On November 6 last year, GAC Aion released its second global strategic model—the Aion RT. This is a smart-driving sedan with stunning looks, bringing consumers an A+ class leapfrog product experience. With its four unique selling points of "big-eye little Panamera, lidar high-level smart driving, long range and fast charging, and super soft-package large space," it has won the favor of countless users.

First point: Stunning looks

When buying a car, looks come first! Many young users call the Aion RT the "big-eye little Panamera" because, viewed from a 45-degree angle, its design bears some resemblance to the Porsche Panamera.

In terms of workmanship and materials, the Aion RT also matches the Panamera. Among the three body colors of Moonlight Beige, Corona Red, and Polar White, the Aion RT uses the most lustrous natural mica pearlescent pigment and applies an additional coating layer whose thickness is three times the industry level, with no extra cost to customers.

The Aion RT adopts a three-dimensional, rounded "Swift Dragon Eye" front face design and a "dragon head and swallow tail" body character line. The Y0 line on its roof adopts a "gentle first, steep later" approach, ensuring rear headroom, with a total length of 3.48 meters. This design is not only good-looking, but also brings an ultra-low drag coefficient of 0.208Cd and the largest rear space in its class, achieving both "styling, drag reduction, and space."

While having an elegant appearance, the Aion RT also demonstrates its finely crafted characteristics in the details. Moreover, judging from the front face, body curves, paint, and workmanship, it has the beauty and temperament comparable to C-class luxury, and the charm of the "big-eye little Panamera" truly lives up to its reputation.

Second point: Lidar high-level smart driving

In previous years, models with lidar smart driving often cost more than 300,000 yuan. The emergence of the Aion RT, however, lowered the threshold for young people's first test-drive experience to 160,000 yuan. Compared with other smart driving solutions, the Aion RT's lidar high-level smart driving is not only lower in cost, but also safer. In particular, China's special traffic environment and complex urban roads pose considerable challenges to smart driving. Therefore, in response to national conditions and current technical conditions, the Aion RT's lidar smart driving is a high-level smart driving that better understands Chinese road conditions.

The Aion RT's lidar smart driving supports both urban NDA and highway NDA. It is equipped with a fourth-generation end-to-end large model and the high-computing-power NVIDIA Orin-X chip. It can easily handle urban villages, rural roads, muddy roads, straight-line U-turns, and even unmarked construction sections and narrow winding mountain roads. The Aion RT's lidar smart driving can easily avoid obstacles, change lanes, and achieve zero takeover.

In addition, for novice parking, the Aion technical team has collected data on more than 1 million parking spaces and conducted more than 6 million parking tests. Therefore, the Aion RT can easily handle more than 300 common parking spaces, completing a one-shot park in as fast as 22.3 seconds, with a success rate exceeding 99%.

Third point: Long range, fast charging, and safer

For all new energy vehicles, range is an ultimate topic that cannot be avoided. The reason the Aion RT became the first pure electric sedan to exceed 10,000 units in its first month on the market is its solid leapfrog strength, especially its range performance, which absolutely crushes its class rivals with ease. According to tests by many media outlets, the Aion RT's range achievement rate exceeds 98%, and some media even drove the Aion RT to a range figure of over 100%.

As the first model in its class equipped with a silicon carbide platform, the Aion RT's range is not only real and not falsely labeled, but its range performance under different road conditions is also true and reliable, with solid range performance in different regions and environments. The Aion RT's electronic control efficiency is as high as 99.85%, with the lowest energy consumption in its class at 11.7 kWh per 100 kilometers and the longest range in its class at 650 km. Suppose our daily commute to and from work is 80 km each day; then the Aion RT only needs to be charged once a week, and there is still enough battery for a weekend road trip.

The extra 50 km of range compared with同级 cars is the range confidence the Aion RT gives users. Moreover, the Aion RT5 has very high charging efficiency. From 30% to 80% charge, the mainstream speed of competitors is about 25 minutes, while the Aion RT actually achieves 18 minutes, a full 7 minutes faster than its class rivals. With long real range and no waiting for charging, the Aion RT completely eliminates users' range anxiety when traveling. In addition, the magazine battery 2.0 technology, which does not catch fire even when shot, has been installed in 800,000 vehicles and has driven 48 billion kilometers with zero spontaneous combustion, giving users full confidence in the Aion RT's battery safety.

Fourth point: Super soft-package large space

As an A+ class car, the super soft-package large space is one of the notable selling points of the Aion RT. Its wheelbase reaches 2775 mm, and its body dimensions even surpass some B-class cars, laying a solid foundation for its spacious interior. The front-row headroom and legroom of the Aion RT both exceed 1 meter, so the driver not only has a broad field of vision, but also ample space for free stretching.

In the rear row, the Aion RT equally values passengers' experience, with rear headroom and legroom both exceeding 940 mm. In addition, the Aion RT uses seats filled with double-layer high-density foam, which are soft and comfortable, with a cloud-like wrapping feel that makes every passenger comfortable and relaxed. At the same time, it is also equipped with a wide central armrest in the rear row, providing ride comfort comparable to a C-class car.

The interior of the Aion RT uses a large amount of environmentally friendly soft-package materials. This all-around soft-package treatment not only makes people feel comfortable, but also indirectly enhances the interior's luxurious texture. As a highlight of the interior space, the Aion RT's front seats support one-touch folding. Combined with the rear seats, they can instantly become a "big bed room," perfect for a short rest during a journey. In addition, the Aion RT's trunk space reaches 540L, capable of holding multiple pieces of luggage or large items, and the trunk opening is large and the threshold is low, making it very friendly for passengers loading and unloading luggage.

With the support of four super selling points, the Aion RT stood out immediately upon its debut. Its sales in the first month on the market reached 11,811 units, and in the second month its sales exceeded 16,000 units, making it a veritable "2025 first hit" A-class smart family sedan. It is understood that at the end of the year and to welcome the new year, Aion has also launched multiple benefits to give back to users, including not only a "limited-time 3,000 yuan insurance subsidy" policy, but also, for replacement customers who purchase Aion brand models in January 2025, a guarantee of up to 15,000 yuan for the government trade-in subsidy, with the deadline before January 31, 2025. This time, while Aion brand is boosting sales at the end of the year, it also brings real car-purchasing discounts to consumers.

Compared with the previous "big-eye little Panamera" at around 120,000 yuan and the 150,000 yuan lidar high-level smart driving, now, after stacking national subsidies and manufacturer subsidies, the Aion RT can actually be easily obtained for 100,000 yuan for the "big-eye little Panamera," and the lidar high-level smart driving can be driven home for 130,000 yuan. Can you handle this?