AITO SERES: Russia Operations Status & Business Impact
LeaveRussia detail: Continue Operations
Huawei Aito M5 is an electric vehicle and plug-in hybrid produced since 2022 by Seres under the AITO brand, the company's first model. Huawei Aito is a premium division of the Chinese company Huawei, as well as a series of electric vehicles of the same name under this brand. The Aito automotive brand was created in 2021 through a joint venture between Seres Group and Huawei. Seres Group is responsible for production.
Decision trail
Decision date 31/03/2025 · Reference ↗
AITO SERES is strengthening its position in Russia. SERES, Huawei and Martin Eberhard, one of the founders of Tesla, took part in the development of premium hybrid cars under the AITO SERES brand. In Russia, the distributor of the brand is AO MB RUS (former name - AO Mercedes-Benz RUS). The Aito ranked 5th in plug-in hybrid sales in October 2025 (412 units).
Status history since 2022
- 03/08/2026 — operating · Imported from KSE LeaveRussia
Exposure profile
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AITO SERES is a Automotive company based in China. Current Russia status in our dataset is operating: continued operations in Russia remain a compliance, reputational and counterparties risk for EU and allied firms. Eastern Europe Impact translates those facts into business consequences — sanctions screening, supply-chain exposure and reconstruction-side opportunity — with transparent confidence labels rather than speculation.
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