The then-called JAC Jiayue A5 was revealed on 5 September 2019 at the Chengdu Auto Show and went on sale on 20 November 2019.

The A5 interior features include a 7-inch digital instrument cluster, a 10.4 inch touchscreen, and 64-color ambient lighting.

It debuted at Auto Guangzhou in November 2019 as the "A5 EV" and was available for pre-order from February 2020 before going on sale in April 2020 as the iC5.

[7][8] On 28 June 2021, JAC's Mexican division announced the iC5's arrival for late 2021 to expand JAC's line of electric cars sold in that market, and will be sold as the E J7[9] The Sehol E50A or previously the Sol E50A is the rebadged version of the iC5.

JAC Motors has sold a total of 34,336 Jiayue A5s since its launch November 2019 as of August 2020, excluding 1,158 sales of the iC5 electric variant.