Who owns AION?
AION is owned by GAC Group (China, HKEX: 2238).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd. Annual Report 2025, Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd. (HKEXnews), 29 April 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇳 China, Guangzhou
- Origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- Category
- Automotive › Cars › Electric vehicles
- Parent ticker
- HKEX: 2238 SSE: 601238
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About AION
AION is the new-energy vehicle brand of GAC AION New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of GAC Group. The 2025 annual report records sales of 290,081 vehicles, down 22.62 percent, and names the AION UT, AION i60 and facelifted AION V among 2025 models. It says the AION V is already in mass production at a factory in Austria, and that sales grew month on month for seven consecutive months from June 2025.
Ownership timeline of AION
Where AION sits in GAC Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by GAC Group
GAC Group controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in automotive.
Also in automotive
Other brands in electric vehicles, and who owns them
The 23 brands in electric vehicles on Brandtree belong to 15 owners. The largest is NIO, with 3.
About the owner: GAC Group
GAC Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Guangzhou, China. Brandtree records 3 brands under its control, and it is listed as HKEX: 2238 and SSE: 601238.
Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd. (GAC Group) is a Guangzhou-based automaker listed in Hong Kong (2238) and Shanghai (601238). Its 2025 annual report separates its self-developed brands, Trumpchi and AION and Hyptec, from joint-venture brands such as GAC Toyota and GAC Honda, whose marques belong to Toyota and Honda and are not listed here. The report records a 2025 net loss and falling sales. It also describes the high-end AISTALAND brand co-developed with Huawei, with its first model not yet launched, and a 25 percent shareholding, held with GAC AION, in HYCAN Automobile; neither is listed as a brand.
🇨🇳 AION and other Chinese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 319 brands that began in China. 39 of them (12%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; AION is not one of them.
- AVATR — Changan Automobile 🇨🇳
- BYD — BYD 🇨🇳
- CHERY — Chery 🇨🇳
- FIREFLY — NIO 🇨🇳
- GWM Pickup — Great Wall Motor 🇨🇳
- Geely Auto — Geely 🇨🇳
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of AION?
The parent company of AION is GAC Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in China.
Is AION Chinese?
Yes. AION originated in China and its owner, GAC Group, is also headquartered in China.
Is AION still owned by GAC Group?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, AION is still owned by GAC Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd. Annual Report 2025 — Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd. (HKEXnews), Stock exchange filing, published 29 April 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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