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Stelato
Stelato (享界, Xiangjie) is a Chinese premium automotive brand born from a partnership between state-owned automaker BAIC (through its subsidiary BAIC BluePark) and technology giant Huawei. The brand was registered in late 2023 as part of Huawei's Harmony Intelligent Mobility Alliance (HIMA), the alliance that also includes brands such as Aito, Luxeed, and Maextro and that lets them use the HarmonyOS operating system as well as Huawei's assisted-driving technologies. Within it, Stelato occupies the luxury slot, above most of its sibling brands. The first model, the large S9 electric sedan, was unveiled at the Beijing Auto Show in April 2024, officially presented on May 31, 2024, then priced in August 2024, with the first deliveries in December 2024. In this setup, BAIC provides the vehicle engineering and manufacturing while Huawei supplies the electronics, the digital cabin, the electric powertrains, and the driver-assistance systems, in addition to sales through its network of stores. In March 2025, the lineup expanded with an extended-range (EREV) version of the S9, sold roughly 20% cheaper than the fully electric variant. In July 2025, the brand teased a wagon, the S9T, whose pre-sales—opened in August 2025—gathered more than 10,000 orders in one hour. In the fall of 2025, a restyled S9 introduced Huawei's ADS 4 assisted-driving suite. Volumes nevertheless remain modest relative to the stated ambitions (the target mentioned exceeded 100,000 units per year): roughly 36,000 vehicles across all versions in 2025. To date, Stelato is a brand focused on the Chinese market. No official sales presence has been established in North America, and the vehicles are neither homologated nor distributed there through a brand network; you therefore won't come across them at new-car dealerships in Quebec.
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History
History of Stelato
Stelato (享界, Xiangjie) is a Chinese premium automotive brand born from a partnership between state-owned automaker BAIC (through its subsidiary BAIC BluePark) and technology giant Huawei. The brand was registered in late 2023 as part of Huawei's Harmony Intelligent Mobility Alliance (HIMA), the alliance that also includes brands such as Aito, Luxeed, and Maextro and that lets them use the HarmonyOS operating system as well as Huawei's assisted-driving technologies. Within it, Stelato occupies the luxury slot, above most of its sibling brands. The first model, the large S9 electric sedan, was unveiled at the Beijing Auto Show in April 2024, officially presented on May 31, 2024, then priced in August 2024, with the first deliveries in December 2024. In this setup, BAIC provides the vehicle engineering and manufacturing while Huawei supplies the electronics, the digital cabin, the electric powertrains, and the driver-assistance systems, in addition to sales through its network of stores. In March 2025, the lineup expanded with an extended-range (EREV) version of the S9, sold roughly 20% cheaper than the fully electric variant. In July 2025, the brand teased a wagon, the S9T, whose pre-sales—opened in August 2025—gathered more than 10,000 orders in one hour. In the fall of 2025, a restyled S9 introduced Huawei's ADS 4 assisted-driving suite. Volumes nevertheless remain modest relative to the stated ambitions (the target mentioned exceeded 100,000 units per year): roughly 36,000 vehicles across all versions in 2025. To date, Stelato is a brand focused on the Chinese market. No official sales presence has been established in North America, and the vehicles are neither homologated nor distributed there through a brand network; you therefore won't come across them at new-car dealerships in Quebec.
Public founding or origin of Stelato.
Technologies
Technologies, innovations and platforms
Stelato relies on Huawei's technology ecosystem grafted onto BAIC's engineering. The electric S9 is built on an 800-volt architecture that enables fast charging, with a battery of around 100 kWh announcing CLTC ranges of more than 800 km on certain versions, in rear-wheel drive or in dual-motor all-wheel drive. An extended-range (EREV) variant adds a small 1.5 L turbocharged gasoline engine used solely as a generator. The cabin runs on HarmonyOS, with a digital instrument cluster and a large central touchscreen. On the driver-assistance side, Stelato debuted the Huawei ADS 3.0 system (LiDAR sensors, 4D radar), later upgraded to ADS 4, with numerous high-precision sensors for assisted driving on highways and in the city.
Brand image
Identity, reputation, strengths and weaknesses
Positioning
A Chinese BAIC-Huawei (HIMA) luxury brand—electric and highly technological—sold in China and absent from the North American market.
Reputation
As a very new brand, Stelato benefits above all from Huawei's technological reputation: perceived quality, onboard electronics, and assisted driving are praised by the Chinese press, which positions it against premium sedans such as the Mercedes-Benz EQS. The price-to-equipment ratio is considered aggressive. On the other hand, the lack of hindsight makes it impossible to judge long-term reliability or resale-value retention just yet. Absent from the North American market, the brand remains unknown to the general public in Quebec and has no track record of road tests nor any local service network, which calls for caution when buying an imported used example.
Strengths
Stelato's strengths: deep integration of Huawei technologies (HarmonyOS cabin, cutting-edge ADS assisted driving, efficient electric powertrains), an 800 V architecture that favors fast charging, long announced ranges, and a very upscale presentation. The BAIC-Huawei pairing combines industrial know-how and advanced electronics, with competitive pricing against established luxury sedans.
Points to watch
Limitations: a very young brand, with no proven reliability track record or resale value. Sales volumes below expectations and a still-limited lineup (essentially the S9 and the S9T). Above all, Stelato is not sold in North America: no homologation, no network, and difficult parts supply and servicing outside China. For a Quebec buyer, these vehicles are at best a matter of importation, with all the complications that entails.
Models
Stelato models
Current or active models by market
Production and compatibility
Plants, tires and wheels
Production
Production of Stelato vehicles is handled by BAIC BluePark, the new-energy vehicle arm of the state-owned BAIC group, at its facilities in China; the S9 and the S9T are assembled there. Huawei is not a manufacturer in the classic sense: it supplies the electronics, the electric powertrains, the assisted-driving suite, and the sales operation, without an assembly plant of its own under the brand. Manufacturing, the supply chain, and the sales network are therefore centered on China. There is no Stelato plant or assembly operation in North America, and no local production has been announced. For the Quebec market, this means the absence of an official parts and service channel specific to the brand.
Tires and wheels
Since Stelato is not distributed in Quebec, tire and wheel sizes are not standardized for the North American market. Given the size of the vehicles (a large luxury sedan and wagon roughly 5.16 m long, heavy and powerful), large wheel diameters typical of this segment are to be expected, along with tires with high load and speed ratings. For such a vehicle in Quebec, dedicated winter tires would be essential, ideally mounted on a second set of wheels with the correct bolt pattern. In the absence of confirmed official figures, the exact dimensions, bolt pattern, and offset must be verified directly on the vehicle before choosing any tires or wheels.