Stelato S9
The Stelato S9 is a battery electric and range extender full-size luxury sedan and station wagon manufactured by BAIC BluePark under the Stelato brand in collaboration with HIMA, Huawei's multi-brand automotive alliance. A wagon variant called the Stelato S9T was first revealed in July 2025.
History
On 31 May 2024, Stelato S9 was announced at the AITO M7 Ultra facelift launch conference.On 6 August 2024, the Stelato S9 price was announced at Huawei’s new product launch conference. The S9 is divided into two configuration versions: Max and Ultra.
On 20 March 2025, the EREV version of Stelato S9 officially opened pre-sales, with a starting price of 318,000 yuan. On 16 April 2025, the EREV version of the Stelato S9 was officially launched.
2025 facelift
The facelifted S9 was revealed in November of 2025. It now uses Stelato's Universe Star logo instead of the wordmark on the front end. The forward-facing radar system has been upgraded to a three-distributed millimeter-wave radar matrix, and external microphones have been added. The back of the S9 now uses a Nebula design for the taillights. The facelifted S9 also uses 36 high-precision sensors and a standard four-lidar setup.Stelato S9T
On 14 July 2025, Stelato revealed the first images of the S9T, the first station wagon of HIMA, with more details revealed 3 days later. Pre-orders for the variant opened on August 18 with both pure electric and range extender variants available.Specifications
The Stelato S9 is a full-size executive sedan based on Huawei Turing platform and BAIC's BE22 platform with a length of and a wheelbase of.The exterior features Huawei's xPixel adaptive headlights, with DRLs and taillights with a customizable star motif and a lightbar design. Stelato claims variants equipped with digital side mirrors has the lowest drag coefficient amongst luxury executive sedans at 0.193Cd.
The S9's dashboard features a 12.3-inch digital instrument panel and a 15.6-inch central infotainment touchscreen running the HarmonyOS 4 operating system. The center console contains dual 50-watt wireless charging pads in the front and hidden cupholders. The rear passengers have access to a 13.2-inch control tablet mounted on the folding center armrest and a 32-inch retracting ceiling-mounted projector system. It features zero-gravity reclining seats that have heating, ventilation and massaging functions; additionally, the front passenger seat can fold to act as a footrest for the right-rear passenger. The S9 has a trunk and a frunk storage area.
The S9 is equipped with continuous damping control and an air suspension system. It is the first car to be equipped with Huawei's ADS 3.0 ADAS system, which features four Huawei LiDAR sensors including a 192-line front-facing unit with of range, and five of Huawei's first 4D mmWave radars, which have four transmitter and receiver antennas and are capable of measuring the elevation dimension in addition to range, velocity and azimuth of typical mmWave radar units. Starting with the S9T, the vehicle was upgraded with the Huawei ADS 4 system in August 2025 using similar sensing hardware.
Powertrain
The Stelato S9 is available in both pure electric and range-extender powertrains with single-motor rear-wheel drive and dual-motor all-wheel drive variants. Every model uses a TZ210XYA03 Huawei DriveONE permanent magnet synchronous motor on the rear axle. Dual motor variants add a YS210XYA03 Huawei induction motor to the front axle for a total output of, and are capable of accelerating from 0– in 3.9 seconds.Pure electric variants are equipped with a 100kWh NMC Huawei Whale battery pack codeveloped with CATL, which provides CLTC range ratings of and for rear and all-wheel drive variants, respectively. The battery is capable of recharging of range within 5 minutes with a DC fast charger due to using an 800-volt electrical architecture.
The range-extender variant is equipped Huawei's Xuexiao system consisting of with a BAIC 1.5-liter turbocharged inline-four which is also found in the Beijing BJ60 Thunder and Beijing BJ40 EREV which outputs and is not mechanically connected to the wheels. It is equipped with a choice of two CATL-supplied battery packs, a 37kWh LFP pack providing of CLTC range, or a 53.4kWh NMC pack with of electric range. It is only available in single-motor rear-wheel drive, and has a top speed of. It uses a 400-volt electrical architecture.
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Sales
In July 2024, Stelato had plans to produce the S9 with an annual production capacity of 120,000 units before deliveries began in December that year. The S9 received 2,500 firm orders within 24 hours of its launch on 6 August 2024.The S9T received over 10,000 orders within one hour of pre-sales opening on August 18.