On August 4, GAC Group released the production and sales announcement for July. Data shows that from January to July, GAC Group's automobile sales exceeded 886,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 1.28%. New energy vehicle sales reached 311,700 units, up 66.20% year-on-year. The share of energy-saving and new energy vehicles further increased to 63.96%. The cumulative export volume of independent brands reached 145,000 units, a 130% year-on-year increase, already exceeding the full year 2025 level.

In July this year, GAC Group welcomed an important milestone in development, with cumulative production and sales exceeding 30 million units, entering a new stage of scaled development. At the same time, GAC Group has also appeared on the Fortune Global 500 list for 14 consecutive years.

Independent Brands Show Strong Growth

Joint Venture Brands Consolidate the Core

Since the beginning of this year, independent brands have maintained strong growth momentum, becoming the core growth engine for GAC Group. From January to July, the cumulative sales of independent brands exceeded 400,000 units, a significant year-on-year increase of 33.31%. Among them, July sales exceeded 54,200 units, a 19.91% year-on-year increase.

The Hyper AION Business Unit's cumulative sales from January to July reached 210,400 units, surging 62.08% compared to the same period last year, and continued to maintain double-digit growth momentum in July, with sales increasing 36.37% year-on-year to 28,807 units. Among them, AION i60 monthly sales continued to exceed 10,000 units; AION N60 launched for two months and cumulative deliveries have already broken through 12,000 units, occupying 73.3% of the 100,000-150,000 RMB Laser Radar Intelligent Driving Pure Electric SUV market segment; Hyper S600 simultaneously started launch delivery. In addition, the AION product matrix was upgraded again in July, debuting the AION Ray series, injecting new vitality into brand development.

Hyper S600

AION Ray 7

GAC Trumpchi's cumulative sales so far this year have exceeded 187,100 units, up 9.83% year-on-year, of which July sales reached 22,739 units. In July, GAC Trumpchi product lineup welcomed dual vehicle updates. The 2027 Trumpchi Vision S7 PHEV officially went on sale, and the Fifth Generation Trumpchi GS4 arrived cross-level with an 79,800 RMB affordable threshold, meeting users' diverse car buying needs.

Trumpchi Vision S7 PHEV

Qijing Automotive is a high-end smart EV brand jointly created by GAC Group and Huawei Qiankun. The first model, Qijing GT7, was officially launched at the end of June and started user delivery in July. In the first month after launch, Qijing GT7 sales reached 2,658 units, gaining market and consumer recognition. Enjoy Huawei Qiankun Intelligent Driving ADS 5, leading intelligent experience, extreme handling performance, extraordinary aesthetic design immediately upon delivery, combined with GAC's solid quality and safety endorsement, jointly becoming the core factors that move users to place orders. In terms of channels, Qijing has landed in nearly 300 stores in over 90 cities nationwide. With Qijing GT7 delivery proceeding steadily, the brand's second model Qijing GX7 is also fully accelerated, to be officially launched within the year. Qijing's "One brand, two top-tier flagship models" product matrix is gradually taking shape, and the brand is officially heading towards a brand new development stage.

Qijing GT7

Joint venture brands continue to rely on flagship models to consolidate the core business. GAC Toyota's cumulative sales from January to July have exceeded 402,500 units, of which July sales reached 46,500 units. Camry, Highlander, and Sienna, the three flagship models, had monthly sales of 22,843 units, with sales share reaching 49%; the bZ Series continued to maintain the momentum of monthly sales breaking 10,000 units, with July sales of 12,002 units, accounting for over 25%. The mainstream model bZ3X sales were 9,546 units, consistently ranking in the top tier of joint venture new energy vehicle sales for consecutive months.

GAC Toyota bZ Series

GAC Honda sales in July were 11,686 units. The "2026 First Half China Car Resale Value Report" shows that Accord won the champion of joint venture mid-size sedans again with a 55.90% three-year resale value rate; Breeze ranked second in joint venture compact SUVs with a 58.19% three-year resale value rate. In July this year, GAC Honda's cumulative sales broke through 11 million units, and simultaneously both parties' shareholders signed a renewal agreement, extending the cooperation period to 2038, jointly accelerating electrification and intelligence transformation. According to the plan, GAC Honda will launch 5 new models in the next two years, including two localized new energy vehicle models and brand new hybrid products.

  GAC Honda Breeze

Independent Brands Accelerate Overseas

Cumulative Exports Break 140,000 Units, Up 130% Year-on-Year

Going global is becoming GAC's "First Growth Curve". In July, GAC independent brands' export volume reached 23,575 units, a 119% year-on-year increase; cumulative export volume from January to July was 145,000 units, a 130% year-on-year increase, already exceeding the full year 2025 level.

In July this year, GAC globally accelerated expansion in five major regional markets along three dimensions: localized production, new product launch, and policy coordination. Among them, the Americas market's terminal sales increased 139% year-on-year, with sales in Uruguay, Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil and other markets achieving multi-fold year-on-year growth, simultaneously approved to join Brazil's "Green Mobility and Innovation Plan", deeply integrating into the local national green development strategy; CIS region terminal sales increased 112% year-on-year, the 7th KD plant globally landed in Kazakhstan, GS8 was launched on the line simultaneously.

GAC GS8 Output Line at Kazakhstan Production Base

In the Asia-Pacific market, GAC's July terminal sales increased 78% year-on-year, the Thailand factory has cumulatively produced over 10,000 units, with multiple new cars landing in the Philippines; in the Middle East and Africa regions, GAC terminal sales increased 51% year-on-year, officially landing in the Morocco market in July, the first batch will launch three SUVs, covering fuel, hybrid, plug-in hybrid diverse power sources. At the same time, GAC is steadily breaking through in Europe. In the Greek pure electric passenger car market, GAC's market share has increased to 7.7%, ranking second in the market, while models in multiple countries are preparing for launch.

 Thailand Rayong Factory Completed 10,000th Vehicle Output

Investment Ecosystem Shows Results

Charging Network Speeds Up Again

GAC Group continues to deepen industry chain layout around the future development trend of automobiles, solidifying the autonomous and controllable foundation in key fields such as chips, autonomous driving, embodied intelligence, aerospace, etc. In July this year, GAC densely collected multiple industrial investment results.

On July 27, the domestic DRAM memory chip enterprise ChangXin Technology, in which GAC participated in 2021, landed on the STAR Market, creating the highest capital raising record in A-shares this year and STAR Market. At the beginning of the same month, early invested silicon carbide power device manufacturer Basic Semiconductor and autonomous driving technology company Momenta both landed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, navigation positioning chip manufacturer Heron Electronics' ChiNext IPO was accepted.

So far, GAC has invested in over 140 high-quality enterprises including Horizon Robotics, YueXin Semiconductor, Pony.ai, WeRide, Qingtao Energy, etc., cumulatively培育 (cultivated) at least 48 invested enterprises to go public.

Outside of investment layout, GAC simultaneously accelerated the landing of charging ecosystem supporting facilities. So far, GAC's "9 Vertical 10 Horizontal" charging network has covered 31 provinces and 213 cities nationwide, achieving "guaranteed station within a straight-line 1 km" in core urban areas; self-operated charging piles exceed 27,000 units, among which ultra-fast charging piles have broken through 20,000 units; in addition, China's electric vehicle charging pile 3C certification was implemented starting from August 1st, GAC's multiple charging pile products were among the first to obtain 3C certification, covering public fast charging, heavy truck refueling, destination slow charging and other scenarios, providing convenient and safe refueling services for new energy car owners.

GAC Energy "9 Vertical 10 Horizontal" Charging Network

In the second half of this year, GAC will heavily launch multiple models such as Trumpchi's first hard-core off-road SUV Yue 7, AION's new super pure electric coupe RAY 7, Qijing GX7, etc., to respond to market expectations with product upgrades. Behind this, GAC Group is grabbing the opportunities of automobile industry intelligence and globalization, simultaneously promoting three core tasks of "Stabilize Joint Ventures, Strengthen Independence, Expand Ecosystem", accelerating overseas market development and industry chain deep layout, with systematic measures to continuously solidify future competitiveness.