Maextro () is a Chinese ultra-luxury

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brand established in 2024 by

JAC Group JAC Group (; officially Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Corp., Ltd.) is a Chinese automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer.

. It is part of

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multi-brand collaboration model, where Huawei handles product creation and design, provides technologies such as full-stack ADAS solutions and infotainment systems, and provides powertrain components, while JAC is responsible for chassis engineering and manufacturing of vehicles.

Name

The name of the brand, Maextro, comes from the

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. The letter “S” in Maestro is changed to “X”, symbolizing the "continuous exploration of the unknown and the creation of countless legends".

History

In July 2024, Yu Chengdong (Richard Yu), Chairman of Huawei Consumer BG and Intelligent Automotive Solutions BU, revealed in an interview that the fourth HIMA brand, developed in collaboration with

JAC Group JAC Group (; officially Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Corp., Ltd.) is a Chinese automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer.

, would be named Zunjie (尊界) in Chinese. In August 2024, during the

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and Huawei new product launch event, Huawei officially introduced Maextro, the fourth brand under the HIMA collaboration with JAC. Maextro's first vehicle, the S800, was initially unveiled at a Huawei

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brand ceremony on 26 November 2024, where pre-orders opened. Details about the vehicle, including technologies developed by Huawei specifically for Maextro, were revealed at a technology showcase event on 20 February 2025. The model is expected to launch at the 2025 Shenzhen Auto Show in May. JAC Group and Huawei jointly built a production facility in its home city of

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called the Maextro Super Factory, which completed construction on 16 December 2024. It has an annual production capacity of 200,000 units, and the company claims that it has an annual production volume of 100 billion yuan of product. The facility has 86 quality control gates and nearly 1,500 robots used for joining, gluing and painting processes.

Products

Maextro S800 The Maextro S800 () is a Battery electric vehicle, battery electric Full-size car, full-size ultra-luxury sedan manufactured by JAC Group since 2025 under the Maextro brand in collaboration with Harmony Intelligent Mobility Alliance, HIMA, Huawei's ...

(2025–present),

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Future vehicles

* Maextro S600 (unannounced), smaller than S800

References

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