AION i60's Overseas Debut Shows How GAC Is Building Global Competitiveness

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Nov. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- On November 7, the AION i60 officially launched in Indonesia, marking its overseas debut. This global strategic model had already sold more than 100,000 units in China. As competition intensifies in the global NEV market, the launch gives fresh momentum to GAC's international expansion.

Winning customers' trust worldwide depends on the AION i60's specifications and, above all, on quality at every stage of R&D and manufacturing. At the launch, Masato Katsumata, CTO of GAC International, detailed the model's development philosophy. "Quality is the foundation of trust and must be built into every stage of vehicle development," he said. As a veteran engineer with over 30 years at Toyota, Katsumata brings extensive international automotive R&D experience and a global engineering perspective to GAC's product development. This reflects GAC's efforts to build more competitive products from the start of R&D and tailor them to diverse overseas markets.

GAC's commitment to quality spans the full vehicle lifecycle, from R&D and manufacturing to service. Drawing on 22 years of close collaboration with Toyota, GAC combined the core lean principles of the Toyota Production System with its own manufacturing practices and smart manufacturing technology to develop version 3.0 of the GAC Production System (GPS). GAC has implemented GPS 3.0 at all its plants worldwide to ensure consistent manufacturing standards and quality across its global models.

GAC continues to develop its full stack of core technologies in-house, spanning intelligent technologies and electrification. Its innovations include Quark Electric Drive, the Magazine Battery and ADiMOTION. The AION i60 is built on GAC's in-house AION Electric Platform, designed specifically for battery-electric vehicles. The platform also underpins the Toyota bZ3X. The shared platform demonstrates GAC's engineering capabilities and illustrates how the two companies build on each other's strengths through joint development as the industry electrifies.

GAC's global competitiveness stems from years of systematically building its capabilities. Taking products overseas is the starting point. The real test is whether their quality can meet the exacting demands of diverse markets worldwide. The AION i60's overseas debut is an important step in turning those strengths into a competitive advantage worldwide.

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AION i60's Overseas Debut Shows How GAC Is Building Global Competitiveness

TIME recognition underscores Lei Zhang's leadership in shaping the energy systems for the AI era

SHANGHAI, Nov. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Lei Zhang, Founder and Chairman of Envision, has been named a Titan in the TIME100 Climate 2026 for his work at the intersection of clean energy and AI. The recognition comes as Lei Zhang advances a new model for powering the global expansion of AI, bringing renewable energy, storage and AI computing together to address one of the defining infrastructure challenges of the AI era: how to scale computing without placing greater strain on increasingly constrained power systems.

TIME100 Climate recognizes 100 leaders driving measurable, successful and equitable business climate action. Lei Zhang was named in its Titans category, which TIME describes as "Inspiring greater ambition." In its profile, TIME highlights Lei Zhang's work to harness the growth of AI to accelerate clean-energy expansion, including Envision's development of data centers powered by dedicated wind, solar and battery systems.

As AI drives unprecedented demand for computing and power, Lei Zhang believes it should accelerate clean-energy expansion, not deepen energy constraints. Envision is putting that belief into practice by bringing renewable energy and AI infrastructure together, enabling both to scale in tandem.

Mission Gobi is putting that vision into action, targeting 5 GW of green AI data-center capacity by 2030, with the Envision Galaxy Campus demonstrating how AI computing and renewable energy can scale together.

Lei Zhang's ambition extends beyond powering AI with clean energy. It is to build the future energy systems that can turn the growth of AI into a catalyst for the global energy transition.

View the full TIME100 Climate 2026 list and Lei Zhang's TIME100 Climate profile.

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Lei Zhang Named TIME100 Climate 2026 Titan for Pioneering Clean Energy Infrastructure for the AI Era