 4 Ultra stack — an L3-ready package pairing the 896-line LiDAR with three solid-state auxiliaries, 11 cameras and 5 mmWave sensors under the WEWA cloud world-model architecture. Alongside iEVChina’s full coverage of the Avatr 07L launch cadence, the release signals that Huawei is now willing to route its most advanced sensor and cabin-AI hardware outside the HIMA umbrella (AITO, Luxeed, Stelato, Maextro) when volume and margin economics line up. Industry consensus places 07L pricing in the RMB 289,800-429,800 (about USD 39,970-59,280) band — undercutting the NIO ET9 by roughly half and positioning the tri-motor variant as a family-layout alternative to the Xiaomi SU7 Ultra.

What’s Next

Avatr will run seven regional launch previews between 17 July and 8 August 2026, spanning Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Wuhan. The pre-order deposit is set at RMB 3,000 (about USD 414) via the Avatr app and WeChat mini-programme. Pre-sale discounts typically trim 3-5% off the eventual launch price, effectively locking in a lower entry point for early buyers. Formal pricing and the delivery-lot allocation will be released on 8 August, with first customer deliveries expected from late August 2026 out of Changan’s Yubei plant. A right-hand-drive engineering variant is understood to be in development but is not yet on Avatr’s confirmed export list.

Edited for madeinchinanews.com

Source: autohome.com.cn / avatr.com